California has about 12 percent of the U.S. population, but about 45 percent of the country’s unsheltered homeless population ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom helps clear a homeless encampment in San Diego in 2022. (File photo courtesy of the Governor’s Office) Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced a new statewide task force that will ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The latest blow in a seemingly endless barrage of bad news for the California agencies tasked with fighting homelessness looms: President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to deeply cut ...

State officials noted the decline occurred despite ongoing challenges related to housing costs, inflation, and delays in ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Every time Jennifer Farrell got close to her brother, he slipped through her fingers. As she walked the railroad ...