GOP gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco, the sheriff of Riverside County, talks to homeless residents on Skid Row to bolster his argument that the state's Democratic leaders have failed the most vulnerable.

The incompetence of California’s single-party Democratic rule shines through on every issue facing the state, but now homelessness is again taking the spotlight. Over the past five years, California has spent $24 billion on addressing homelessness.

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 for the California agencies tasked with fighting ...

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 causes the state should be focusing on. "We have an ...

California counties are reporting decreases in homelessness, suggesting the state is finally making progress in solving one of its most difficult and persistent problems. But even as Gov. Gavin Newsom and local officials are celebrating, the money that ...

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 Vacaville and what the community can do to address it.

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 health and safety inspections of all publicly funded ...

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 with in federal court. The city of Santa Ana has filed ...