Homelessness — and affordability and housing availability — is among the many concerns voters will ask candidates to address ...

There is simply no comprehensive state tally in 2025 to compare with 2024. Politicians tend to misuse some imperfect ...

POLITICO reporters dig into the latest California’s homelessness estimates that Gavin Newsom is pointing to as evidence of ...

California's governor is seizing on a rare piece of good news in a problem that has dogged his entire tenure. Gavin Newsom ...

The latest blow in a seemingly endless barrage of bad news for the California agencies tasked with fighting homelessness looms: President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to deeply cut ...

California’s latest homelessness fix is barely dry — and it’s already lighting a fuse. A new state law that kicked in on New Year’s Day lets homeless and indigent drivers wipe away parking tickets — ...

California housing advocates and lawmakers say more affordable housing and increases in state and federal funding would address the state’s homelessness crisis. But some disagree on the underlying ...

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Soroptimist International of Vacaville, Gail Thomson, co-founder of the local nonprofit A Hand Up, delivered a powerful presentation on the growing homelessness crisis in ...

As California spends unprecedented billions of dollars to bring homeless people off the street, state lawmakers quietly approved new rules this summer requiring local governments to complete annual ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- The homeless problem in Orange County, much like the rest of Southern California, is well-documented. And by most measures, it's getting worse. Now the issue is being dealt ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. The latest blow in a seemingly endless barrage of bad news ...