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Homeless population in Los Angeles grew 10% despite city spending millions to fight the problem

July 03, 2023 -

According to the count, which was carried out by a team of volunteers numbering in the thousands for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority across a three-day period, 75,518 individuals were living in either a makeshift shelter, tent, van, car, RV or interim housing; the figure a year earlier was 69,144. The increase was fully attributed to people living on the street rather than in shelters.

The biggest jumps were seen in the city’s Harbor and Westside areas, which ...

British government funding experiments that involve feeding African children INSECTS

October 03, 2022 -

U.K. Research and Innovation (UKRI), a non-governmental body affiliated with the British Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), is responsible for implementing two projects in Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The Zimbabwe project received a $320,000 grant. It seeks to know more about the potential of mopane worms (Gonimbrasia belina) as food.

Poor children aged seven to 11 in the town of Gwanda and the Zimbabwean ...

Photos of homeless encampments at O’Hare Airport cause an uproar

February 19, 2023 -

Passengers were quick to take pictures and videos of the deteriorating situation at the airport and post them on social media. These photos and videos show thousands of people seeking refuge at the airport, with many setting up shelters inside terminal buildings. (Related: More people are rapidly leaving crime-ridden, high-cost cities like New York, San Francisco and Chicago.)

One photo that went viral showed a group of homeless people sleeping among their belongings ...

Survey: Nearly 3 in 10 Canadians believe the poor and homeless should be eligible for assisted suicide

May 30, 2023 -

The survey conducted by the Canadian polling firm Research Co. found that 27 percent said Medical Aid in Dying (MAID), the country's end-of-life program, should be available to those in poverty, while 28 percent said the same for the country's roughly 30,000 homeless people.

Moreover, a higher percentage of the 1,000 adult respondents said that assisted suicide should also be made available to those with disabilities, mental illnesses or those who cannot receive medical ...

Trial lawyer Kristin Olson: 1 in 3 homicides in Portland are committed by and against the homeless

March 09, 2023 -

During an interview with Fox Business' Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, Olson said Portland is the only city in America where a third of homicides are committed by and against homeless people.

"We are an outlier, in terms of cities in the United States, for the amount of homeless that are being killed and shot at with guns," Olson said, adding that this was brought about by numerous factors.

"It is a confluence of decriminalization of drugs and guns everywhere because we've ...

Homeless people INVADE city of Casper, Wyoming, taking over vacant motel

18 days ago -

Casper Mayor Bruce Knell pressed the panic button during an interview with local news media Cowboy State Daily published on Aug. 31. According to him, the city's homeless population had topped about 200 people and had created a "mess" whenever they roam the city's parks and streets.

"It's like nothing I've ever seen. It's third-world country stuff happening in Casper, Wyoming," said Knell. "They destroyed everything. It's horrible."

The hardest hit was the city's vacant ...

LAHSA data: Los Angeles County now has over 75,000 homeless people

July 12, 2023 -

This is according to data from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), which recently released its annual count of homeless people both in the city and in Los Angeles County. This data shows that there is an estimated 46,260 homeless people in the city, a 10 percent year-over-year increase, and 75,518 homeless people in the county, up nine percent from the prior year. (Related: Number of homeless people in Los Angeles County surges to more than 75,000.)

This ...

More and more people are becoming HOMELESS as America’s economic condition worsens

November 06, 2022 -

As of 2020, there were approximately 580,466 homeless people in the United States, either living out in the streets or staying the night in shelters all over the country. Around 70 percent of these homeless people are individuals, while the remaining are families with children.

The collection of accurate data regarding homelessness in America has stopped since 2020 due to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. But it is generally agreed that the number of homeless ...

China successfully “vaccinates” mice for covid by feeding them mRNA-tainted cow’s milk

April 11, 2023 -

It involves lacing milk with mRNA, which upon ingestion gets digested and assimilated into the bloodstream and lymphatic tissue.

Our friends over in communist China came up with the scheme, which involves "inoculating" bovines in such a way that mRNA chemicals get churned into their milk. They tested it out on mice already, and it appears to have been a success.

"Zhang and colleagues have demonstrated that a shortened mRNA code of 675 base pairs could be loaded ...

Number of homeless people in Los Angeles County surges to more than 75,000

July 05, 2023 -

According to a massive count conducted by thousands of volunteers during a three-day period in January, an estimated 75,518 people were living in temporary housing tents, vehicles, RVs or other kinds of makeshift shelters, compared to 69,144 people with similar living conditions recorded in the previous year.

The figures demonstrate a 70 percent increase in homelessness in the county and an 80 percent increase in the city since 2015. (Related: Homelessness in LA-LA Land ...

