Dick Lucas, who is running as an Independent in California’s 51st Distrcit, counted 84 people who are homeless during his 25-minute morning jog from Santa Monica to Venice.

The number of Californians who are “very concerned” about homelessness has plummeted below 30% over the last six years. The percentage of Bay Area residents who are “very concerned” about the presence ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said that homelessness is California's "poster child" of failure during a new podcast interview, ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced CARE Court in 2022 in part as a way to bring people with serious mental illnesses off of California’s streets. He continues to tout it as part of his homelessness ...

State officials warned the funding shift could push tens of thousands of formerly homeless Californians back to the street.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The federal government announced major changes to funding for homeless services in November, but the department reversed ...

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 ...

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 ...

CARE Court was supposed to be a new way to help homeless Californians in the grip of psychosis. But people are still falling ...