Simone Tureck Lee, one of the authors of the report, said that while the data used in the report is widely considered an ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. From CalMatters homelessness reporter Marisa Kendall: Youth homelessness has declined by nearly a quarter since 2019 ...

In Sacramento, there’s a word that keeps popping up during discussions about the state’s homelessness crisis: "accountability." Gov. Gavin Newsom has scolded cities and counties for failing to get ...

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Standing on an Oakland street flanked by legislative allies, California Gov. Gavin Newsom made a sweeping promise in 2021: California would eliminate family homelessness within five years. Backed by ...

A total of 12,034 people were homeless in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties in January, when outreach workers and volunteers spent a week asking people two dozen questions, including where ...

Programs such as Jamboree Housing Corp. have leveraged Medi-Cal funding to offer access to social services that experts say ...

Having survived a recall vote, the governor is free to focus on the state’s homeless population and housing shortage. He has more room to maneuver than he did when he first took office. By Conor ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In Kern County, the first rule in counting homeless students is not saying “homeless.” Instead, school staff use ...

The incompetence of California’s single-party Democratic rule shines through on every issue facing the state, but now homelessness is again taking the spotlight. Over the past five years, California ...

As California spends unprecedented billions of dollars to bring homeless people off the street, state lawmakers quietly approved new rules this summer requiring local governments to complete annual ...