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Image caption: The California mental health crisis is tied to both homelessness and rising crime.

STATEWIDE EXPLAINER

UPDATE: California’s Mental Health Crisis: How We Got Here

How the California mental health crisis emerged out of the state’s history of deinstitutionalization and laws designed to protect the mentally ill, as well as the communities around them.

Image caption: Kerry Wood, CEO of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, says the organization researches areas of need to help donors direct their contributions.

STATEWIDE EXPLAINER

What Is a Community Foundation?

By channeling funds to a number of nonprofits working on various issues in a given region, community foundations help solve big problems throughout California.

Image caption: The cycle of crime and homelessness is escalating, but it doesn't have to be that way.

STATEWIDE EXPLAINER

Homelessness and Crime in California: Even More Complex Than You Think

The links between homelessness and crime are complex, and the idea that unhoused individuals present a danger to their community seems to be exaggerated.

From CalMatters...

Homelessness Housing State of California

Late Payments to Nonprofits Hamper California’s Fight Against Homelessness

09/30/2024
Homeless service providers are scaling back and taking out loans as they wait for late payments from the government.

From CalMatters...

Homelessness State of California

Disorganization, City-County Feuds Impede California’s Efforts to Reduce Homelessness

09/17/2024
Over the last five years, the state government has spent some $24 billion to ameliorate homelessness, which, according to polls, is California’s most troublesome issue.

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Education Homelessness

Homeless Students Can Sleep Safely in Their Cars at This California College. Other Campuses Say No

09/17/2024
Failed legislative bills have attempted to create safe parking programs for students to sleep in their cars on California campuses while awaiting housing. Meanwhile, Long Beach City College allows homeless students to park overnight.

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Homelessness Land Use & Development Crime & Justice

CA Cities Jump on Homeless Encampment Bans

09/13/2024
For five years, California officials responding to the homelessness crisis had to work around one big restriction imposed by the federal courts: Because they didn’t have enough shelter beds, cities generally couldn’t make homeless camps illegal.

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Homelessness Crime & Justice

No Sleeping Bags, Keep Moving: California Cities Increase Crackdown on Homeless Encampments

09/11/2024
More than two-dozen California cities passed, strengthened or are considering ordinances that penalize people for sleeping outside, after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed cities to crack down.

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Homelessness Housing State of California

CA Homeless Count Is Up 8% From 2022

09/10/2024
An exclusive CalMatters analysis of the latest California homeless count reveals some good news and bad news: Though the growth rate of homelessness appears to be slowing, the overall number of unhoused Californians increased from two years ago.

From Monterey County Weekly...

Homelessness The Coalition of Homeless Services Providers

Homelessness Is Up 16 Percent Since 2022 After Pandemic Programs End and Housing Prices Rise.

09/05/2024
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The number of people experiencing homelessness in Monterey County during the 2024 point-in-time count conducted in January increased by 16 percent over 2022 totals, the Coalition of Homeless Services Providers announced Thursday, Sept. 5.

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Homelessness State of California

California Has Spent Billions on Homelessness but Lacks Hard Data on Outcomes

09/04/2024
California has allocated more than $20 billion to alleviate the state’s homelessness crisis since Gavin Newsom became governor in 2019, but there’s precious little data on how the money was spent and what effect it’s had, other than the number of unhoused people has continued to climb.

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Homelessness Housing Community Service & Support City of Salinas

New Homeless Program Launches in Salinas

08/19/2024
A new housing resource hub offering navigation services and financial assistance opened at 212 North Main Street in Salinas.

From CalMatters...

Homelessness State of California

Audit: California Risked Millions in Homelessness Funds Due to Poor Anti-Fraud Protections

08/06/2024
A critical new federal audit calls out California for doing too little to prevent fraudulent spending of homelessness funds. Nearly $320 million was at risk.

From Monterey County Weekly...

Public Safety Homelessness City of Salinas

Unhoused People in Salinas and Their Supporters Protest the Supreme Court’s Decision.

07/24/2024
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About a dozen people gathered at Bataan Memorial Park in Salinas on July 19, to rally support for the city’s unhoused population. They carried signs and chanted “sweeps are not the solution” and “we need a place to be safe.”

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Homelessness State of California

CA Cities and Counties Ignoring Mandate to Monitor Homeless Shelters

07/17/2024
In 2021, responding to reports that the state’s homeless shelters were dirty and dangerous, the state Legislature crafted a plan: It would require local governments to inspect their shelters after complaints and file annual reports on shelter conditions.

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Homelessness

California Passed a Law to Fix Unsafe Homeless Shelters. Cities and Counties Are Ignoring It

07/16/2024
The Supreme Court’s decision on homelessness will test a shelter system that’s full of problems – and lacking accountability.

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Health Homelessness Housing State of California

Can California’s Health Care Providers Help Solve the State’s Homelessness Crisis?

07/10/2024
Taking advantage of new state funds, some California healthcare providers are starting to offer what their homeless patients really need: housing.

From CalMatters...

Homelessness

6 Myths About Homelessness in California

07/07/2024
There’s a lot of misinformation floating around out there about homelessness in California. We use data to dispel several common myths.

From The Sacramento Bee...

Homelessness Crime & Justice

SCOTUS Rules Cities Can Ban Homeless Camps

06/28/2024
The Supreme Court 6-3 ruling in the City of Grants Pass v. Johnson case found that the fining and arresting of homeless people does not violate Eighth Amendment rights.

From CalMatters...

Homelessness Crime & Justice

Supreme Court Gives Cities in California and Beyond More Power to Crack Down on Homeless Camps

06/28/2024
The ruling by the conservative court majority means cities no longer are prohibited from punishing homeless people for camping if they have nowhere else to go.

From CalMatters...

Homelessness Housing

How Best to Reduce California Homelessness?

06/06/2024
A panel at the CalMatters Ideas Festival debates how to reduce homelessness without punishing poverty. There’s worry about a potential $1 billion cut in state funding.

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Homelessness State of California

California Homelessness Funding Is on the Chopping Block. Will It Make the Final Budget?

06/04/2024
It’s the billion-dollar question. That’s how much cities and other local governments have been receiving from the state each year to deal with California's ever-increasing population of homeless people.

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Homelessness Land Use & Development

Democrats Kill California Homeless Camp Ban, Again

05/29/2024
A bill to ban homeless encampments statewide near parks, schools and transit hubs failed to get out of the same legislative committee as last year.

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