This post was updated July 16 at 5:33 p.m. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved two homelessness prevention motions Tuesday. More protections were added to the county’s Rent Stabilization and Tenant Protections Ordinance, while a new motion was passed to establish a Right to Counsel Ordinance, which provides guaranteed legal representation to residents at risk of becoming unhoused. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is Los Angeles. The LA County Board of Supervisors passed two motions Tuesday to prevent renters from becoming homeless. (Daily Bruin file photo)

A June report by the Los Angeles city controller highlights disproportionately high arrests of Black people in Los Angeles from 2012 to 2023 under a controversial homelessness law. Read more...

Photo: Pictured are graphs and maps detailing the arrests made under municipal code 41.18, which criminalizes sitting, lying, sleeping or placing personal property in the public right of way in certain circumstances. (Meng Masroor/Graphics editor) Photo credit: Meng Masroor