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The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved a one-time grant at Tuesday’s meeting to help increase food donations for families and unho…
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Tuesday evening, Redwood City residents are invited to weigh in on a possible anti-camping ordinance the city might be considering this summer…
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The Bay Area city of Vallejo is putting California cities' newfound power to clear homeless encampments to the test. A federal judge last month stopped the city from dismantling the makeshift shelter of 64-year-old Evelyn Alfred. Legal experts told CalMatters that the recent order appears to be the first such federal injunction since the U.S. Supreme Court found that cities can ban people from setting up homeless encampments even if there are no shelter beds available. The ruling shows that as more cities in California crack down on encampments with sweeps and criminal charges, there are pathways open for unhoused people to fight back.
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Daniel Lurie was officially sworn in as San Francisco mayor on Wednesday during a star-studded celebration packed with thousands of attendees …
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When President-elect Donald Trump moves into the White House in January, he will become a key figure in California’s homelessness crisis, hold…
California has allocated more than $20 billion to alleviate the state’s homelessness crisis since Gavin Newsom became governor in 2019, but th…
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The mayor of East Palo Alto shared a few more details this week on his plan to alleviate homelessness, speaking alone at a park in the city wh…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s message on homelessness in recent weeks has been clear: The state will no longer tolerate encampments, and cities shouldn’…
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The Supreme Court's decision granting cities more power to ban sleeping outside will test a problematic shelter system in California. Public records obtained by CalMatters show that most municipalities haven't adhered to a recent state law aimed at reforming dangerous conditions in shelters. The state Legislature created a new system in 2021 requiring local governments to inspect facilities after complaints and file annual reports on conditions. CalMatters found that just five counties and four cities filed reports. That's according to records from the California Department of Housing and Community Development. The law's author is Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva. She says it's shocking there's so little reporting and she has requested a meeting with state housing officials.
