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Homeless advocates in San Francisco are opposed to Mayor Daniel Lurie's plan to ban RV's from parking on city streets for ...
Mayor Dan Lurie ran on a promise to build 1,500 additional shelter beds in the city, complete with supportive services. Now, his office says they are “shifting strategy” to focus on prevention and ...
Inside a bright new building in the heart of Skid Row, homeless people hung out in a canopy-covered courtyard — some waiting to take a shower, do laundry, or get medication for addiction treatment.
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 ...
County officials hope the expansion will significantly impact the homeless population, similar to the success seen in Victorville with the Victorville Wellness Center. San Bernardino County broke ...
"We are actually seeing people lose their tents, but they're still experiencing homelessness and sleeping, sometimes now ...
San Francisco reports a decline in homeless tents, with some criticizing the metric's accuracy for reflecting homelessness.
A pair of bills cracking down on asylum-seekers wishing to settle in the Netherlands has passed in the Dutch parliament after ...
Proponents of anti-camping laws deny that they criminalize homelessness, but there is no doubt that they criminalize the ...
At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, San Francisco shook violently. A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck just 2 miles off the coast.
Taxable cannabis sales for the first quarter of 2025 were the lowest quarterly sales in five years; tax revenues from weed sales provide funding for child care, substance abuse education, impaired ...
This article is part of The Rooftop, a blog and multimedia series from New America’s Future of Land and Housing program.