Homelessness

When Californians voted to reduce drug penalties in 2014, it likely had the unintended consequence of also increasing homelessness in the state, according to a new report. The report, released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California, set out to measure the long-term effects of Proposition 47 – a 2014 ballot measure that lowered […]

California reduced its official homeless count in 2025 after years of increases. Now, preliminary data for 2026 shows many places in the state are continuing to make progress. Counties up and down the state are reporting that their homeless populations dropped this year, citing early results of the point-in-time count conducted in January. Some of […]

Like many people who are or have been homeless, Jessica Scott struggles with debilitating anxiety. When she finally moved from her stepfather’s car into a Sacramento apartment a few weeks ago, she said one thing played a major role in helping her take that step: Therapy.  “When you’re panicking so much that you can’t really […]

In a legal win for California, a federal judge rejected President Trump’s efforts to funnel money away from permanent homeless housing.

Bills moving through the Legislature this year address state-funded sober housing, RVs parked on city streets and homelessness prevention.

The Trump administration wants to shift more money to homeless shelters that require sobriety, a change that would disrupt California's "housing-first" policies.

Fraud allegations by the Trump administration could cost the Los Angeles area hundreds of millions of dollars in federal homelessness funding.

The Trump administration downplayed the decline in homelessness, contending far more people are on the streets today than a decade ago.

The federal government's annual "point-in-time" homelessness count is used by city and county governments across the country to determine funding and gauge progress in getting people off the streets.

Whoever takes the mantle as California’s next governor will face an immediate test as they try to solve the crisis of homelessness on our streets. Nearly a quarter of all homeless U.S. residents live in California, though the state is only home to 11% of the country’s overall population. Voters are frustrated by encampments that […]