Hunger and Homlessness City Project: Los Angeles

My group will be presenting the city of LA and its' homeless and hunger situation. In the short, what we've done as a group to present this city is break it down into different sections for each person and they are given the task to research and fill out their topic to provide a good examination of the poverty situation in LA and how the city is dealing with it. For example, I volunteered to examine several programs that the city has put forward to fight poverty and hunger ((these are either public programs that are funded by tax dollars or efforts by private associations and people acting independantly of any church or religious structure)you'll see why that is important in a second); looking at their goals and how they compare to the overall problems in the city to determine their effectiveness towards the problems they are trying to fight. The other members of the group have chosen to break down the raw data presented in the Mayor's report and other figures involving poverty and hunger with an examination of the poverty level and the amounts above or below it, the treatment of homeless outside of homeless programs dealing mostly with police abuse but branching into other sectors as well, and faith based organizations who contribute a great deal to the efforts to aid the homeless and hungry but are not generally affiliated with the state or any major buisnesses or public figures and are not funded by the state or municipalities. All in all I feel its a fairly well rounded presentation that will given a good view of homelessness and hunger in LA.