Los Angeles County’s first centralized dispatch center to quickly connect unsheltered people with housing, treatment and other services will start taking requests from the public on Tuesday, according to officials.
The county’s Emergency Centralized Response Center (ECRC) started operating in January to centralize intake to the various services and programs for unhoused individuals run by a host of county and city departments, agencies and outreach teams.
Since opening, the center has responded to 436 referrals, according to county officials. One referral can include multiple unsheltered people, they said…