California has about 12 percent of the U.S. population, but about 45 percent of the country’s unsheltered homeless population ...

Homelessness — and affordability and housing availability — is among the many concerns voters will ask candidates to address ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom gives his final State of the State address as governor at the California Capitol in Sacramento on Thursday. Sacramento County, like many communities across the state, hasn’t ...

Nearly 300,000 California students are homeless and face shrinking school supports as one‑time federal aid ends.

The governor has boasted a 9% drop in unsheltered homelessness, but many more people in California are homeless than before ...

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 ...

Counties are seeking a formalized partnership with the state and cities to advance funding, shelters and social services.

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Open-air heroin use. Sidewalks smeared in human feces. Block-long homeless camps and people with severe mental illnesses wading through traffic in socks and hospital clothes. You would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Gavin Newsom gives his final State of the State address as governor at the California Capitol in Sacramento on Thursday, Jan.

Sacramento County, like many communities across the state, hasn’t attempted to physically count the number of homeless people since January 2024, per federal guidelines. Yet on Thursday from ...