California’s main source of homelessness funding would drop from $1 billion last year to $0 this year in the proposed state budget.
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Newsom Wants Cities to Force Homeless To Move Campsites Every 3 Days
In his latest push to crackdown on homeless encampments, Gov. Gavin Newsom urges cities to make certain camps illegal.
Mahan Pushes Plan to Move Homeless into Housing and Treatment
The mayor said the city can use repeat, non-violent misdemeanor charges to work with the Mental Health and Drug Courts to help compel people to engage in treatment.
U.S. Cities Looking to Mayor Mahan as City OKs Arresting Homeless People Who Refuse Housing
The New York Times today put the mayor in the national spotlight for leading the city council in a plan to threaten homeless people who don’t accept offers of shelter, saying it’s the latest sign of frustrations over tent encampments in California.
SJ Mayor Mahan Says Despite Sluggish Economy, City Can Reduce Homelessness and Be Safer, Cleaner
Last year’s initial budget projection featured an estimated $53 million shortfall. The new budget projection unveiled by Maguire this week showed a projected $46 million shortfall, the equivalent of about 3% of the city’s $1.6 billion spending plan.
Homeless Raid in South San Jose Nets Police Illegal Weapons, Fentanyl and $17K in Cash
When San Jose police officers with the Metro and Violent Crimes Enforcement Teams served a fentanyl-related search warrant at an unhoused encampment in south San Jose on Sunday, they discovered a big haul of cash and illegal drugs. Two primary suspects were taken into custody nearby and the subsequent search yielded two firearms, narcotics for sale, drug paraphernalia, and over $17,000 in cash, according to police. Both suspects had been prohibited from owning firearms because of prior criminal records, police said.
Sacramento’s Late Payments to Nonprofits Hamper CA Fight Against Homelessness
Homeless service providers are scaling back and taking out loans as they wait for late payments from the government.
Audit Says CA Risked Millions in Homelessness Funds Due to Poor Anti-fraud Protections
A critical new federal audit released this week calls out California for doing too little to prevent fraudulent spending of nearly $320 million in homelessness funds.
Newsom Orders CA Agencies To Move Homeless People Out of Camps — But to Where?
A month after the U.S. Supreme Court OK'ed a crackdown on homeless camps, Gov. Gavin Newsom is issuing a statewide call to action.
CA Cities and Counties Ignore 2021 Law to Fix Unsafe Homeless Shelters
The Supreme Court’s decision on homelessness will test a California shelter system that’s full of problems – and lacking accountability.
Debunking Six Myths About Homelessness in California
There’s a lot of misinformation floating around about homelessness in California. Data can dispel several common myths.
Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Sleeping Outdoors in Homelessness Case
The Supreme Court agreed to intervene after an unusual coalition – including liberal leaders like Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators in Republican-led states like Arizona – urged the justices to consider the case.
CA Legislature Seeks to Restore Homelessness Funding Newsom Cut from Budget
The governor has been critical of local homelessness efforts and his newly revised 2024-25 budget not only pulls back an extra $260 million that local officials had counted on, but removes all of the homeless funding.
State Aid for Tiny Homes for Homeless in San Jose Comes up $9.4M Short
One year after Gov. Newsom promised 1,200 tiny homes to shelter residents in four cities, including San Jose, only 150 have been purchased and none are in place.
Can Tough-on-crime Ballot Measure Deliver on Promises to Reduce Homelessness?
Backers of a tough-on-crime California ballot measure put homelessness at the forefront of their campaign to roll back Prop. 47.
Legislators Consider Requiring Sobriety in Homeless Housing
Two new bills in the Legislature would allow state funding to support sober housing for homeless residents, a significant departure from California’s current housing-first law.
