Monterey County Homelessness Articles

KING CITY — City of King’s Homekey Project application has been awarded $12.4 million to provide housing and support services to those facing or at risk of homelessness in the community. The grant, announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom on March …

There’s been a longstanding problem in King City of unhoused people living along the banks of the Salinas River, as well as residents who live precariously on the edge of homelessness. Which is why Mayor Mike LeBarre is excited about…

On Feb. 24, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the investment of $50 million in grants to reduce homeless encampments in local communities and rehouse 1,401 people. The city of Salinas is one of 19 cities and counties across California that will…

In the early morning hours of Jan. 27, Pacific Grove Housing Manager Anastacia Wyatt went out with a P.G. police officer in search of people without a home for the federally mandated biennial Point-in-Time Count of homeless individuals. The officer…

After successfully launching the conversion of one motel into homes for homeless adults beginning in December 2020 under California’s Homekey program, the city of Salinas is now focused on converting two more motels to create an additional 103 units of…

Outside of a blue tent on Bridge Street in Salinas’ Chinatown neighborhood is an altar with candles, stuffed animals, a red heart-shaped balloon, and the word “rest” colored with chalk on the sidewalk. This place was home to a woman…

KING CITY — Last fall King City Mayor Mike LeBarre joined other mayors from California and across the United States partnering with House America to tackle the nation’s homelessness crisis. On Sept. 23, the mayors answered Housing and Urban Development …

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Just over 170 homeless veterans were counted in Monterey County during the point-in-time homeless census in January 2019. That number is likely higher, but it provided a target to aim for and overcome, which is exactly what the nonprofit Veterans…

About a dozen nursing students from Hartnell College set up a table and stacked foot care kits while others walked around the homeless encampment in Chinatown, inviting unhoused individuals to get information and a kit to keep their feet wound-free…

Monterey County Weekly reports on a state program that offers hope for housing the state’s most vulnerable individuals.

A State Senate bill would allow quick rezoning for multi-family housing, as a new research study reveals the high cost of single-family zoning laws.