{"id":929,"date":"2023-02-15T16:45:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T00:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/center-for-political-future\/?page_id=929"},"modified":"2025-08-27T16:26:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T23:26:51","slug":"homelessness-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/center-for-political-future\/jesse-m-unruh-institute-of-politics\/research-internship-past-projects\/homelessness-in-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Homelessness in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h1 class=\"Profile__Name-b6m9jr-4 gmbKrG\">Spring 2018<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 class=\"Profile__Titles-b6m9jr-5 bxFgWO\">Homelessness in Los Angeles<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_988\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-988\" style=\"width: 776px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-988\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/center-for-political-future\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/02\/sp18_homelessness_research_edit-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Spring 2018: Homelessness in Los Angeles Presentation with Policy Research Internship students\" width=\"776\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/center-for-political-future\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/02\/sp18_homelessness_research_edit-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/center-for-political-future\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/02\/sp18_homelessness_research_edit-2048x1482.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of Spring 2018: Homelessness in Los Angeles Presentation with Policy Research Internship students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"Content__StyledContent-mxgxax-0 kDWYAc\">\n<p>For the spring 2018 semester, in partnership with the Office of Los Angeles Councilmember Paul Krekorian, Unruh Institute research interns evaluated the current homelessness crisis in Los Angeles County. They took an in-depth look at current programs and services provided and proposed policy recommendations. They also looked at effective programs in Northern California, the United States, and internationally and compared them to the current L.A. programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project:<\/strong>\u00a0Homelessness in Los Angeles: A Comprehensive Study<\/p>\n<p><strong>USC Students:<\/strong>\u00a0Lauren Jacobs, Mechelle Philip, Jose Gutierrez, Amanda Feiwell, Brianna Mims, and Grace Steele<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the students share their findings and policy recommendations, as well as explain why they chose to research the issue of homelessness\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/grVTBJb74qI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Goal:<\/strong>\u00a0Evaluating the current homelessness crisis in Los Angeles County and City and looking towards the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the group&#8217;s research into the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/assets\/sites\/996\/docs\/Homelessness_Research_Presentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":0,"parent":574,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-929","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Homelessness in Los Angeles - USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CPF POSC 395 Policy Research Internship project, Homelessness in Los Angeles, for the Spring 2018 semester\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/center-for-political-future\/jesse-m-unruh-institute-of-politics\/research-internship-past-projects\/homelessness-in-los-angeles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Homelessness in Los Angeles - USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CPF POSC 395 Policy Research Internship project, Homelessness in Los Angeles, for the Spring 2018 semester\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/center-for-political-future\/jesse-m-unruh-institute-of-politics\/research-internship-past-projects\/homelessness-in-los-angeles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USCPolFuture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-27T23:26:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@USCPolFuture\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dornsife.usc.edu\\\/center-for-political-future\\\/jesse-m-unruh-institute-of-politics\\\/research-internship-past-projects\\\/homelessness-in-los-angeles\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dornsife.usc.edu\\\/center-for-political-future\\\/jesse-m-unruh-institute-of-politics\\\/research-internship-past-projects\\\/homelessness-in-los-angeles\\\/\",\"name\":\"Homelessness in Los Angeles - USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\\\/center-for-political-future\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-16T00:45:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-27T23:26:51+00:00\",\"description\":\"CPF POSC 395 Policy Research Internship project, Homelessness in Los Angeles, for the Spring 2018 semester\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dornsife.usc.edu\\\/center-for-political-future\\\/jesse-m-unruh-institute-of-politics\\\/research-internship-past-projects\\\/homelessness-in-los-angeles\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dornsife.usc.edu\\\/center-for-political-future\\\/jesse-m-unruh-institute-of-politics\\\/research-internship-past-projects\\\/homelessness-in-los-angeles\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dornsife.usc.edu\\\/center-for-political-future\\\/jesse-m-unruh-institute-of-politics\\\/research-internship-past-projects\\\/homelessness-in-los-angeles\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dornsife.usc.edu\\\/center-for-political-future\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jesse M. 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