To the editor: I was shocked to read that L.A. County's General Relief payment to destitute individuals is still a scant $221 per month. Equally shocking is that this monthly amount has not been raised in more than 40 years. ("Monthly payments of $1,000 could get thousands of homeless people off the streets, researchers say," April 30) According to a report by lead author Gary Blasi, a UCLA law professor emeritus, the simplest way to get homeless people into some form of housing would be to... Read this story
