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Look around and ask anyone — your friend, your family member, your neighbor, or even the owner of the local coffee shop where you grab your morning coffee and they’ll likely say the same thing: homelessness in our city has become more than a problem, it’s now the defining moral crisis of our time.   They’re… Continue reading A Right to Housing: The Way Forward to Address Our Homelessness Crisis

Mark Ridley-Thomas, PhD

In order to scale up the City’s response to the dual crises of homelessness and housing, the City Council unanimously approved two motions authored by Councilmember Ridley-Thomas, to establish a LAHSA Outreach and Coordination Hub and Center for Interagency Policy and Action.   The LAHSA Outreach and Coordination Hub would be located at 1819 S.… Continue reading Operationalizing a Crisis Response Strategy to Fight Homelessness through an Outreach Hub and Center for Interagency Policy and Action

“I want to thank Council President Martinez for this appointment. I am honored to continue the important work of addressing the moral crisis of our time—homelessness—at the City level. Los Angeles is the epicenter of homelessness, and with the crisis within a crisis of COVID-19, its resulting economic downturn and persisting racial inequities, we must… Continue reading Councilmember Ridley-Thomas’ Statement on His Appointment to Chair The Homelessness and Poverty Committee

In his first action as District 10 Councilmember, Mark Ridley-Thomas moved to address the moral crisis of homelessness. Co-authored by Councilmember O’Farrell, and seconded by Council President Martinez and Councilmember Blumenfield, the City Council (Council) will take steps to establish a legal, policy and budgetary framework that will pave the way for a “Right to… Continue reading Ensuring Angelenos Have a “Right to Housing”