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Nonprofits, Google team up on aid for unhoused families
Two Bay Area nonprofits are teaming up with Silicon Valley giant Google to offer guaranteed financial assistance for families transitioning off the streets.
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Activists rally in SF as Supreme Court hears case on homeless ordinances
Homeless advocates rallied Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments concerning homeless ordinances in the small Oregon city of Grants Pass, a case that could have a massive impact on how big cities handle homeless encampments.
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Activities rally in SF as Supreme Court hears case on homeless ordinances
As the Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on a case concerning homeless ordinances, activists rallied in San Francisco. Sergio Quintana reports.
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Supreme Court to weigh whether cities can punish homeless for camping on public property
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday is slated to hear oral arguments on a case that will impact how cities can respond to homeless encampments and homeless individuals on public property. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.
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$55M in state homelessness aid slated for Bay Area projects
Eight projects in the cities of Oakland and Santa Cruz, and the counties of Marin, Monterey and Santa Cruz will receive $54.9 million in state funds to help unsheltered homeless people move from encampments into housing.
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Supreme Court to weigh whether cities can punish homeless for camping on public property
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday is slated to hear oral arguments on a case that will impact how cities can respond to homeless encampments and homeless individuals on public property. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.
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Supreme Court to weigh whether cities can punish homeless for camping on public property
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday is slated to hear oral arguments on a case that will impact how cities can respond to homeless encampments and homeless individuals on public property.
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Supreme Court to weigh whether cities can punish homeless for camping on public property
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday is slated to hear oral arguments on a case that will impact how cities can respond to homeless encampments and homeless individuals on public property. Alyssa Goard reports.
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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.