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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A former Hollywood library has been repurposed into a women’s homeless shelter which will open for use Tuesday. The Gardner Street Women’s Bridge Housing Center at 1403 North Gardner St. is located on the former site of the Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library. READ MORE: Walter Mondale, Former Vice President, Has Died At Age 93 The Gardner Street Women’s Bridge Housing Center in Hollywood. Sept. 10, 2019. (CBS2) The permanent facility, part of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s “A Bridge Home Initiative” to tackle L.A.’s homeless crisis, will be able to house up to 30 women. It was first proposed by L.A. City Councilman David Ryu back in 2017. Construction began back in November. It was built with funding from Measure HHH , a $1.2 billion bond measure approved by voters back in 2016 for the construction of supportive affordable housing. Garcetti and Ryu will be on hand to help open the shelter Tuesday morning. The “Bridge Home” … [Read more...] about New Women’s Homeless Shelter Opens On Site Of Former Hollywood Library

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Protesters clashed with police on Monday night in Manhattan. The NYPD told CBS2’s Ali Bauman there were around 30 arrests, some for obstructing traffic. It said 10 officers were injured in the altercation. The department did not have a count on protester injuries. READ MORE: Police: Jewelry Thieves Snatch Necklace, Bracelet From Women In Brooklyn Things calmed down as the night wore on, but earlier it was an entirely different scene. A tense standoff turned violent by City Hall after hundreds of Black Liberation protesters marched over the Brooklyn Bridge and were met by police. PROTESTS AND POLICE REFORMS Writer David Simon, The Wire Creator, Discusses Policing In America With CBS2’s Maurice DuBois Timothy Cardinal Dolan Throws Support Behind NYPD, Calls For An End To ‘Attacks’ CBS2 Speaks With Members Of Cure Violence Group Man Up! Inc. NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams On What’s Next When It Comes To Race Documentary … [Read more...] about NYPD: Nearly 30 Arrested Following Clash With Black Liberation Protesters Near City Hall

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A program that uses hotel rooms throughout Los Angeles to house homeless seniors will be expanded after the federal government agreed to reimburse all the program’s costs. A homeless woman pushes her belongings past a row of tents on the streets of Los Angeles on Feb. 1, 2021. (Getty Images) Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday that the Biden administration has committed to reimbursing up to 100% of the costs of Project Roomkey through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. READ MORE: Walter Mondale, Former Vice President, Has Died At Age 93 Previously, state and local governments in Project Roomkey were being reimbursed by FEMA for up to 75% of costs for those rooms. “Long before COVID, when I talked about the homelessness crisis, I always said we needed a FEMA-level response to a crisis that predates the pandemic, is involved in the pandemic and will postdate this pandemic,” Garcetti said Wednesday. “And I was pleased that finally in … [Read more...] about LA To Expand Project Roomkey For Homeless Seniors After Biden Administration Agrees To Fund 100% Of Its Costs

The status quo is killing us Re: “Mass incarceration, racial disparities are harming Coloradans,” April 8 commentary You might know Michael Marshall as the mentally ill, homeless man killed by sheriff’s deputies in the Denver jail, but to me he was Uncle Mike. Son of John Marshall and Hattie Lee Black-Marshall, Uncle Mike was a loving man, willing to do what he could for his family and other people experiencing homelessness. He had a contagious laugh and presence that brought joy at holidays and Sunday dinners. Because he lived with schizophrenia and the stigma that goes along with mental illness and poverty, you’ll never get to meet the man I loved, but you can honor his memory by supporting Senate Bill 62. Jails should be for people who are a danger to others. Yet, too many people like my uncle are jailed because they are experiencing homelessness, mental illness, substance use disorder, or can’t afford to buy their freedom. Uncle Mike was jailed for an alleged low-level … [Read more...] about Letters: The status quo is killing us (4/18/21)

Two movies nominated for Academy Awards for both “Best Picture” and ”Original Screenplay” are “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “Judas and the Black Messiah.” They capture an iconic time in our history in ways that few earlier cinematic efforts have managed with a couple of notable exceptions. These include Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” that revealed the tactical and strategic challenges of the 1960s civil rights movement for Martin Luther King and his fellow activists and Milos Forman’s “Hair” that explicitly connected the emergence of an exuberant hippie culture to the looming death culture of the Vietnam war. My own family history was somewhat cinematic. As a child my father survived a massacre of hundreds of people in his Ukraine village, later escaping across the snow, carrying his little sister on his back. My mother was interrogated by the Nazis when she was nine years old and then had to be sent away from her family and her country the next day. I, on the other hand, grew … [Read more...] about Two Oscar nominated movies, and why the 1960s never leaves us