Publications available from the League include:

• Homelessness Study Report 2025: The Homelessness Study Team is proud to present you wit h The Crisis of Homelessness in the City of Los Angeles. This study, approved by LWVGLA members in June 2020 and completed in spring 2024, used primary and secondary research to examine the availability of emergency, interim, and permanent shelter and housing types, as well as supportive services, for people experiencing homelessness. In addition, the Study Team analyzed policies and processes employed by the city of Los Angeles for handling encampments and the people living in them, as well as processes for moving people into housing. The report provides a snapshot, too, of LAHSA’s Homeless Count data. Among the key findings are (1) in spite of billions of dollars spent on homelessness, very few unhoused people first placed into interim housing eventually move into permanent accommodations; (2) management of data concerning the availability of shelter beds and the progress being made, or not, by people experiencing homelessness as they move through the homeless-services system is lacking; (3) governance of the homeless-services system is siloed and fragmented, and there is little accountability as to how the city’s funds are being spent on homelessness; (4) the most vulnerable people in our area, people experiencing homelessness, are often retraumatized by how the system treats them; and (5) the stated goals and plans of the city’s aspirational policies and documents concerning resolving homelessness fall short of fulfilling their promises. Read the study here

• Guide to Government (in four languages): A complete listing of all elected government representatives from the local to federal level, with names, addresses, and telephone numbers. Available at any time.
  
  
• Los Angeles Election Guides: A description of all local and regional ballot measures with analysis of costs and policy implications and Pros & Cons to consider. The Guide also provides a brief introduction to judicial candidates. Available prior to general elections.
  
  
• Easy Voter Guides: A product of our the California League, this provides easy to read information about state measures and candidates for state offices in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, or Korean. Available prior to general elections.
  
  
• Voting Brochures: Get Out the Vote brochures on voter registration, absentee ballot procedures, how to choose a candidate, and how to evaluate a debate. May be reproduced and freely distributed.
  
  
• Structure of a City Government: Los Angeles: Structure of a City Government online. (PDF format, 1.5 MB file) Everything about L.A. city government--from who fixes potholes to how people run for City Council--can be found in the new edition of Los Angeles: Structure of a City Government, published by the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles. Los Angeles: Structure of a City Government includes sections on departments, commissions and agencies that did not exist prior to the passage of the 2000 charter. Other features of the 208-page book include a newly revised city organizational chart, a recommended reading list, website resources, and an index. Weaving the history of Los Angeles' civic infrastructure throughout, it serves as an invaluable educational resource for people of all ages. For more on this publication, click here