The rulings signal courts are less willing to halt sweeps after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on homelessness last ...

California lawmakers have eliminated new funding for the HHAP program in fiscal year 2025–26, potentially halting progress in ...

Citations and arrests doubled in San Diego, which also doubled the size of its police teams that respond to homelessness.

Angelique Ashby announced legislation Wednesday for a new regional housing and homelessness agency, the Sacramento ...

California's homeless population is still rising, but the rate of increase appears to be slowing. Why it matters: The state's homeless population remains the largest in the nation, but the new ...

More than 180,000 people live without housing in California, representing nearly a third of the U.S. homeless population, and the majority live outside, according to the U.S. Department of Housing ...

May 16 (UPI) --California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his model ordinance to address homeless encampments with dignity this week but advocates say the approach ignores real solutions. Newsom's ...

California tied for 47th place with Alabama, Arizona, and South Carolina in having the most anti-homeless policies, the study reported. The Golden State ranked highly for the lowest share of ...

Several California cities are cracking down on homeless encampments, defying the whims of homeless “advocates” whose practices make sure encampments are blossoming all across their cities ...

Why California's Largest Local Homeless Program Is Starting Over. In Los Angeles, as in other parts of the state, the city and county are failing to cooperate in effective ways.

With 187,000 residents homeless, California leads the nation—not in solutions, but in expensive failures. This year, major cities like Oakland saw a 9% increase in homelessness. If the state’s ...

An estimated 181,000 people were homeless in California in 2023 -- about 30% of the nation's total. The number living outside, more than two-thirds of California's total, increased 6.9% over the ...