Over the last half-decade, state government has spent about $24 billion to ameliorate California’s worst-in-the-nation homelessness crisis. Local governments and private charities have spent countless billions more. Despite those immense expenditures, …
I’m fortunate I wasn’t sexually assaulted while living on the streets of Los Angeles County. Many unhoused women are, and some repeatedly — though being attacked three times helped me …
Oakland officials this week agreed to close an 89-room homeless shelter at a former hotel near Lake Merritt and move residents to a new site by Jack London Square — …
After pledging to hold local governments accountable for solving homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom is throwing his support behind a bill that would require cities and counties to plan for potentially …
San Jose officials are proposing to spend $120 million over the next fiscal year to combat homelessness — about 2% of the city’s expected $5.3 billion budget. In addition to …
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao joined mayors from across the country in Washington, D.C., this week to ask for more federal resources to combat homelessness and housing insecurity. Specifically, Thao wants …
Google is giving hundreds of recently homeless families across the Bay Area $1,000 a month to see if the no-strings-attached payments can help keep a roof over their heads. The …
Construction is underway on 75 tiny home shelters for homeless people at a South San Jose property owned by billionaire Silicon Valley developer John A. Sobrato. Sobrato agreed to lease …
After months living out of an RV at a sprawling homeless camp north of downtown San Jose, Heidi White was relieved to move her 1995 Ford motorhome into the city’s …
A new 130-unit affordable housing project with 64 apartments for formerly homeless residents has opened in downtown San Jose near Diridon Station. The Solaire Apartments complex at 425 Auzerais Ave. …