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    Project Roomkey to end in the fall, but some unhoused people remain in limbo

    Project Roomkey, a statewide effort to place medically vulnerable unhoused people in hotel rooms during the pandemic, is scheduled to close at the end of September. In Los Angeles, more than 9,000 people have gone through the program.

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    Person smiling broadly wearing glasses and plaid shirt against ivy-covered wall background.By Steve Chiotakis • Jul 26, 2021 • 25m Listen

    Project Roomkey, a statewide effort to place medically vulnerable unhoused people in hotel rooms during the pandemic, is scheduled to close at the end of September. In Los Angeles, more than 9,000 people have gone through the program. Was it a success or a failure?

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      The end of Project Roomkey leaves some unhoused people in limbo

      Project Roomkey, a statewide effort to place medically vulnerable unhoused people in hotel rooms during the pandemic, is scheduled to close at the end of September. In LA, more than 9,000 people have gone through the program. Was it a success or a failure?

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      8 min
    2. 7:51

      OC veterans hope $20 million boost will lead to a long-awaited military cemetery

      The Orange County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote this Tuesday on whether $20 million from the county’s general fund will go toward building a veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills.

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      6 min
    3. 14:05

      Ed Buck federal trial: How did the political donor evade law enforcement for so long?

      The jury in the federal trial of political donor Ed Buck is set to begin deliberations on Tuesday. Buck faces charges of supplying methamphetamine that killed two men, years apart, who were at his apartment in West Hollywood.

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      11 min
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    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:008 min

      The end of Project Roomkey leaves some unhoused people in limbo

    2. 7:516 min

      OC veterans hope $20 million boost will lead to a long-awaited military cemetery

    3. 14:0511 min

      Ed Buck federal trial: How did the political donor evade law enforcement for so long?

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