Project Roomkey, an initiative to house the California homeless population in hotels and motels, is now operational in Santa Clarita, officials said Thursday.  Governor Gavin Newsom announced Monday that California has received $150 million of FEMA support, which is set to provide hotel and motel rooms to homeless individuals to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. The state’s effort ...

A motel in the Santa Clarita Valley is expected to be used for homeless housing, as Los Angeles County works to curb the spread of coronavirus, officials said Thursday.  Hotels and motels countywide are set to be used as temporary homeless housing as COVID-19 impacts some of the most vulnerable residents in the county, according to Stephanie English, the Santa ...

Bridge To Home Shelter moved to a  larger location Saturday in efforts to make social distancing easier among their clients, with no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the homeless community as of Tuesday, officials said. “Public health guidelines recommend six feet of social distancing between people. Santa Clarita is offering our Newhall Community Center facility so these guidelines can be ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to discuss the expansion of a Sheriff’s homeless outreach program, officials said. Homeless Outreach Services Teams (HOST), led by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, was created in 2017 to outreach to the homeless community across the County. “Experiencing homelessness is not a crime, and the HOST have an outreach-first, problem-solving ...

The number of homeless individuals arrested over the Thanksgiving weekend reportedly increased compared to the previous weekend, officials said. Between Wednesday, Nov. 27 and Sunday, Dec. 1, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and officers with the California Highway Patrol Newhall Area Office reportedly made 53 arrests, according to weekend arrest records. Of those 53 arrests, eight were ...

Bridge to Home, the primary homeless services provider in the Santa Clarita Valley, announced Friday the nonprofit has secured funding to be open year-round. The shelter received a Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) contract in the amount of $840,000 which is set to fund 60 beds, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. This ...

The number of homeless people living in Santa Clarita has grown by 100 in the last year, according to officials. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) reported their findings on 2019 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. According to this count, the homeless population of Santa Clarita is 256 people. This is about a 60 percent increase from last year’s ...

In an effort to raise support and resources for the homeless and other people in need in Santa Clarita, a group of Hart District students plan to reopen “The Oasis” pop-up shop later in June. The Oasis pop-up store is set to consist of a carefully curated selection of clothes, daily essentials and an array of food and meals for ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced Wednesday that Senate Bill 333 on homelessness unanimously passed the Senate and is now heading to the Assembly, officials said. SB 333 addresses California’s homeless crisis by requiring the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council (HCFC) to develop and implement a long-term, strategic plan to combat homelessness across the state, complete with specific goals and ...

The 918 homeless deaths recorded across LA County in 2018 represented an all-time high in the county, according to a report published by Kaiser Health News last month. The report found that over the last five years, homeless deaths jumped 76 percent, significantly outpacing the growth of the homeless population over the same period. “When any person dies, whether as ...