California is home to the nation’s largest homeless population. Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose administration has spent more than $20 billion on the issue, recently urged cities and counties to pass laws ...

The number of homeless tents on the streets of San Francisco has reached its lowest point since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest data from the Department of Emergency Management.

San Francisco reports a decline in homeless tents, with some criticizing the metric's accuracy for reflecting homelessness.

Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about ...

"We are actually seeing people lose their tents, but they're still experiencing homelessness and sleeping, sometimes now ...

Cities like San Francisco and Portland have opened sanctioned homeless encampments—enclosures which have strict security and may have stringent rules and curfews—while simultaneously enforcing ...

A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles' infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more ...

It's among the stricter anti-encampment deterrents proposed by elected officials since the Supreme Court in 2023 made it easier to ban homeless people from camping on public property.

The Skid Row Care Campus officially opened this spring with ample offerings for people living on the streets of this ...

Contra Costa County reported a 26% decline in homelessness from 2024, a remarkable drop, especially as most other parts of ...