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A more successful way to house the homeless
A more effective approach to homelessness is to provide housing that is accompanied by active, ongoing support and treatment.
Housing
Education
Student housing is tight. A California plan wants $5 billion for affordable beds
Student housing in California is already tight and the state has big plans to expand enrollment at the University of California and the Cal States. A $5 billion proposal would give campuses loans at no interest to expand their housing stock.
California Divide
‘Progress’ but ‘no cause for celebration’: How Fresno is tackling homelessness in 2022
Fresno added hundreds of shelter beds as well as transitional housing to unhoused residents. But leaders acknowledge there's more work to do.
Commentary
Success is reducing jail population and improving public safety
Santa Clara County will decide whether to build a new jail or continue to focus on expanding safe alternatives to incarceration.
California Divide
One man’s lonely journey through California’s plan to end homelessness
The pandemic gave a chronically homeless veteran in Los Angeles a chance at permanent supportive housing, but his experience differed from what state leaders envision. Can California offer the right support as it adds tens of thousands of new units?
California Divide
5 challenges in expanding California’s permanent supportive housing — and potential solutions
One man's experience transitioning out of homelessness reveals challenges facing California as it ramps up permanent supportive housing.
Economy
Eleven new California laws for 2022, explained in one minute
The new year brings a raft of new laws for Californians. They’re likely to affect what your neighborhood looks like, how safe you feel, what recourse you have against discrimination — even how you take out your trash. In 2021 the Legislature’s super-majority of Democrats sent Gov. Gavin Newsom hundreds of bills that he signed […]
Housing
Thinking of buying a house? Here’s one millennial’s experience
In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast." CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon catch up with former podcast co-host Matt Levin on the homebuying process and review the zaniest California housing stories of 2021.
Higher Education
Exclusive: Cal State blunder may mean loss of 3,000 new student housing beds
Thousands of affordable student housing slots are in jeopardy after the Cal State system misread the fine print for a new $2 billion state student housing program, CalMatters has discovered. With the deadline for applications passed, a solution remains unclear.
Commentary
Federal housing investments are key to a thriving California
Protect California families by ensuring that key housing priorities are kept in the Build Back Better legislation package now under consideration.