homelessness

San Francisco has become a symbol of California’s inability to counter rising homelessness. City attorneys deny that city workers illegally force people to move or throw out personal items. But a judge has temporarily halted the city from clearing homelessness encampments.

San Jose will receive over $3 million in federal funding to help reduce homelessness, according to a statement from San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.

Nearly 250 unhoused people died on South Bay streets this past year. They were all remembered Wednesday during a memorial service.

Nearly 250 unhoused people died on South Bay streets this past year. They were all remembered Wednesday during a memorial service. Ian Cull reports.

A federal judge has given permission for San Jose to continue clearing out a homeless encampment at Columbus Park.

A federal judge has given permission for San Jose to continue clearing out a homeless encampment at Columbus Park. Marianne Favro reports.

San Jose city leaders are looking into a proposal to use Valley Transportation Authority property to build temporary small homes for unhoused residents. Kris Sanchez reports.

San Jose city leaders are looking into a proposal to use Valley Transportation Authority property to build temporary small homes for unhoused residents.

San Jose city leaders are looking into a proposal to use Valley Transportation Authority property to build temporary small homes for unhoused residents.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to release $1 billion in state homelessness funding he testily put on pause earlier this month, but only if local governments agree to step up the aggressiveness of their plans going forward to reduce the number of unhoused people in the state, his office said Friday.

As temperatures drop and a significant storm moves in, there is growing concern about the safety of tens of thousands without homes in the Bay Area.

As temperatures drop and a significant storm moves in, there is growing concern about the safety of tens of thousands without homes in the Bay Area. Robert Handa reports.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will delay giving $1 billion in funding to local governments because he says they are not being aggressive enough in curbing homelessness. California’s local governments are in line to get the money from the state. But first they have to submit plans saying how they would reduce the homeless population in their communities. Newsom...

Despite millions being poured into efforts to help the unhoused in Oakland, the homeless population continues to grow.

Despite millions being poured into efforts to help the unhoused in Oakland, the homeless population continues to grow. Velena Jones reports.

New federal data compiled by the Associated Press shows changes in homelessness across some of the biggest U.S. cities — and while San Francisco saw a slight decrease over the last two years, another Bay Area city saw the second-largest spike in the state. 

Some of the biggest increases are in West Coast cities such as Sacramento and Portland, Oregon. Numbers are also up about 30% in South Dakota and Prince George’s County, Maryland, and 15% in Asheville, North Carolina.

Homeless people and their advocates sued the city of San Francisco on Tuesday, demanding that it stop harassing and destroying the belongings of people living on the streets with nowhere to go, and with the goal of forcing the city to spend billions of dollars on affordable homes that will keep residents housed.

California will establish a new court program to steer and even force homeless people with severe mental disorders into treatment after lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to a proposal pitched by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Passage came despite overwhelming objection from civil liberties advocates who fear it will force unhoused residents into treatment. Newsom said the proposal is a new...

Migrants are being sent from Texas to NYC with paperwork theoretically directing them to shelters – but in many cases the addresses are wrong and aren’t shelters at all, but offices or non-family facilities.