OPINION: If California is serious about reducing homelessness, it needs to start treating housing as health care, UC Berkeley ...

Walk through any major American city today and you'll notice something troubling. Encampments sprawl across sidewalks, people ...

There are probably more prominent homeless encampments in California, but the collection of tents, lean-tos and makeshift ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. South L.A. residents and business owners say homeless encampments between Gage and Florence avenues have created ...

A study released by the Capital Research Center, a conservative policy group, claims the nation isn’t short on compassion or cash. Instead, it says the problem lies in how that money is managed.

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 ...

Only a bureaucrat could invent a phrase like harm reduction and present it as a solution,” Scott Hennen writes ...

Having survived a recall vote, the governor is free to focus on the state’s homeless population and housing shortage. He has more room to maneuver than he did when he first took office. By Conor ...

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 ...

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 ...