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Leg Up Los Angeles 501c3 Non-Profit organization designed to assist+advocate for underprivileged folks of Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.In January 2020, 63,706 people were experiencing homelessness across Los Angeles C...
10/21/2026

LOS ANGELES, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
In January 2020, 63,706 people were experiencing homelessness across Los Angeles City and County — the second-highest total of any Continuum of Care in the country, behind New York City.
Nationwide, 580,466 people were counted as experiencing homelessness on a single night. These numbers represent real people, real families, and real Angelenos who deserve more than to be reduced to a statistic.
Homelessness isn’t just a housing issue. It’s a community issue. And addressing it requires more than conversations — it requires resources, accountability, and collective action.
At Leg Up LA, we’re committed to showing up for our neighbors, meeting immediate needs, and advocating for a city where everyone has the opportunity to live with dignity.
📊 Swipe through the data. Start the conversation. Be part of the solution.
Sources:
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 2020 Annual Homeless Assessment Report, Part 1.
https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahar/2020-ahar-part-1-pit-estimates-of-homelessness-in-the-us.html
Original graphic: Statista, The U.S. Cities With the Most Homeless People.

Homelessness in Los Angeles doesn’t look like just one thing, and it doesn’t affect just one age group.According to the ...
10/20/2026

Homelessness in Los Angeles doesn’t look like just one thing, and it doesn’t affect just one age group.
According to the figures shown, adults ages 25–54 account for 60.6% of the people counted experiencing homelessness in LA County. But behind every number is a person, a family, and a story that deserves to be seen.
Homelessness is not a personal failure. It’s a community issue that requires community solutions, from access to affordable housing and preventative resources to direct support for our neighbors experiencing hardship.
At Leg Up LA, we believe everyone deserves dignity, stability, and the opportunity to thrive.
Let’s move beyond the statistics and work toward solutions.

Wayside has always been bigger than a tattoo bus. It became a place where artists, friends, neighbors, and our community...
10/06/2026

Wayside has always been bigger than a tattoo bus. It became a place where artists, friends, neighbors, and our community could come together.
A big part of that has always been giving back. Wayside has contributed to Leg Up LA and helped us continue showing up for our people through food, supplies, outreach, and community events.
This exhibition is a chance to look back at where it all started — the mural, the people behind it, the photographers who documented it, and everything that came together around that bus.
We’re proud to have Wayside be part of the Leg Up story, too.
Come hang with us October 10th and celebrate the people and community that made it possible.
A love letter to Northeast LA. ❤️

09/08/2026

There’s a lot of emotion wrapped up in the conversation around homelessness in Los Angeles, and that can make it easy to reduce a complicated issue to a single explanation.

The reality is messier. People move. People lose housing. People follow family, work, weather, opportunity, and sometimes available resources. None of that means we should ignore the ways policy can shape behavior—but it also means we should be careful about turning a complicated human crisis into a story about outsiders coming here to take advantage.

You can believe L.A. needs stronger, smarter policies **and** believe that people living on our streets deserve dignity.

Those ideas aren’t mutually exclusive. The better conversation starts when we stop looking for one villain and start looking at what actually works.

09/02/2026

Measure A is putting more than $1 billion a year toward homelessness in LA County. But when you’re actually out here talking to people, you realize pretty quickly that homelessness is a lot more complicated than a number or a budget. At Leg Up, we see the gaps up close. We hear the stories, the setbacks, and the things that never make it into a statistic. Follow Leg Up LA to learn more on how you can support pro HUMAN initiatives in Los Angeles🤎

According to the 2026 LAHSA Point-in-Time Count, 73,040 people are experiencing homelessness across LA County — up from ...
09/01/2026

According to the 2026 LAHSA Point-in-Time Count, 73,040 people are experiencing homelessness across LA County — up from 72,195 in 2025.
And one number stands out: 66% of people experiencing homelessness are unsheltered, meaning they’re sleeping on streets, in vehicles, tents, or other places not meant for people to live.
That’s more than 44,000 people without access to a shelter or other form of temporary housing.
Homelessness isn’t just a number on a chart. These are our neighbors, friends, families, and community members.
At Leg Up LA, we believe we can’t wait for systems to change before we show up for people. We’re continuing to provide direct support, resources, food, hygiene supplies, and community care to people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles.
The need is still here. And so are we.
If you want to help us keep showing up, donate, volunteer, or share this post. ❤️

08/25/2026

Little video from prep for a distribution we had in 2021.
I used to hate recording our distributions.
Not because I didn’t believe in what we were doing, but because I was scared it would look performative. Like we were helping people just to put a camera in their face and post it online.
So for a long time, I didn’t record much.
I just wanted to show up, do the work, pack the bags, hand things out, talk to people, and go home.
But over time, I started realizing something.
Nobody knows what you do if they never see it.
And more importantly, nobody knows why it needs to be done.
These videos aren’t about proving that we’re good people. They’re not about using someone’s hardest moment for likes.
They’re about showing people a reality that exists whether we record it or not.
Because every time someone sees what we’re doing, someone else learns about Leg Up LA. Someone shares a video. Someone volunteers. Someone donates $5. Someone decides to help.
And that $5 might become a meal, water, socks, hygiene supplies, or something else somebody genuinely needs.
I’m still learning how to tell these stories respectfully. I don’t think there’s always a perfect way to put a camera around this work.
But I’ve realized that staying silent doesn’t necessarily make the work more meaningful.
Sometimes, telling people what you’re seeing is part of the work too.
So here’s some footage from back when we were just figuring it out.

08/18/2026

A lot of what gets overlooked, overstocked, or left behind still has value.

At Leg Up LA, we work to bridge the gap between businesses with excess goods and community members who can actually use them. Food, clothing, hygiene supplies, household items, and other essentials can make a meaningful difference when they’re redirected instead of discarded.

If you know a business with goods they’d like to put to better use, **connect them with Leg Up LA.**

And if you want to support the work directly, **donations help us turn resources into real assistance across Los Angeles.**

♻️ Give what you can.
🤝 Connect us with businesses.
❤️ Help us keep useful goods in the hands of people who need them.

08/13/2026

A huge thank yo a wonderful community member for helping us put resources to work in our community.

Every day, perfectly usable food, supplies, clothing, and other goods are discarded while people across Los Angeles are still in need.

If your workplace, business, or organization ever has more than you can use, we’d love to help put it somewhere it matters.

DM us to coordinate a donation or support our work at Leg Up LA.

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