Kaiser Health News reports that a record number of homeless people died across Los Angeles County last year, on bus benches, parks, hillsides, railroad track, and sidewalks. Deaths skyrocketed 76% in the last five years, far outpacing the growth in the city’s homeless population. As of 2018, the city’s total homeless population was about 53,000, […]
114,659 Kids Attending NYC Public Schools Are Homeless…
Tonight, about one out of every 10 students in New York City will sleep in a homeless shelter or in the homes of relatives. That’s more children than at any other time since city records have been kept. In the morning, those same children will fan out across the city to go to school, some […]
Homeless Encampments Increasingly Affecting California Train Traffic…
The explosion of homeless encampments alongside railroad tracks has contributed to a spike in delays for California’s rocketing passenger ridership, an outbreak of accidental fires and deadly collisions, frustrating executives who call the impact on passengers “unacceptable.” In a recent note to passengers, the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority said on-time performance on the route […]