But despite official acknowledgments that systemic racism is driving homelessness — and a major study on how to address it — the persistent and staggering over-representation of Black people in L.A.’s homeless ranks barely budged this year, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s homeless count report released Friday. AdvertisementThe draft report on the count found that about 16,000 homeless people were white and 23,000 were Latino. Santana has also led the Citizens Oversight Committee, which oversees Proposition HHH homeless housing bond spending. Enter Email Address Sign Me Up You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. White, a member of the LAHSA commission on Black people and homelessness, said the way authorities prioritize people for homeless housing disadvantages his community.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 12, 2020 14:02 UTC