Homelessness

The bill by a San Francisco Democrat would have allowed some state-funded homeless housing projects to require sobriety.

Statistics don't do much to convince people of the seriousness of homelessness or persuade them that it's getting better or worse. What matters is how it brushes up against them.

A bill on the governor’s desk would stop cities from chasing away supportive services and workers who help unhoused people survive the streets.

Experts worry liberal California will be blacklisted from federal homelessness dollars, effectively counteracting recent progress.

California ties Louisiana for the highest share of poor people. Lawmakers say they just passed bills that will lower housing, electricity and gasoline costs.

Norwalk backed down from its ban on homeless shelters after Gov. Gavin Newsom sued the Southern California city. A Los Angeles judge must approve the settlement.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court was supposed to help the sickest people living on California’s streets. We took a look at data from around the state. Here’s what we found.

Some cities are ramping up efforts to ticket and tow vehicles that shelter homeless Californians.

In the most-comprehensive look yet at whether people are using Gov. Gavin Newsom's CARE Court, we found that far fewer Californians are enrolled in the mental health program than he projected.

The task force, made up of six different state agencies, is the latest effort by the Newsom administration to remove homeless encampments from California’s streets.