Imperfect Paradise presents HTLA: Volunteers Take On The Homelessness Crisis: Part 3 & 4
Imperfect Paradise
LAist Studios
4.5 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week, Imperfect Paradise is featuring Part 3 & Part 4 of a four-part series from How To LA.
HTLA host Brian De Los Santos and producer Evan Jacoby are taking a closer look at L.A. Mayor Karen Bass's "Inside Safe" program. They also recap some of the big questions we've asked throughout the series, and bring a new question to many of our guests from the previous episodes: "What should the relationship be between mutual aid volunteers and government agencies?"
If you want to learn more about mutual aid in Los Angeles, check out Evan's reporting on LAist.com
Or, if you want to learn about mutual aid groups in your neighborhood and maybe join them, check out these resources:
Los Angeles:
National:
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains strong language and includes sensitive content about drugs, rape, suicide, and death.
For substance dependency and mental health support and resources, call SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or text 988.
Guests in Part 3: Nono, unhoused resident of an Inside Safe motel in Palms; Nick Gerda, LAist Unhoused Communities Reporter; LA Mayor Karen Bass; Councilmember Kevin de León of Council District 14; Councilmember Nithya Raman of Council District 4; Hawk, U.S. Veteran & Skid Row Resident
Guests in Part 4: Aria Cataño, founder of WaterDrop LA; Ndindi Kitonga, founder of Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid (PUMA); Councilmember Nithya Raman of Council District 4; Benjamin Henwood, PhD, professor of social policy and health at the University of Southern California
Music in Part 3 episode composed by: Chris Schlarb, Dexter Thomas, Evan Jacoby, Geir Sundstøl, Meitei, Ricky Eat Acid, Woo
Music in Part 4 episode composed by: Dexter Thomas, Evan Jacoby, Ill Considered, Meitei, Nala Sinephro, Ricky Eat Acid
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| 0:37.0 | Hey, you're listening to Imperfect Paradise, the show about hidden worlds and messy realities. |
| 0:43.4 | I'm Antonio Sedejito. |
| 0:45.1 | If you listen to our series Nuri and The Secret Tapes, you know that homelessness is an issue that is hotly contested in our city government. |
| 0:53.4 | As we continue running HowToL.A. series on how homelessness is contested in our city government. As we continue running How to LA series on how |
| 0:56.0 | homelessness is treated here in the city, I'm really grateful for my colleagues here at LAist, who are |
| 1:01.0 | doing the hard work of tracking how local government programs are actually impacting the unhoused community. |
| 1:07.0 | We'll be hearing from council members Kevin the Leon, Nithia Rahman, and Mayor Karen Bass, |
| 1:12.4 | reflecting on their work and what they see as challenges moving forward. And we'll also continue |
| 1:17.6 | to hear from unhoused folks themselves. And just a heads up, this episode includes some heavy |
| 1:22.6 | themes including sexual assault, substance abuse, suicide, and death. |
| 1:31.4 | Host Brian De Los Santos and producer Evan Jacoby, take it from here. |
| 1:42.0 | From LAS studios, this is How to LA. |
| 1:47.4 | I'm your host, Brian de Los Santos. And I'm Evan Jacoby, a producer on the show. |
| 1:55.8 | This episode is Parts 3 and 4 of our series on Mutual Aid Volunteers in Los Angeles. If you like your stories in the right order, then take a listen to parts one and two first. |
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