8 Teen girls charged with murder in fatal “swarming” attack on homeless man

December 23, 2022 -

On Dec. 18, eyewitnesses called emergency medical personnel in the area of York Street and University Avenue in downtown Toronto to aid an injured man. Det. Sgt. Terry Browne of the Toronto Police Service (TPS) said that the homeless man was brought to a hospital after paramedics discovered what appeared to be stab wounds. Unfortunately, the man died while being treated.

Browne later confirmed during a Dec. 20 news conference at the TPS headquarters that eight young ...

NASTY: Colorado to begin feeding recycled sewer sludge back through people’s drinking water taps

December 16, 2022 -

The latest area of the country to take this approach is Colorado, which appears to be in competition with other "progressive" states to become the most "sustainable."

Part of becoming sustainable means turning human society into a cattle society. Meat eventually becomes off limits, to be replaced by bugs and debris, and wastewater becomes drinking water, which is the direction Colorado is now taking.

"Every stream and river in this country has someone putting ...

California’s homeless construct two-mile-long vehicle encampment in San Francisco’s North Bay region

May 09, 2023 -

The encampment, made up of two long lines of RVs, trucks and trailers stretching for nearly two miles, is located near U.S. Route 101 in northern Marin County. (Related: More people are rapidly leaving crime-ridden, high-cost cities like New York, San Francisco and Chicago.)

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that there has always been a small homeless population encamped in their RVs and other vehicles alongside Binford Road on the outskirts of the small city of Novato ...

There are now more illegal immigrants than homeless people housed in New York City’s shelters

June 29, 2023 -

The tipping point – when the illegals or "asylum seekers" outnumbered the city's homeless – came on Sunday, June 25, when the illegal immigrants logged under the city's care reached 50,000. Meanwhile, there are approximately 49,700 homeless New Yorkers at local shelters. (Related: Mayor of sanctuary city New York angry as HALF the hotel rooms fill up with illegal aliens.)

Reports note that New York City's expansive homeless shelter system has essentially doubled in occupancy ...

There are now more illegal immigrants than homeless people housed in New York City’s shelters

June 29, 2023 -

The tipping point – when the illegals or "asylum seekers" outnumbered the city's homeless – came on Sunday, June 25, when the illegal immigrants logged under the city's care reached 50,000. Meanwhile, there are approximately 49,700 homeless New Yorkers at local shelters. (Related: Mayor of sanctuary city New York angry as HALF the hotel rooms fill up with illegal aliens.)

Reports note that New York City's expansive homeless shelter system has essentially doubled in occupancy ...

More seniors are flocking to homeless shelters that are not equipped to care for them

June 06, 2023 -

They represent a specific vulnerable segment of the 70 million Americans from the baby boom generation, the youngest of whom turn 59 this 2023.

Advocates for the homeless in many big cities have observed an alarming spike in the number of elderly homeless with unique health and housing needs.

Some communities, like Phoenix and Orange County in California, are trying to develop novel solutions, including setting up senior shelters and hiring specially trained staff....

Thousands of homeless people, drug addicts and criminals now call LA Metro Rail their home

May 10, 2023 -

Villanueva doesn't expect the situation to get better soon, thanks to the Metro Ambassador Pilot Program launched in March by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA). The program seeks to replace armed law enforcement with unarmed "ambassadors."

According to Villanueva, this will only cause more crimes and anxiety among passengers.

The pilot program initially deployed almost 300 unarmed ambassadors on trains and buses, although an additional ...

Homeless encampments are exploding in size all over America as rents soar and evictions surge

May 09, 2023 -

(Article by Michael republished from TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com)

In Marin County, California the average price of a home is 1.4 million dollars, and it is one of the most prosperous areas of the entire country.

But it is also home to vast hordes of homeless people. In fact, one of the biggest homeless encampments in Marin County is now more than two miles long…

Shocking photos show the ever-growing line of trucks and other vehicles along 101 Highway – which ...

Chicago O’Hare International Airport now featuring something new for passengers to deal with: Homeless people

February 20, 2023 -

As reported by the UK's Daily Mail, the "encampments have sprung up inside crime-riddled Chicago's O'Hare International Airport terminal, leaving some concerned for their safety as images of people sleeping in filthy makeshift shelters have emerged."

"Thousands of people sleeping rough have sought refuge at the popular airline hub, with many setting up shelters inside the terminal buildings," the report continued.

The report noted further:

Passengers were quick ...

Misery Miles: Homeless denizens of Binford Road work multiple low-paying jobs to afford HIGH RENTS

May 18, 2023 -

According to the Daily Mail, some 135 motor homes, cars and shacks can be found along the stretch that can be reached via a 45-minute drive from San Francisco. The outlet shared the stories of some of the denizens priced out of the housing market and now working night and day for a roof over their heads.

Sixty-nine-year-old former carpenter John Sherry and his 70-year-old wife Siriporn Lyness once owned a restaurant and a window cleaning business. Now, they live in a trailer ...