by Eric Measles | Mar 6, 2023
This article is precisely what I had hoped to report to the Department of California from this meeting. I was joined by PDC Dennis Fercho and I attended as Chairman of the National Veterans Education, Other Benefits, & Homelessness Committee. I attended two days...
by Makenna Uriarte | Dec 27, 2022
It has been a busy year for The Veterans Collective. Its work is well underway to transform the historic West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs North Campus into the country’s largest supportive housing community for homeless and at-risk Veterans. As 2022 comes to a close,...
by Christian Southards | Sep 10, 2022
A fire broke out just after midnight on Aug. 9 at the VA West Los Angeles campus, quickly spreading to engulf 11 of the 140 tiny homes built for homeless Los Angeles veterans, the LA Times first reported. No one was injured in the fire but the LA Fire Department...
by Christian Southards | Jul 6, 2022
In June, nonprofit organization Tunnel to Towers made a significant contribution to a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs project to house homeless veterans as part of its ongoing plans to renovate its West Los Angeles Campus. Currently, construction efforts, which...
by Scott Marshutz | Apr 24, 2022
Over the last decade, homelessness in Los Angeles County has exploded. Statistics compiled by the L.A. County Sheriff projected the number to hit 80,000 by the end of 2021. Of those 80,000, more than 10 percent are veterans. In 2019, there were 13,000 homeless...
