Venice Community Housing Corporation
Executive director of the Venice Community Housing Corporation, a nonprofit that provides housing to low-income people in and around Venice
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Steve Clare
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FROM Steve Clare
Which Way, L.A.?
A Shameful Problem that's Getting Worse For decades, local officials have promised to end homelessness, but the number — in shelters, on the streets and in alleys -- continues to rise. In the past two years, they're up by 12% in Los Angeles County to more than 44,000 people -- men, women and children. That's according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority , or LAHSA, an agency jointly established by the City and County, which has just completed its latest survey.
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