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 ...

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

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

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Homeless people who reject three offers of shelter could ... It is among the stricter anti-encampment deterrents proposed by elected officials since the Supreme Court in 2023 made ...

This article is part of The Rooftop, a blog and multimedia series from New America’s Future of Land and Housing program.

Millbrae, with an estimated homeless population of fewer than two dozen people, has joined a growing list of Bay Area cities in adopting tougher restrictions on encampments following a landmark U ...

Advocates are still split over the best way to help people who are homeless, as cities enforce public camping bans.

When Travis Walker isn't teaching, he and his partner provide warm meals and resources at a homeless encampment site in East ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Homeless people who reject three offers of shelter will be eligible for arrest on trespassing after the San Jose City Council voted Tuesday for a policy change they hope will ...