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

California’s latest homelessness fix is barely dry — and it’s already lighting a fuse. A new state law that kicked in on New ...

The new law responds to a recent crackdown on homeless encampments nationwide, following a 2024 Supreme Court ruling.

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

As part of a special federal task force investigating where a staggering $24 billion designated for homelessness in California has ended up, the Department of Justice revealed initial findings on ...

The ruling says the VA must terminate commercial agreements with private businesses at the site to make room for subsidized ...

A group of residents and business owners in a tony California beach enclave that’s been overrun by homeless junkies is paying to ship local vagrants out of town — and claims both sides are thrilled.

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California counties are reporting decreases in homelessness, suggesting the state is finally making progress in solving one of its most difficult and persistent problems. But even as Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A nonprofit that provides hot meals, coffee and clothing to homeless Southern Californians is struggling to ...

It has been symbolically observed every year since 1990 on the first day of winter to remember the thousands of unhoused people across the nation who at some point lost that nightly struggle and ...

As a teenager in the late 1970s, Steve Richardson was sweeping and stocking shelves at a toy store on the edge of L.A.'s Skid Row when he noticed the first signs of a monumental change in the city.