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Homelessness Government State of California

California Fails to Track Its Homelessness Spending or Results, a New Audit Says

04/09/2024
There’s so little data available, it’s impossible to even tell if several of California’s largest homelessness programs are working, according to a statewide audit released Tuesday.

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Art, Culture & Media Homelessness

Opinion: I've Covered California's Homeless Since Before the Word Was Used. This Is What I Learned

04/06/2024
I thought my journalism and others’ could change policy, perhaps even inspire a New Deal-style response equal to the challenge. Such was my naiveté.

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Public Safety Homelessness Elections & Politics Housing Veterans

Newsom’s Prop 1: Revolution or Return to Reason?

03/31/2024
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Prop 1 was designed to help unhoused people get off the streets by forcing them into treatment. That’s one reason it took two weeks of vote-counting to pass.

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Homelessness Housing Government

Experimental Sacramento Homeless Camp Faces Closure

03/12/2024
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Camp Resolution, a self-governed, city-sanctioned homeless encampment, was supposed to be a model for future sites. Now it’s under threat of prosecution.

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Homelessness Housing Government

How Sacramento Self-Help Housing Became a Force

02/28/2024
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Founding CEO John Foley and others speak about SSHH’s roots and early successes

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Homelessness Government

Border Patrol Is Dropping Off Hundreds of Migrants at San Diego Trolley Station

02/27/2024
“Street releases” have resumed after the nonprofit that operated a migrant welcome center announced its “finite resources have been stretched to the limit.”

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Homelessness Housing

Guide to the California Senate Candidates' Views of Housing and Homelessness

02/26/2024
No issue matters more to Californians than housing and homelessness. Catch up on where the major Senate candidates stand on the subject.

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Homelessness Housing Government

The Collapse of Sacramento Self-Help Housing

02/19/2024
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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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Business, Economy & Jobs Homelessness State of California

Feds Leave California on the Hook for $300 million in COVID Homeless Spending

02/08/2024
When Gov. Gavin Newsom launched his landmark effort to shelter homeless residents in hotels during COVID, the state and local governments were relying on FEMA to foot much of the bill.

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Business, Economy & Jobs Homelessness Land Use & Development Elections & Politics State of California

An Initiative Promised 20,000 Homes for Mentally Ill Californians. It Delivered Far Less

02/06/2024
California voters this spring are considering a $6.4 billion bond to house people with serious mental health conditions. A similar 2018 ballot measure offers lessons about the obstacles that stand in the way of construction.

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Public Safety Homelessness Crime & Justice Government

Should Homelessness Be a Crime? New San Mateo County Law Allows Charges

01/29/2024
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could reshape how California tackles the homeless problem.

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Homelessness Crisis & Personal Support

Intimate Partner Violence Is a Precursor to Homelessness, Study Finds

01/22/2024
A statewide survey found that 1 in 5 unhoused women had lost their housing due to violence by an intimate partner. Many were victimized again while homeless.

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Homelessness Crisis & Personal Support

In Los Angeles, Occupational Therapists Tapped to Help Homeless Stay Housed

01/22/2024
Occupational therapists assist clients, most of whom have health conditions, in developing basic living skills that could prevent them from getting evicted or slipping back onto the streets.

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Homelessness Elections & Politics

Homelessness Is on the California Ballot This March. Will Conditions Change?

01/17/2024
Prop. 1 would funnel more money into housing and treatment for homeless Californians struggling with mental illness and addiction. But it’s far from a one-stop solution.

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Homelessness Government State of California

Program to Clear Encampments Shows Signs of Success, But Housing Remains Elusive

01/16/2024
A multi-year, $750 million California program aimed at doing away with homeless encampments has had mixed results. Local leaders say ongoing funding is needed.

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Public Safety Homelessness Crime & Justice

SCOTUS to Hear Case with Major Implications for Homeless

01/12/2024
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case related to whether cities and towns can ban camping on public property. The high court could overturn Martin v. Boise, a 2018 federal court decision that keeps western cities and counties from blocking public camping when sufficient shelter space is unavailable.

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For Tenants Facing Eviction, Lawyer Makes All the Difference

01/08/2024
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As evictions skyrocket with landlords taking advantage of lifted pandemic restrictions, tenants fight for the right to an attorney.

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Building Affordable Housing Gets Easier Under 2024 California Laws

01/02/2024
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A wide array of new 2024 laws aims to ease regulations that slow the construction of new affordable housing.

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Homelessness Housing Government

They Lived in Their Home Almost 30 Years. But California’s ‘No Fault’ Eviction Law May Now Leave Them Homeless

12/25/2023
María Vela’s family has lived in East L.A. nearly 30 years, but new owners of her duplex asked her family to vacate by Christmas. Most evictions are due to nonpayment of rent, but owner move-ins also cause family displacement.

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End-of-Year Affordable Housing Funding Blast Comes Up Short

12/22/2023
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For the second year, the state is sending out affordable housing subsidy cash in a single, holiday blast.

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