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Marisa Kendall, CalMatters

Marisa Kendall reports on California's homelessness crisis for CalMatters. She previously covered homelessness for the Bay Area News Group, courts for The Recorder in San Francisco and crime for The News-Press in Fort Myers, Florida. She's a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C.

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A Black woman with long, black brains wears a black Chicago Bulls windbreaker jacket with red and white stripes as she stands at the top of a short staircase in a housing complex and rests her left hand on the metal railing. She smiles slightly while looking directly at the camera.
Los Angeles County Is Testing AI's Ability To Prevent Homelessness
In order to prevent people from becoming homeless before it happens, Los Angeles County officials are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to predict who in the county is most likely to lose their housing. They would then step in to help those people with their rent, utility bills, car payments and more so they don't become unhoused.
A homeless encampment consisting of umbrellas, tarps, a shopping cart, a washing machine and other debris spills out from the sidewalk and into the street, in front of parked cars.
L.A.'s New Homeless Solution Clears Camps But Struggles to House People
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass launched a homeless program called Inside Safe — and although it has cleared sidewalk encampments and provided some interim housing for those who were living on the streets, it has failed to offer a more permanent solution.
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