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Bay Area City Backs Down After Proposing on Ban ‘Aiding and Abetting’ Homeless Encampments
03/05/2025The Fremont city council has revised a new city camping ordinance, removing what had become a controversial clause — first reported on by CalMatters — that could have punished those “aiding and abetting” encampments.
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First-of-Its Kind Court Order Halts Sweep of California Homeless Camp
03/04/2025This appears to be the first such injunction since the U.S. Supreme Court let cities crack down on homeless encampments in California and beyond.
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This past week, I had the opportunity to walk alongside Folsom’s Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) and witness firsthand the tireless and often thankless work they do to address the city’s homeless encampments. What I saw was not just law enforcement—it …
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – On Tuesday, city council voted on increasing master fees, awarding contracts to Live Violence Free (LVF) and Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless (TCH), and a purchase of the property at 2111 – 2121 Lake Tahoe …
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On January 26th, Sacramento County celebrated the groundbreaking of the Watt Avenue Safe Stay Community Campus, an innovative project designed to address homelessness by tackling its root causes—not just the symptoms. This comprehensive approach represents a meaningful step toward long-term …
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Last Tuesday's City Council meeting had city housing manager Jessica Wackenhut Lomeli at the podium for several items, including discussing an amendment to employee housing ordinances, contracts with the Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless and …
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The Board of Supervisors took a new step toward addressing safety with the adoption of an ordinance amendment curbing unlawful camping on public property during their regular meeting on Tuesday.
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The Sacramento County Board of Sipervisors approved, at its Oct. 22nd meeting, up to $1,137,788 in funding to complete construction on Joshua House, a facility that provides end-of-life comfort care for homeless individuals with terminal illnesses, after being discharged from …
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The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved, at its Sept. 10 meeting, the staff recommendation to spend $19.4 million on two new, innovative projects designed to shelter and house people exiting homelessness directly off the American River Parkway.
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On Saturday Assemblyman Josh Hoover of Folsom announced the passage of Assembly Bill 2903 out of the Legislature, which would require state-run homelessness programs to annually report cost and outcome data to the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH). It …
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Small, less-expensive readymade homes could buy time as the state continues to struggle with homelessness and high building costs. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main...
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless announced that Joseph Herold of Zephyr Cove has been appointed as Board Chair for TCH.
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