Sacramento County Local News: Homelessness


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

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12/21/2023
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California is trying to make its Medi-Cal payment system more efficient, but there may be some collateral damage.

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12/19/2023
Federal funding for domestic violence shelters and housing programs is declining. Advocates want the state to step in, but with a record projected deficit new spending is unlikely.

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12/15/2023
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The homeless problem in King City, Monterey County, is being affected by a developer's financial issues.

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12/15/2023
All but two California counties are delaying their implementation of a new law that makes it easier for a court to place someone in involuntary confinement if they can’t care for their own medical needs or personal safety.

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12/14/2023
Sacramento County’s second tiny home village, or Safe Stay Community, is set to welcome unhoused residents to South Sacramento starting next week.

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12/14/2023
Federal judge David O. Carter has declined to dismiss a lawsuit that could force the Veterans Administration to house veterans experiencing homelessness in the Los Angeles area. Carter’s 41-page ruling could pave the way for a trial in mid-2024.

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12/11/2023
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Federally taxpayer-subsidized low-income housing is exempt from California's cap on rent increases.

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12/11/2023
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Updated data for 2022 and 2023 shows that California’s homeless population is only getting larger.

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12/11/2023
Advocates for Sacramento’s unhoused community, along with mayoral candidate Flojaune Cofer, condemned County District Attorney Thien Ho for what they described as his unfair attacks on the city and its unhoused residents.

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12/10/2023
Image for display with article titled California’s Experiment in Reducing Poverty Worked. So Why Did It Stop?

The COVID-era dive into European-style social democracy helped a lot of people—but now that’s all over.

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12/10/2023
Organizers of Sacramento County’s next Point-In-Time Count say they need at least 500 volunteers to help survey the region’s homeless population in January. Survey results are used to determine state and federal funding for homeless services.

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12/07/2023
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Adding to Sacramento’s tiny home community, one home at a time, is the latest flagship program of Oak Park’s Community Shop Class.

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12/06/2023
Aptly named the PAWS Clinic (Pet Aid and Wellness Services), the first-of-its-kind mobile veterinary clinic focuses on caring for pets owned by homeless residents.

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12/06/2023
Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho is adding environmental violations to his lawsuit against the city of Sacramento over what he calls its failure to act regarding the homelessness crisis.

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12/05/2023
Shortly after Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to deliver 350 tiny homes to Sacramento, local officials said the Cal Expo fairgrounds should house some of the cabin-sized shelters.

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12/04/2023
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State program has run so low on money that applications have been delayed for two years or more.

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12/03/2023
San Diego-area nonprofits and faith organizations struggle to provide for tens of thousands of migrants border agents have released on San Diego streets.

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11/29/2023
Officials say they’ll consider applying for some of the $300 million in homeless encampment funds made available this week by Governor Gavin Newsom. But the program by itself won’t pay cities and counties to remove the vast tent communities that line streets and sidewalks across California.

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11/20/2023
Image for display with article titled Over the Eviction Cliff: End of Pandemic Ban Sends Landlords on Binge of Kicking Out Tenants

A year after COVID-era eviction ban ended, renters face losing their homes at soaring rates.

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11/14/2023
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Hollywood hotel receives more than twice what it would for renting rooms to city of Los Angeles rather than long-term tenants

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