Southern California Cities Gather Together To Form The Mall Network

Staff of cities and a few Counties from throughout the Los Angeles region met at PATH today to talk about developing a national network of cities and groups who support multi-service centers for the homeless.

“The Mall Network” is trying to re-design how support services for homeless fit into the current trend of reaching chronic homelessness and “housing first.”

Staff who attended or expressed support of the Mall Network today were from the cities of: Beverly Hills, El Monte, Glendale, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Pomona, Riverside, Santa Monica, West Hollywood; and the counties of: Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Bernardino. Agencies included: Midnight Mission, Ocean Park Community Center, PATH, Salvation Army, Shelter Partnership and Volunteers of America.

The County of Los Angeles is the Lead Agency, and the Partnering Agencies are: City of Long Beach, Midnight Mission, PATH, and Shelter Partnership.

This meeting was significant because rarely have such a diverse group of cities and counties met to discuss homelessness in the Los Angeles region.