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David Zahniser

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L.A. Times reporter covering Los Angeles City Hall and other L.A.-related things. Ex-L.A. Weekly, Ex-Daily Breeze, ex cetera
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An accounting glitch caused nearly half of LA.'s increase in the homeless count

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By Doug Smith Verified, David Zahniser Verified
| MSN Verified
Deep in the data sheets published last month with the 2026 homeless count was a surprising statistic about change in Skid Row. According to the records, the downtown Los Angeles district's homeless population swelled last year by more than 800 people, an increase of 24%. Those numbers accounted for more than half of the city's troubling 3.4% increase, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which conducts the count. The reality was much less alarming.
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Bass' Inside Safe teams went to these places again and again. But so did the homeless

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By David Zahniser Verified
| Yahoo Canada Verified
Abigail Aguirre has been sleeping terribly. Too many times, she said, residents of a nearby homeless encampment have partied late into the night — sometimes yelling, sometimes blasting music. The noise is especially hard on her husband, who frequently leaves for his job before 5 a.m. "Oh my God, they don't let us sleep," said Aguirre, whose home sits just east of the 110 Freeway in South Los Angeles. "They do drugs in there. They play the loud music.
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Bass imposes new limits on rebuilding process for warehouse that burned in Boyle Heights

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By Gavin Quinton, David Zahniser Verified, Seamus Bozeman Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ordered city agencies on Friday to delay the processing of rebuilding permits for the Lineage burned-out cold storage warehouse in Boyle Heights until regulators have found ways to subject the project to strict environmental review.
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