Homelessness

Long Beach now has 219 more unhoused people than last year.

The city says homelessness is up about 6.5% compared to last year. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 2, 2025.

Police told the father of four that someone thought he was a homeless man with a baby. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Monday, June 2, 2025.

“Apparently, I need to work on my appearance,” the father of four young children said.

A federal court hearing is expected to continue Thursday to determine whether the city of Los Angeles has breached its agreement to create enough shelter beds for homeless residents.

A federal hearing continues today over how the city of Los Angeles is spending funding for the homeless. Lauren Coronado reports for the NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on May 29, 2025. 

A mobile service for those in need of a shower or hygiene products is facing uncertainty after being left out of the revised $14 billion city budget, threatening its funding.

A city program that helps provide mobile showers and resources to people who need them is in limbo after not being included in the mayor’s revised city budget. Camilla Rambaldi reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on May 28, 2025.

Mayor Karen Bass as well as Councilmembers Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez were subpoenaed to testify in the hearing. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

A property owner deployed a motion sensor that triggers a chirping sound to prevent homeless people from sleeping outside businesses. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

There’s a new soundtrack on the streets in West Hollywood, where a property owner deployed a motion sensor that triggers a chirping sound to prevent homeless people from sleeping outside businesses in the area. The device is called a Blue Chirper, created by Santa Monica resident Stephen McMahon, who said he came up with the concept after homeless people...

Following NBC4’s coverage of a downtown Los Angeles business playing “Baby Shark” on loop to deter homeless encampments, the music has stopped. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 News at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Several homeless encampments in South Los Angeles appear to be trying to connect cables together to take power from nearby utility poles, prompting concerns of potential fire risk. Near Broadway and 39th Street, a cable from a parked trailer was seen connecting to a power pole. It appears some unhoused residents in the community may be taking power from light…

Several homeless encampments are tying cables together to take power from nearby power poles, prompting concerns over fire hazards. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 19, 2025.

The song, beloved by children and despised by parents, is “driving people crazy,” one unhoused woman said.

Those who live in homeless tents near the building that’s blasting the music say the song is not cute. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2025.

For the first time in six years, homeless numbers are going down in the city of Los Angeles, according to a recent study by the Center for Urban Resilience at Loyola Marymount University. 

Mayor Karen Bass says her team is making a difference when it comes to the city’s homelessness crisis. Michelle Valles reports for the NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on May 13, 2025. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced $3.3 billion will be allocated to provide services to unhoused Californians in an effort to get rid of encampments. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 12, 2025.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday urged California’s local governments to clear homeless encampments, escalating the state’s efforts to ban the growing number of makeshift camps on sidewalks and in parks that are the most visible signs of the crisis of people living on the streets. The announcement of a new model ordinance for counties, cities and towns is coupled...