On Wednesday, Family Promise hosted a Frame Walk event with elected officials from the County and City of Santa Clarita alongside local organizations to showcase their new building.  “I wanna thank the City of Santa Clarita because I can tell you I represent 20 other cities and it’s amazing, when you collaborate you get things done,” said L.A. County Fifth ...

On Tuesday night, the City of Santa Clarita celebrated National Volunteer Month and approved a motion to fund homelessness services through Measure H in Valencia.  On Tuesday evening, the Santa Clarita City Council discussed Measure H and how it plans to spend more than $335,000 on homelessness housing.  Measure H funding is the Homeless Initiative which is the central coordinating ...

Bridge To Home gave a brief tour of the inside the new full-service interim shelter currently under construction Wednesday morning. The tour of the unfinished building, guided by Board of Director’s President Elect Dr. Cherise Moore, highlighted some of the new accommodations the new “state-of-the-art” facility is set to provide. The 18,680 square-foot site is anticipated to provide housing for ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced Tuesday that the California Department of Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) had awarded the City of Victorville over $15k to help homeless pet owners. The HCD awarded Victorville $15,959 from its Pet Assistance and Support (PAS) program to help support those with pets who are experiencing homelessness. “Pets are like family members and ...

A total of 56 vulnerable foster youth have found housing with the help of Fostering Youth Independence (FYI) since the local non-profit was founded in 2017.  The largest foster support organization in Santa Clarita, FYI has supported these dozens of young adults who have aged out of the L.A. County foster system without being adopted or reunited with their birth ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced SB 31, which would compassionately clear encampments and connect homeless individuals with services to break the cycle of chronic homelessness. “California’s homelessness crisis is spiraling out of control,” Wilk said. “Many individuals are trapped in a cycle of drug abuse and mental illness without getting the help they need.” This crisis has now spread ...

Homelessness can be a very difficult experience, and it’s something that millions of people deal with every year in the United States. Fortunately, there are ways for homeless people to make life easier and get access to necessities, like health care, shelter, and homeless car insurance should you have access to a vehicle. But the pandemic certainly isn’t helping, and ...

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, announced Wednesday a new Assembly Bill  (AB 963) which would focus on funding affordable housing development for former foster youth.  Schiavo found in a recent survey of California foster youth, one-quarter of former foster youth experienced homelessness in California between the ages of 21-23, with an additional 28 percent reporting that they had “couch surfed,” according ...

Four weeks after Los Angeles County officials declared a local emergency on homelessness, the board of supervisors unanimously approved a $609.7 million budget for the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative for fiscal year 2023 – 2024. The budget is intended to help reduce homeless encampments, increase interim/permanent housing and increase mental health services for people who are experiencing homelessness, according ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion declaring a local emergency over the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles County.  The new motion, brought forth by Supervisor Kathryn Barger and Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath, recognizes the “complicated” and “multifaceted” landscape of the crisis and aims to set a new tone for the region’s approach.  “This emergency proclamation boils ...