I had a friend who owned and operated a Board and Care Home for formerly homeless people who were mentally ill, Her whole family worked at their Board and Care Home that they owned, and they used to charter a bus and take the people from the Board and Care Home to Las Vegas for a weekend in Vegas. That kind of stuff is great for people.
Los Angeles does not need to do expensive stuff like a trip to Vegas for the weekend, but instead they can just do cool little day trips every Saturday for the formerly homeless people, to Olvera Street, and to museums, etc, etc, etc, to the beach, to the Griffith Park Observatory, etc, etc, etc.
Salute,
Tony V.