10 trailers sent to South LA to shelter…
10 trailers sent to South LA to shelter homeless families as part of California's 'crisis response'
The deployment of travel trailers is part of the state's response to the homeless crisis through an executive order to significantly reduce and prevent street homelessness.
Los Angeles Councilman Curren Price, Va Lecia Adams Kellum, pres. and CEO of St. Joseph Center, and Sup. Mark Ridley-Thomas check out one of 10 trailers sent by Gov. Gavin Newsom to temporarily house homeless families at Safe Landing for Families on South Broadway in Los Angeles on Thursday, February 13, 2020. St. Joseph Center will provide the families with wraparound services. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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PUBLISHED: February 13, 2020 at 7:07 p.m. | UPDATED: February 14, 2020 at 5:44 a.m.
Los Angeles County Sup. Mark Ridley-Thomas holds a press conference with Los Angeles Councilman Curren Price, left, after Gov. Gavin Newsom sent 10 trailers to temporarily house homeless families at Safe Landing for Families on South Broadway in Los Angeles on Thursday, February 13, 2020. St. Joseph Center will provide the families with wraparound services. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Va Lecia Adams Kellum, pres. and CEO of St. Joseph Center, speaks with Los Angeles Councilman Curren Price at Safe Landing for Families on South Broadway in Los Angeles on Thursday, February 13, 2020 where 10 trailers, sent by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will temporarily house homeless families. St. Joseph Center will provide the families with wraparound services. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Los Angeles Councilman Curren Price holds a press conference with Sup. Mark Ridley-Thomas, far right, after Gov. Gavin Newsom sent 10 trailers to temporarily house homeless families at Safe Landing for Families on South Broadway in Los Angeles on Thursday, February 13, 2020. St. Joseph Center will provide the families with wraparound services. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Ten trailers, sent by Gov. Gavin Newsom to temporarily house homeless families, are in place along with utility hookups at Safe Landing for Families on South Broadway in Los Angeles on Thursday, February 13, 2020. St. Joseph Center will provide the families with wraparound services. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Los Angeles Councilman Curren Price and Sup. Mark Ridley-Thomas check out one of 10 trailers sent by Gov. Gavin Newsom to temporarily house homeless families at Safe Landing for Families on South Broadway in Los Angeles on Thursday, February 13, 2020. St. Joseph Center will provide the families with wraparound services. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
The California Department of Transportation delivered 10 travel trailers Thursday to a site in South Los Angeles to provide temporary housing for families experiencing homelessness.
"California is treating homelessness like the emergency it is, and it's going to take every level of government stepping up to do their part," said California Gov. Gavin Newsom. "State government is doing more than ever before to combat homelessness."
The deployment of travel trailers is part of the state's response to the homeless crisis through an executive order to significantly reduce and prevent street homelessness, connect people to services and build housing faster, according to the governor's office.
In the coming weeks, Caltrans will deploy an additional 20 travel trailers to Los Angeles County and dispatch dozens more throughout the state.
"Just over three weeks after identifying a site for the trailers, we have the manifestation of collective civic action," said Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, co-chair of the governor's Council of Regional Homeless Advisors.
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Ridley-Thomas said government at all levels is working with nonprofit, philanthropy and private organizations, which has "created a safe landing for families transitioning out of homelessness. This is what a crisis response can and should look like."
The trailers were delivered to the Safe Landing for Families site in South Los Angeles, where they will house homeless families with children.
The families will be provided with wraparound services and assistance connecting them to longer-term affordable housing, according to the governor's office.
Previously used by Camp Fire first responders, the travel trailers each have a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and dining area, as well as other amenities.
St. Joseph Center recently deployed "street outreach" teams to identify the families who would move into the trailers. Many of them are currently living on the streets in the immediate vicinity, in cars or dilapidated RVs, or in rented motel rooms, the governor's office said.
Of the $650 million in State Emergency Homeless Aid that Newsom ordered, Los Angeles County is scheduled to receive $64.3 million, and the governor's office issued a challenge for cities and counties to partner with the state on solutions to homelessness.
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