Sen. Catherine Blakespear says there needs to be “rethinking some things that have been our fixed pillars” when it comes to ...

If state funding vanishes, California’s homelessness crisis will explode A San Diego homeless encampment. With HHAP grants, the city has been able to reduce its unhoused population.

The California Legislature’s budget eliminates funding that helps run homeless shelters throughout the state. Sacramento’s mayor predicts problems.

California's joint budget plan for fiscal year 2025–26 does not include funding for the state's primary program to address homelessness, HHAP, and instead only includes $50 million for the Department ...

California’s main source of homelessness funding would drop from $1 billion last year to $0 this year in the proposed state budget. Homelessness is top of mind for many Californians.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A year after the U.S. Supreme Court granted cities more authority to clear homeless encampments, how much has ...

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, along with top leaders from California’s largest cities, are calling on state lawmakers to continue critical funding to address homelessness, warning that any ...

Throughout Gavin Newsom’s governorship, he and local government officials have been squabbling over financial support and accountability for programs to reduce California’s largest-in-the ...

California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

Homelessness is up. Homelessness is down. Encampments, not people, are being tallied over here. Kids, sans parents, are counted over there. There are several methods for quantifying homelessness ...

A car was set alight during riots in California sparked by President Donald Trump's crime crackdown. Dramatic footage shows the burning vehicle emitting a huge plume of smoke near the iconic Dale's ...