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Tag: homeless encampment

Kathy Miranda, a resident of a homeless encampment named Dream Camp, brushes off a table at the communal kitchen, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. Fresno homeless advocate Dez Martinez set up the camp with community donations and help. She was frustrated by the lack of safety on Santa Clara Street. Photo by John Walker, The Fresno Bee

She’s ‘breaking the law’ to help Fresno’s homeless. Will the government stop her?

by Manuela Tobias August 26, 2020September 2, 2020

When Alejandra Hernandez arrived at the Dream Camp on Aug. 9, she dropped to her knees and kissed the dirt. The single mother of three boys lost her job and her home in June over COVID-19. They tried sleeping in their truck on Santa Clara Street, the only place in Fresno untouched by the city’s […]

A dorm at Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center

California is scrambling to house the homeless. Here’s how it’s playing out.

Avatar by Matt Levin March 26, 2020March 26, 2020
A hand-sanitizing station at a homeless encampment near Oakland city hall. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

COVID-19 and California’s housing crisis: 5 issues to watch

Avatar by Matt Levin March 19, 2020March 19, 2020
Like a bullhorn, hundreds of millions of campaign dollars are amplifying the message from key industries to California voters.

Politicians skirt disclosure law + Oil plays big in legislative races + Campaign money’s outsized influence

Dan Morain by Dan Morain February 21, 2020February 21, 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

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

You may get to vote on homelessness + intersex surgery legislation + e-scooter head injuries

Dan Morain by Dan Morain January 14, 2020January 13, 2020

Gavin Newsom and PG&E + Trump and carmakers + Katie Hill’s goodbye

Dan Morain by Dan Morain November 1, 2019October 31, 2019
Shawnda Thornton, who has been homeless for about three years, lives in Venice, CA. Photo courtesy of Coley King.

‘Sicker than the rest of us’ — More docs making house calls to people without houses

Avatar by Matt Tinoco, KPCC September 27, 2019October 2, 2019
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