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... President Cyril Ramaphosa won reelection as the leader of the ruling African National Congress party, and the Biden administration announced a new push to address homelessness. ... Judy Woodruff: In the day's other news: The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Roberts, has temporarily blocked and to ...
... in the region have surged in recent months. The newly installed mayor of Los Angeles Democrat, Karen, Bass has declared a state of emergency on homelessness in her first official act today. Bass was sworn in on Sunday as the first woman to lead the city. She also faces high ...
... stark example of “anti-Blackness.” De Leon has apologized repeatedly but said he will not resign. He argues that he wants to continue working on homelessness, fallout from the pandemic and the threat of evictions for renters in his district, which includes downtown Los Angeles and the heavily Latino Boyle ...
... has gone, people are back on the street in larger numbers than before. We need to do an emergency program. But the emergency is about homelessness, not about mental illness. Mental illness takes a while to cure. Homelessness can be cured immediately by the offer of an affordable place to ...
... soon to have a solid plan for new legislation, California caucus members said, but Wiener noted realms to consider include employment resources for transgender people; homelessness and crime among at-risk LGTBQ youth; and sexual health services. Jackson said he found hope in the election returns not only in California ...
... people and increase services to our clients whether that is supporting those that have been unjustly incarcerated in the War on Drugs, or people experiencing homelessness and/or living with HIV/AIDS,” the agency said in a statement, With the first licenses now issued, it remains to be seen whether ...
... or prison and is unable to successfully start their lives, the way we might consider them to be successful, what results from that is poverty, homelessness, unemployment, a return to criminal behavior. And those are social issues that affect all of us. William Brangham: Issues that may only worsen when ...
... Weisberg, legal director for the advocacy group Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, says local officials can no longer pretend supply and demand works when so many families are facing homelessness. In June, 1.3 million California households reported being behind on rent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland's official slogan is "The City That Works," but after a tumultuous few years, many residents feel the city is anything but that. Homelessness and gun violence are surging and parts of downtown are struggling, unable to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and the racial justice ...
... should care about, democracy and Dobbs. These are the major issues. And a lot of people said, no, actually, we care about crime, inflation, and homelessness. And a lot of Democrats, I think, for too long said, no, you shouldn't care about those things. You should care about these ...
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