California spends less than 0.5% of its state-controlled funds on homelessness

California’s leaders have repeatedly promised to tackle homelessness. “I know homelessness can be solved,” Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

Homelessness is Falling in California for the First Time in Years. Here’s What Changed

New federal data suggest California’s approach to tackle its persistent homelessness crisis may finally be showing signs of ...

Calmatters: Where Does California Rank In Homelessness? The Federal Report That Could Tell Us Has Been Delayed For Months

Every December, the federal government releases a report that reveals the number of homeless residents in each state and across the country. It's now May and the report, which compiles data from a ...

Homekey audit exposes California’s real homelessness crisis: failed governance

It is the product of leaders who announce bold initiatives, spend unprecedented sums, resist scrutiny, and then declare ...
Noozhawk

A New Homelessness Strategy is Sweeping California

Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers. Maybe the way out of California’s homelessness crisis is to prevent it in the ...

Your guide to the California governor candidates' views on housing and homelessness

Eight gubernatorial candidates offer competing visions for California's housing affordability and homelessness crises, revealing deep ideological divides over whether solutions require more supply, ...

One force sets the Bay Area’s homelessness crisis apart: rent

A Bay Area News Group analysis found the region does not stand out for poverty, unemployment, drug use or mental illness. Its ...
AOL

California’s homelessness grows despite increased spending to address it, lawmakers say

(The Center Square) – Lawmakers have called in recent days for an audit for the state's homelessness spending. Roughly $24 billion of California taxpayers' money has been spent on trying to curb the ...