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How effective are California's homelessness programs? Audit finds state hasn't been keeping track
A state audit has found that California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over the past five years but didn’t consistently track whether the spending actually helped alleviate the problem. The report released Tuesday attempts to assess how effective the state and municipalities have been spending billions of dollars to address the ongoing homelessness crisis in California. An estimated 171,000...
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Newsom in the Bay Area to highlight latest Homekey efforts
Gov. Gavin Newsom was scheduled to visit the Bay Area on Friday to highlight the latest efforts in his statewide push to address homelessness. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.
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Newsom in the Bay Area to highlight latest Homekey efforts
Gov. Gavin Newsom was scheduled to visit the Bay Area on Friday to highlight the latest efforts in his statewide push to address homelessness.
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City-contracted employee fired after video shows them spraying homeless person with hose
A city-contracted employee was fired after a video showed him spraying a water hose toward an unsheltered person on the sidewalk in Los Angeles’ Skid Row.
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Supreme Court to decide whether local anti-homeless laws are ‘cruel and unusual'
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review lower-court rulings that make it harder for cities on the West Coast to prevent people from sleeping on the streets when there aren’t enough beds in homeless shelters. Gia Vang reports.
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US homelessness up 12% to highest reported level as rents soar and coronavirus pandemic aid lapses
About 653,000 people were homeless, the most since the country began using the yearly point-in-time survey in 2007.
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Man charged in series of homeless murders recently received $700K settlement from Calif. city
The man charged Monday with the serial murders of three homeless men around Los Angeles, and the follow-home robbery and murder of an LA County employee in San Dimas, was the recipient of a $700,000 personal injury payment in recent months, court records and city officials confirmed.
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LAPD makes an arrest in killing of 3 homeless people in LA
An arrest has been made in the killing of three homeless men in the last week, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a press conference Saturday.
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San Jose leaders seek homeless shelter crisis and emergency declaration
San Jose’s mayor and other local leaders want to declare an official homeless shelter crisis and emergency to fast-track more housing projects.
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San Jose leaders seek homeless shelter crisis and emergency declaration
San Jose’s mayor and other local leaders want to declare an official homeless shelter crisis and emergency to fast-track more housing projects. Robert Handa reports.
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UC Berkeley law student guides 60-year-old living on the streets into stable housing
A Berkeley law student who experienced homelessness growing up befriended a homeless man living in a carport near campus and helped him find housing. Garvin Thomas reports.
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Federal court seeks to narrow issues in appeal of SF homeless injunction
A federal appeals court Wednesday heard contentious arguments about a much-debated court order that bars San Francisco from sweeping homeless encampments while there is a shortage of shelter beds in the city. Bob Redell reports.
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‘The Street Vet' cares for the pets of people experiencing homelessness in California
A California veterinarian is caring for the pets of the state’s homeless population. Dr. Kwane Stewart calls himself the Street Vet.
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‘This could never happen to me': Statewide study of homelessness challenges narrative around housing crisis
Many residents in Los Angeles have grown accustomed to seeing rows of grey tents along a street or walking past people sleeping on the sidewalk. In 2022, the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority estimated that more than 69,000 people in the county were experiencing homelessness.
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White House Vows More Federal Aid to Reduce Homelessness in 5 Cities and California
Five major U.S. cities and the state of California will receive federal help to get unsheltered residents into permanent housing.
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Big City Mayors Call on Newsom to Increase Housing Funding, Address Homeless Crisis
The mayors of 13 of California’s largest cities Wednesday called on state lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom to provide greater and more permanent funding to address the state’s interconnected crises of homelessness, affordable housing and mental health care.
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Big City Mayors Call on Newsom to Increase Housing Funding, Address Homeless Crisis
The mayors of 13 of California’s largest cities Wednesday called on state lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom to provide greater and more permanent funding to address the state’s interconnected crises of homelessness, affordable housing and mental health care. Ian Cull reports.
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Unhoused People Moved Out of Stretch of Coyote Creek in San Jose
Roughly 150 unhoused people living along Coyote Creek in San Jose were forced out of their campsites on Monday. Kris Sanchez reports.
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Unhoused People Being Moved Out of Stretch of Coyote Creek in San Jose
Roughly 150 unhoused people living along Coyote Creek in San Jose were packing up over the weekend as they prepared to be forced out of their campsites on Monday. Kris Sanchez reports.
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Unhoused People Being Moved Out of Stretch of Coyote Creek in San Jose
Roughly 150 unhoused people living along Coyote Creek in San Jose were packing up this weekend as they prepared to be forced out of their campsites on Monday.