homelessness

By some estimates, California is short more than a million rental units that are affordable and available to extremely low-income residents, and this reality is exacerbating homelessness and affecting people's ability to achieve their California Dream. | Photo by Adriene Hill

Homelessness

The shrunken California Dream: Just keeping a place to live

The California Dream media collaboration is rolling out an exploration of why people fall into homelessness—and the innovative ways governments try to help people keep their own place.

By

Adriene Hill

• August 24, 2018

Jenny Nguyen, with her parents Khanh Nguyen and Tammy Vo, sitting in their home in Sacramento built by Habitat for Humanity. Photo Credit: Robbie Short

Economy

A deeper dive into California homelessness

How many people in California are living on the edge of homelessness? A data dive into housing burden and housing insecurity in the state.

By

Victoria Cabales

• August 24, 2018

Newsletters

Privacy deal comes together; What’s next after Janus

California labor worries about the impact of Janus v. AFSCME, but vows to battle on. Privacy initiative funder Alastair Mactaggart agrees to drop his initiative in exchange for broad privacy legislation. Business opposes the bill but sees it as the lesser of two evils.

By

Dan Morain

• June 28, 2018

Economy

A walk along Skid Row in Los Angeles—block by bleak block

Nowhere is California's homelessness crisis more evident than here, where some 2,000 people hunker down for the night on sleeping pads, cardboard, or nothing.

By

Dan Morain

• June 27, 2018

Housing

Homeless in California—what the data reveals

As California struggles to confront a crisis of homelessness, these numbers help illuminate the depth and breadth of the problem.

By

Victoria Cabales

• June 27, 2018

Housing

Making San Francisco’s gritty Tenderloin safer for kids

The Tenderloin is notorious for the homelessness on its streets and open drug use and sales. But it's also one of the only affordable neighborhoods left in San Francisco and is home to hundreds of low-income and immigrant families.

By

Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED

• May 31, 2018

Newsletters

Seeking to help people in need

By

Dan Morain

• May 14, 2018

Gov. Jerry Brown explains his revised budget plan. Photo by Antoinette Siu for CALmatters

Economy

An ungiddy governor proposes stashing most of state’s surplus—and spending on one-time expenses

Nothing good lasts forever. That was the familiar message reverberating from Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday as he unveiled his updated version of the 2018-19 state budget—his 16th budget in his final term as governor.

By

Antoinette Siu

• May 11, 2018

Commentary

California sees slowing population growth

It’s time for some fun with numbers, dissecting a new state report on population trends. The big number is 39.8 million. That’s the state Department of Finance’s latest calculation of California’s population as of Jan. 1. It’s doubtless a little low, since California has a very large number of residents who fly below the official […]

By

Dan Walters

• May 7, 2018

Housing

Gimme Shelter Podcast: The new homelessness, from San Diego to the Bay

Please subscribe to us on iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google Play and Overcast. Matt and Liam set up a “meet the podcast guys” booth at the Housing California conference, the state’s largest annual gathering of affordable housing advocates. They award an Avocado of the Fortnight to two leading gubernatorial candidates for evading some basic questions on their housing plans (2:00). Then […]

By

Matt Levin

• March 8, 2018