San Joaquin County Local News: Homelessness

11/21/2023
Composed of nurses and case managers, CareLink offers medical and social services to unhoused patients. Here’s how they’re making an impact.

11/09/2023
Berkeley public works staff and police officers began closing the longstanding encampment along Seventh and Eighth streets in an “imminent health hazard and emergency abatement,” which was ordered to tackle safety concerns.

11/05/2023
California’s population of homeless veterans has plateaued despite billions of dollars in state spending to create housing for former service members. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to shift resources to focus on veterans with serious mental health conditions.

10/20/2023
Despite protests of some two dozen residents, the Salvation Army will still be operating Lodi’s permanent access center once it is complete.

10/18/2023
Tiny homes are increasingly California cities’ shelter option of choice — but how far they go in solving homelessness is a contentious question.

10/06/2023
The showers and restrooms are for Phase 4 of the Temporary Emergency Housing Facility on 370 W. Arbor Avenue until the construction of permanent facilities is completed.

09/29/2023
One of the oldest organizations dedicated to helping people in need has been recommended to run Tracy’s homeless shelter for at least the next year.

09/15/2023
St. Mary’s Dining Room is set to receive nearly $11 million from the city of Stockton and San Joaquin County to help run the former Stockton Shelter for the Homeless, which transferred its operations over to St. Mary’s earlier this month.

09/02/2023
The city of Lodi hopes to break ground on the access center, located at 712 N. Sacramento St., sometime in the spring when there is optimal weather for construction.

09/01/2023
San Joaquin County Public Health Services placed three vending machines throughout Stockton, filled up with COVID-19 rapid testing kits, KN-95 masks, hand sanitizer, and disinfecting wipes.

09/01/2023
After a second round of construction bids, the Tracy City Council has rejected all bids for its main homeless shelter structure on Arbor Avenue, setting the project back to where it was nearly a year ago.

08/23/2023
Board members from the Stockton Shelter for the Homeless, a nonprofit that was close to shutting down in August, were recognized at a San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors meeting.

08/16/2023
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants counties to spend some revenue from California’s so-called “millionaire’s tax” on the state’s homeless crisis. That alarms advocates for programs that are getting that money today.

08/14/2023
A cabin-like home that closes and locks. Showers and restrooms onsite. Air-conditioning to survive the summer heat. These are some of the amenities at the county’s first “Safe Stay Community.”

08/13/2023
Construction is under way at On Broadway, a new community in North Land Park that promises to add to Sacramento’s affordable housing stock and provide homes for people afflicted with serious mental illness.

08/11/2023
The Stockton Shelter for the Homeless will be subleased to St. Mary’s Dining Room, a nonprofit that has been aiding people in poverty and homelessness since 1955. It provides wraparound support services such as food, showers and care for health issues.

08/10/2023
Some Sacramento City Council members are putting forward proposals designed to prevent more people from becoming homeless. Councilmember Katie Valenzuela said, “We can't continue to focus just on triaging our homelessness crisis.”

08/09/2023
The city of Stockton and the shelter blame each other. The truth is somewhere in between.

08/04/2023
One day after a federal judge ordered Sacramento to pause clearing homeless encampments, the city and the homeless union said they will try to work out some of their differences.

08/04/2023
Stockton city leaders held a news conference to discuss potential resolutions to save the Stockton Shelter for the Homeless from shutting down and leaving nearly 250 unhoused people without shelter.