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Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference in the state capitol following the first COVID-19 death in California. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Newsom: I have a responsibility to do better

by Emily Hoeven April 6, 2020April 5, 2020

Newsom takes responsibility for coronavirus backlog. COVID-19 unravels safety net for developmentally disabled. CA lawmakers try to govern from home.

A man walks past tents as Oakland Public Works Department employees remove debris from a homeless encampment at Mosswood Park in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

For homeless, can CA move faster than coronavirus?

by Emily Hoeven March 27, 2020March 26, 2020

A sign reminding patrons to tip their bartenders at Beeryland in Oakland on the last night the bar will be open until April 7 following an order to shelter in place intended to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus

A pandemic-induced recession

by Emily Hoeven March 23, 2020March 22, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a press conference in the wake of the first COVID-19 death in California, a man who took a cruise from San Francisco to Mexico in February. The governor outlined measures being taken by the state to identify and test all other individuals who were on the same cruise ship as the deceased. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

All Californians ordered to shelter in place

by Emily Hoeven March 20, 2020March 19, 2020

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti holds up a copy of a progress report from the Big City Mayors, a coalition of mayors from California’s 13 largest cities to combat homelessness, at a press conference at the state capitol on March 9, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

The California coronavirus economy

by Emily Hoeven March 10, 2020March 10, 2020

A tent encampment in West Oakland. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

$2 billion a year to fight homelessness?

by Emily Hoeven March 9, 2020March 8, 2020

Podcast: ‘The Governator’ on housing, homelessness and Gold’s Gym

by Jakob Lazzaro March 2, 2020March 2, 2020

Homeless survey volunteers gather survey information from homeless people living in the Lowell neighborhood of Fresno during the January annual point-in-time homeless count. Photo by Craig Kohlruss, Fresno Bee

California just finished counting its homeless — a tally sure to be inaccurate, and politically weaponized

by Manuela Tobias and Matt Levin January 30, 2020February 27, 2020

Moms 4 Housing members Sharena Thomas, left, Misty Cross, Dominique Walker and Tolani King look on during a press conference outside the house they have occupied on Magnolia Street in Oakland on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. Photo by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group

Podcast: How activist homeless moms scored an Oakland win — and what’s next

by Jakob Lazzaro and Matt Levin January 28, 2020January 28, 2020

A woman walks toward friends at a homeless encampment where she lives next to the Interstates 101 and 280 in San Jose

You’ve just been named California’s homelessness czar — what’s your first move?

by Matt Levin January 23, 2020January 23, 2020