On Local Government – Housing a right, or responsibility
by Bob Pinzler Last week, I played golf in Palm Springs on the city’s municipal court. One fairway is bounded by a flood control wash, which had just a trickle of snow melt running through it. My first indication that the wash is populated by homeless was a foul smell. Then I saw tents. From […]
EDUCATION – MBEF to unveil ‘Seeds of Knowledge’ monument
by Mark McDermott Five years ago, when Manhattan Beach Education Foundation executive director Hilary Mahan first began investigating how other ed foundations created art installations celebrating community support for education, the idea was just that — to erect a “recognition wall” naming community members who helped bolster education in local schools. But sometimes things seem […]
HOMELESS UPDATE: Redondo to hire mental health clinician
by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach Housing Navigator Lila Omurra called L.A. County in February requesting a mental health clinician come out to evaluate a homeless man near city hall. She took the first available appointment seven weeks later. Omurra then left a series of notes on her client’s makeshift tent by the bike racks in […]