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Long Beach, California: As of April 2021, one is located near Interstate 405 and 710 freeways. [9] In September 2008, five people were shot dead at a homeless encampment near the present-day one near 405 in what is known to be one of the most deadliest acts of violence against the homeless community.
A homeless man, center, confronts city workers, who are accompanied by police, as an encampment is cleared Aug. 19 at Gumbiner Park in Long Beach. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
In addition to "homeless and poor families" a number of protestors stayed at the encampment temporarily and participated in antipoverty protests led by the KWRU. [147] In August 2013, 20 homeless women and children slept outside a homeless intake building on Juniper Street to protest the lack of available shelter beds at the start of the school ...
In a 2022 report from the city of Long Beach, from the seventh most-populated city in California, found that the amount of people unhoused who were experiencing some level of homelessness was 3,296 people. That was a 62% increase compared to 2020, the last time the city conducted a similar report.
The city of Long Beach will begin citing and possibly arresting homeless people as part of its effort to crack down on the most problematic homeless encampments.
The city leased the site to extend its winter shelter program, but community members asked leaders to purchase it for use as housing for homeless people. Long Beach plans to purchase property near ...
Saint Francis House, a daytime shelter for the homeless and poor in downtown Boston, Massachusetts; Saint Joseph's House of Hospitality (Pittsburgh) Salvation Army; SAMU Social, a municipal emergency service in several cities in France whose purpose is to provide care and medical aid to homeless people; San Antonio Housing Authority
Amid a cold snap, Long Beach officials announced they halted plans to set up a temporary shelter for unhoused residents after an outcry by local residents.