Project Roomkey

The federally-funded Project Roomkey that aimed to get people living on LA streets into empty hotels and motels during COVID is ending.

The federally funded Project Roomkey, that aimed to get people living on Los Angeles streets into empty hotels and motels during Covid, is ending. NBC 4’s John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC 4 News at 4

The LA City Council approved $2.9 million in additional funding to help demobilize the Project Roomkey which is a housing program created during the pandemic.

Riverside County supervisors Tuesday authorized $5.99 million to pay nearly two dozen hotels and motels countywide that participated in the Project Roomkey program initiated in 2020 to place transients facing COVID-19 exposure risks.

Los Angeles already houses people in hotel rooms through the Project Roomkey program, but hotels have to opt in and are not forced to participate.

Some California counties are pushing ahead with plans to wind down a program that’s housed homeless people in hotel rooms amid the coronavirus pandemic

The Los Angeles region was awarded tens of millions of dollars Monday by the state of California’s Homekey project to help keep people from living on the street.

People experiencing homelessness have found homes in hotels during the coronavirus pandemic. John Cádiz Klemack reported on NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, 2020.

Project Room Key seeks out homeless that are at high-risk for COVID-19 and provides them hotel rooms. John Cádiz Klemack reported on NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.

Anxiety mounted every time someone at the homeless shelter sneezed or residents got too close. For Matthew Padilla, a 34-year-old with a pacemaker and asthma, catching the novel coronavirus would likely mean death. So he jumped at the chance to move into a hotel room for free as part of a new California program. Within days, he and his husband,…

Rosemead city officials expressed concern that Los Angeles County intends to establish a temporary housing location at a motel in the city for up to 127 homeless people, none of whom will be screened for a criminal background. The city was informed this week the county will use the Motel 6 located at 1001 San Gabriel Blvd., just north of…

A Los Angeles councilman says luxury hotels should not be exempt from a program to temporarily move people experiencing homelessness into empty hotel rooms after owners at the city’s Ritz-Carlton said they opposed the plan. Project Roomkey is a statewide effort to lease hotel rooms to shelter some of the most vulnerable homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic. An...

As objections mounted from Los Angeles cities to a plan to temporarily house homeless people in danger of contracting the coronavirus at local hotels, a federal judge Thursday indicated that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s emergency order would prevail regardless. The plan to house vulnerable people at hotels throughout Los Angeles is the focus of Project Roomkey — a joint undertaking by…

A kitchen in Long Beach is cooking up meals once again with the help of celebrity chef José Andrés’ nonprofit, sending food to seniors affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The partnership between Andrés’ World Central Kitchen nonprofit and Lola’s Mexican Cuisine has a double benefit – jobs for workers and thousands of meals for those who need it most....

Gov. Gavin Newsom said many counties and cities have been supportive of Project Roomkey, but others are trying to block the move. Kim Tobin reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 18, 2020.

California is on its way to acquiring 15,000 hotel rooms to house the homeless during the pandemic, said Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday as he reminded people to stay indoors while outbreaks continue to crop up throughout the state.

A partnership with World Central Kitchen has allowed Lola’s Mexican Cuisine to keep their employees working amid the pandemic, while serving food to those in need.. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Friday, April 17, 2020.