Sacramento County Local News: Homelessness


All Local Homelessness News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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

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04/16/2025
A look at the increasing arrests of homeless since the June 2024 Supreme Court Grants Pass ruling, and the ever increasing associated costs.

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04/15/2025
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The Rancho Cordova City Council held a busy session on April 7, discussing several key initiatives, including a special proclamation, fiscal updates, homelessness strategies and the city’s new two-year strategic framework.

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04/10/2025
At the current pace, Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty says it will take 300 years to build enough housing for local homeless.

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04/10/2025
Sacramento's Department of Community Response Director Brian Pedro proposes charging homeless people a fee for shelter.

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04/09/2025
In their April 8 meeting, the Sacramento City Council approved funding and voted to proceed with a project to build 52 new affordable units in a five story apartment building next to the site of the Central Sacramento Studios development on 11th street.

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04/07/2025
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The Sacramento County departments of Homeless Services and Housing, and Health Services presented their biannual report to the Board detailing outreach efforts to the homeless population in the unincorporated region of Sacramento and along the American River Parkway from July 1 to Dec. 31, 2024.

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03/25/2025
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The Sacramento County Departments of Homeless Services and Housing, and Health Services, presented their biannual report to the Board of Supervisors this week, detailing outreach and engagement efforts to the unhoused population in unincorporated Sacramento County and along the American River Parkway from July 1 to Dec. 31, 2024.

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03/25/2025
Now in his third year as Sacramento County Sheriff, Jim Cooper shares his perspectives on a number of topics, including Proposition 36, mental health policies and area homelessness.

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03/23/2025
State lawmakers will debate a bill to require annual inspections, new complaint processes and harsher penalties for local governments that don’t file mandatory reports.

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03/05/2025
The 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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03/04/2025
This 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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02/28/2025
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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.

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02/28/2025
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The curtain rose on the much anticipated feature film No Address on February 27 with a special invitational red carpet premiere in nearby Placer County. The event welcomed community leaders, dignitaries and members of the local media from Sacramento and Placer counties, many of whom were involved in local filming of the movie one the past year

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02/28/2025
RED MEANS FAILURE, green means progress. Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a new tracker tool this week that shows how local agencies are using state funds to eradicate homelessness and rates their success. The concept is to pool data on grants and reporting so counties can watch other counties; the public can watch state spending; and the governor can make the argument for granting or cutting funds.

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02/27/2025
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City’s ongoing efforts to tackle homelessness and clean-up ecampments is becoming a community wide success.

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02/26/2025
Read on for details about the nationwide release of 'No Address," a film shot in Sacramento about a group of individuals that fall into homelessness.

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02/26/2025
It’s been eight months since the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed how cities in California and beyond can respond to homeless encampments, allowing them to clear camps and arrest people for sleeping outside — even when there’s nowhere else to sleep.

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02/25/2025
California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, a new law that stiffened penalties for certain drug and theft charges, and pledged to provide “mass treatment” for those facing drug charges. But since the law took effect, some counties have been scrambling to implement the measure without new funding or, according to people involved in enforcing the law, sufficient resources.

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02/24/2025
Shelters have become California’s go-to solution for homelessness. A CalMatters investigation finds the vast majority of residents stay homeless.

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02/20/2025
Read on to learn more about the February 19 clearing of a homeless camp in North Sacramento near the site of the former Camp Resolution, displacing dozens.