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

Editor’s note: This piece was published in print on Sunday, April 30 as part of a pro-con debate on Housing First. To read the counterpoint by Rev. Andy Bales, click here. People become homeless ...

The report released Tuesday, April 9, 2024, attempts to assess how effective the state and local cities have been spending billions of dollars to address the ongoing homelessness crisis in California.

California’s homelessness crisis hamstrung by expensive lack of accountability according to key reports. Oakland spent $69 million and doesn’t know results.

For the 10 million people living in L.A. County, home to the worst of the state’s homelessness crisis, this feels like a turning point – one that all of California can get behind.

California’s homeless population remains the biggest in the nation, but the crisis is growing more slowly here than in most of the rest of the country, according to new federal data.. The number ...

The state of California has spent roughly $20 billion to address the crisis of homelessness, and now Gov. Gavin Newsom wants taxpayers to go into debt to pay even more.

California auditor’s report found that despite roughly $24 billion spent on homeless and housing programs during the 2018-2023 fiscal years, the problem didn’t improve in many cities ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters have approved a measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state's homelessness ...

California’s homelessness crisis isn’t just a state failure—it’s a case study of reckless government spending. At the same time, California pretends its budget is balanced, claiming a $363 ...

California continues to have the largest homeless population of any state — 187,084 in 2024 — and the highest rate of unsheltered people, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...

The Democratic mayor of one of California’s largest cities is pushing to tackle the state’s homeless crisis by enacting weightier consequences for rejecting housing services. Last month, San ...