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As summer approaches, City prepared to open weather-respite centers
As summer approaches and the temperatures rise, the City is prepared to open weather-respite centers during extreme heat. Following its use as a respite location during winter storms, the City’s O...
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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.
By channeling funds to a number of nonprofits working on various issues in a given region, community foundations help solve big problems throughout California.
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 California Local...
California voters narrowly passed Proposition 1, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s measure to fund mental health housing. He’s prodding counties to use the money quickly.
From CapPublicRadio...
Unless California solves its housing crisis, the state will lose more congressional seats and could shift the political alignment of the whole country
From The Sacramento Bee...
Former SSHH clients and staff, as well as officials and providers, adjust to new operations
A new bill would make it illegal for homeless residents to camp in certain places, such as near schools, throughout California. Its authors say such a ban has had great success in San Diego. But a closer look at that city paints a more nuanced picture.
From CalMatters...
From Los Angeles Times...
Human impacts deepened as SSHH’s problems accelerated
From Folsom Times...
Mayor cites topic as a bad idea after “taking the heat” from capacity crowd at city hall.
From The Sacramento Observer...
The Council will review an analysis of possibilities and impacts of providing a facility at the former junction site near Bidwell Street and Folsom Boulevard.
As the numbers of people experiencing homelessness in the Sacramento area grew, the once-nimble SSHH expanded its services. Problems quickly followed.
From Sacramento News and Review...
The Bradshaw Animal Shelter started the PAWS mobile clinic in 2023 to go out in the field to provide basic needs like spay and neuter services, medical check-ups and wellness to pets of those who are unhoused.
Sacramento County’s most recent Point-in-Time Count took place in January, and preliminary data continues to point to a major crisis. In response, city and county officials have pioneered a system with nonprofit groups that centralizes information and streamlines access to resources.
The founder of the nonprofit organization Beauty 2 The Streetz visited Sacramento to provide local homeless with beauty supplies and essentials.
A once-groundbreaking nonprofit working with chronically homeless people in California’s capital closed and filed for bankruptcy in 2023. Here’s what happened.
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