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Prosecutors say 33-year-old Jerrid Powell also faces special circumstances of committing multiple murders and murder in the course of a robbery, as well as personal use of a firearm allegations. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News on Dec. 4, 2023.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that Jerrid Powell has been charged in the shooting deaths of three unhoused individuals and one other person at his home in San Dimas.

In the span of five days, three men were shot and killed as they slept on the street. Bailey Miller reports for the NBC4 News on Dec. 2, 2023.

A sheriff’s deputy is recovering following a deadly shootout with a gunman in Victorville.

Los Angeles law enforcement agencies are searching for a killer who took the lives of three unsheltered residents. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News on Dec. 1, 2023.

A massive investigation is underway after three homeless men were murdered in Downtown Los Angeles. City officials, LAPD and federal agents are looking to find the murderer and sound the alarm for other homeless individuals to seek shelter and resources. Christian Cazares reports for the NBC4 News on Dec. 1, 2023.

An arrest has been made in the killing of three homeless men in the last week, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a press conference Saturday.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was elected on promises to make a big dent quickly in the city’s homelessness crisis, but almost a year later in office, her costly plan has put only 255 of the city’s 46,000 homeless into permanent housing.

Nearly a year after a program aimed to get unsheltered Angelenos off the streets and into temporary motels, the NBC4 I-Team reveals it isn’t going exactly as planned. Joel Grover reports for the NBC4 News on Nov. 30, 2023.

Santa Ana city leaders, business owners and residents say the facility is inviting large groups of unhoused individuals, raising safety concerns. Anastassia Olmos reports for NBC4 News on Nov. 28, 2023.

California’s conservatorship laws are being updated for the first time in 50 years.

Senate Bill 43 expands the definition of “gravely disabled,” the legal standard for detaining people and putting them into conservatorship without their consent, as well as introduces bonds and ballot measures to build treatment beds and housing units. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News on Oct. 12, 2023.

A nonprofit organization on Wednesday announced it filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles over Mayor Karen Bass’ emergency powers in addressing the homelessness crisis.

The Los Angeles Housing Services Authority released the 2023 Homeless Count Data which showed that there has been an increase in people experiencing homelessness.

A homeowner in the Florence Firestone District, next to Huntington Park, is expressing frustration over parked RV’s, trash, and feces filling the street near his rental home.

Many residents in Los Angeles have grown accustomed to seeing rows of grey tents along a street or walking past people sleeping on the sidewalk. In 2022, the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority estimated that more than 69,000 people in the county were experiencing homelessness. 

The LA city council just approved $1.3 billion dollars to fight homelessness and the White House just approved a first of its kind initiative aimed at cutting homelessness significantly in the next several months. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News on May 18, 2023.

LA’s taxpayers are forking over big bucks for the “Inside Safe” program, which gets people off streets but has placed some in run-down motels with mold, clogged toilets and other major maintenance issues.

LA’s taxpayers are forking over big bucks for the “Inside Safe” program, which gets people off streets but has placed some in run-down motels with mold, clogged toilets and other major maintenance issues. Joel Grover reports May 9, 2023.

Businesses are concerned with the homeless encampments because they are growing in number and could possibly be dangerous. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News on April 14, 2023.