LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles (LA), sometimes called the homeless capital of America, adopted a $1.87 billion plan on Tuesday to help its 44,000 down-and-out people without homes. The 10-year plan adopted by the city council, with the ambitious goal of ending LA’s growing homelessness, includes hiring social workers, offering quality housing and building permanent housing. In addition, Los Angeles County supervisors also agreed to release $100 million over several years ($42 million in first 12 months) toward housing the homeless. Homelessness is ‘most serious humanitarian crisis confronting our county today’, said county CEO Sachi Hamai.