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### [ $4.4 Billion Later: Inside the Broken Machinery of Los Angeles’ Homelessness System](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312)

August 06 2026

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August 03 2026

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August 10 2026

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PERSPECTIVE - Over the past 46 years that I’ve been part of America’s job training system, work requirements for government benefits have been proposed several times. Each time these work rules have been initially denounced by opponents a…

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