With Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democratic-led Legislature coming to a budget agreement on Saturday, some winners and losers of the spending plan have become clear. As CalMatters Capitol reporter …
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is headed into its final week with about a quarter of the cases heard this year still undecided, including ones that could reshape the law …
The San Jose City Council has agreed to an ambitious plan to move about 500 homeless people living along waterways to sanctioned encampment sites throughout the city by the middle …
At the direction of state regulators pushing San Jose to clean up its creeks and rivers, local officials are developing an ambitious plan to move about 500 homeless people living …
As the San Jose City Council approved the 2024-25 $5.3 billion budget on Tuesday evening, it shifted more than $23 million that was previously allocated to build permanent affordable housing …
Despite billions and billions in spending, no city in California has yet to adequately address the homelessness crisis. We can — and must — make San Jose the first. We …
A large homeless shelter in Sunnyvale is getting a new operator after the nonprofit currently in charge decided to pull out of the site amid allegations it discriminated against the …
It’s the billion-dollar question. That’s how much cities and other local governments have been receiving from the state each year to deal with California’s ever-increasing population of homeless people. But …
BY MARISA KENDALL | CalMaters Doctors on the front lines of California’s homelessness and mental health crises are using monthly injections to treat psychosis in their most vulnerable patients. As …
Contra Costa County’s homeless population jumped 19% from last year, even as local officials added hundreds of homeless housing units and shelter beds. The county’s latest annual “point-in-time” homeless count …