From Davis Vanguard...
A Conversation With Yolo County Supervisor Lucas Frerichs
03/27/2025Topics of the conversation include affordable housing, homelessness and loss of federal funding.
From CalMatters...
California Considers More Homeless Shelter Oversight After CalMatters Investigation
03/23/2025State lawmakers will debate a bill to require annual inspections, new complaint processes and harsher penalties for local governments that don’t file mandatory reports.
The City of Davis strengthens its ban on homeless encampments in 2025.
The Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act is a new civil court process that is available as of Dec. 1.
Small, less-expensive readymade homes could buy time as the state continues to struggle with homelessness and high building costs. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main...
The Yolo County Homeless and Poverty Action Coalition (HPAC), a Local Nonprofit Committed to Combating Homelessness and Poverty in Yolo County, Released its 2024 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count Report that Shows an Increase. Original article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger
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.
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.
The California housing crisis is not only weakening the state politically at the national level, it could shift the political balance in Washington, D.C., as Republican-led states add population while California’s exodus continues.
Sutter Health Gives to Vulnerable Populations in West SacramentoOriginal article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger
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 …