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L.A. homeless population drops despite recession, county study finds [Updated]
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 30 days ago
L.A. homeless population drops despite recession, county study finds [Updated]
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Los Angeles County's homeless population has dropped 38% since 2007, according to a survey conducted this year by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. The count, which was conducted over three days in January, pegs the region's homeless population at 42,694, down from 68,808 in 2007. ...

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City Journal Eye on the News and Books and Culture — ... spike in homicide victims aged 17 and younger in 2008—to a total of 50 victims—but this year, those youth homicides were down 19 percent by the end of September. Inner-city gangbangers never had jobs to begin with. Their violence represents the cumulative effects of a culture where marriage has disappeared as an expectation for young men. And now the other favorite target of root-causism—homelessness—is also defying advocates’ expectations. The homeless population in Los Angeles has dropped 38 percent since 2007. Despite recent unconvincing attempts by the New York Times to ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: Hillary_Clinton pakistan) Los Angeles homeless population drops despite recession, county study finds Los Angeles County's homeless population has dropped 38% since 2007, according to a survey conducted this year by the ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Hillary has a lot of what I am looking for in a VP,” Obama is quoted as telling Plouffe and Axelrod during a meeting on the VP selection process. “Smarts, discipline, steadfastness.” Obama then adds, however: “I think Bill may be too big a complication. If I picked her, my concern is that there would be more than two of us in the relationship.” Thanks to The Bill Factor, Hillary, who was on the final list of six possible running mates, did not make the final list of three. Los Angeles homeless population drops despite recession, county study finds Los Angeles ...

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