
The 2020 count continued that upward trajectory, though the 2022 count found that the increases had drastically slowed, nearly leveling off to about 69,000 people experiencing homelessness in the county and almost 42,000 in the city. In 2019, the annual report detected double-digit increases in the homeless populations of the city and county. Robert Mason, a 56-year-old homeless man, warms up a piece of doughnut over a bonfire he set to keep himself warm on Skid Row in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. “While this year’s increases are slightly lower than previous year-over-year increases in the homeless count, they continue a steady growth trend of people experiencing homelessness in the annual Point-in-Time Count,” the release said. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority revealed “a 9% rise in homelessness on any given night in Los Angeles County to an estimated 75,518 people and a 10% rise in the City of Los Angeles to an estimated 46,260 people.”

That’s significant because the legal requirements for proving defamation are tougher for public figures than for everyday people.A clearer picture of the status of homelessness in Los Angeles County came into focus Thursday with the release of the 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, and after some brief hope offered by last year’s results, the downward trend is continuing. Luke is a “public figure” in the eyes of the law. The top court, which New York calls the Court of Appeals, also declared that Dr. Luke under a New York law against bringing frivolous suits to try to intimidate critics into silence New York’s highest court recently ruled that she could pursue those claims. By this year, he was ASCAP’s pop songwriter of the year once again.Īlong the way, Kesha’s sexual abuse-related claims were dismissed because of time limits and other legal issues, without any findings about the merits of the allegations themselves. He has said various artists, particularly female ones, eschewed “working with someone who’s called a rapist.”īut under the name Tyson Trax, he made it back to the top of the charts in 2020 with Doja Cat’s “Say So,” garnering his first Grammy nomination since 2014. Luke’s career also took a hit after she went public with her allegations. Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Pink, Avril Lavigne, Adam Levine and Taio Cruz are among those who gave testimony or sworn statements related to the case.ĭr.
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The deal averts a trial that had been scheduled for this summer over allegations that became a #MeToo cause for Kesha’s supporters and came to involve a lineup of music industry luminaries.

Luke, in turn, said he wished her well and wanted “to put this difficult matter behind me” after years of fighting to clear his name.


“I cannot recount everything that happened,” Kesha wrote, adding that she wishes “nothing but peace to all parties involved.”ĭr. Messages seeking comment were sent to their attorneys. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed, as both she and he revealed on Instagram that they had agreed to “a resolution” of the case and to a statement from each of them. Luke, meanwhile, said he was “absolutely certain that nothing happened. Luke have settled nearly a decade of suits and countersuits over her accusation that he drugged and raped her and his claim that she made it up and defamed him, they announced Thursday, with the singer saying that “only God knows what happened that night.”ĭr. NEW YORK (AP) - Pop star Kesha and producer Dr.
