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Homelessness reporter for
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Gov. Newsom signed legislation today that will expand CARE Court, his signature mental health program. So far, the program is helping far fewer people than expected.
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Newsom signs law expanding one of his marquee mental health programs. Will it help more people?
Gov. Gavin Newsom's CARE Court has helped fewer mentally ill people than he projected. He just signed a new law that will make more people eligible for it.
https://tinyurl.com/2sb7vwph
about 1 month ago
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Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed California cities and counties to spend up to 10% of their state funding on homeless housing programs that require participants to be sober.
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Newsom vetoes bill for sober homeless housing
The bill by a San Francisco Democrat would have allowed some state-funded homeless housing projects to require sobriety.
https://tinyurl.com/2w7kytvk
about 2 months ago
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3 months ago
"The ruling...means officers can rely on little more than a person being in the parking lot of a Home Depot and speaking Spanish to question someone about their immigration status."
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Supreme Court allows immigration agents to resume indiscriminate sweeps in LA, siding with Trump
The Supreme Court lifted limits on immigration sweeps in Los Angeles, overturning a ruling that forbade agents from stopping people based on their appearance.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/09/la-immigration-sweeps-supreme-court/
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All over California, cities are ramping up efforts to ticket and tow cars and RVs that double as people's homes -- the latest effort to crack down on street homelessness. Now, some people parked on the streets are wondering where they can go.
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New enforcement efforts target people living in cars, RVs on California streets
Cities are ramping up efforts to ticket and tow vehicles that shelter homeless Californians.
https://tinyurl.com/5fwws9mm
3 months ago
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CARE Court made big promises to get the sickest Californians off the street. But nearly two years after it rolled out in the first counties, it's helping far fewer people than anticipated We asked for data from every county in California. Here's what we found
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Newsom promised real progress on mental health with CARE Court. Here's what the numbers show
Far fewer people are using Gov. Gavin Newsom's CARE Court than he projected when he launched the mental health program to help homeless Californians.
https://tinyurl.com/bddh39c7
3 months ago
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New homeless point in time count numbers are out today. They show a decrease in the number of people living on the street, without shelter, in LA and San Jose. Both cities have launched aggressive campaigns to clear encampments and put people in shelter.
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4 months ago
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5 months ago
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On the 1 year anniversary of the Grants Pass Supreme Court ruling, we wanted to see how increased policing has changed life for homeless Californians. So we tracked down a few people who have been punished for camping over and over.
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Here are their stories
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They were repeatedly ticketed because of their homelessness. What did it change?
In Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego, homeless Californians describe their experiences as camping ban enforcement has increased.
https://tinyurl.com/2bwhwzkj
5 months ago
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California's homelessness crisis is often listed as a top priority for everyone from Gov. Newsom to lawmakers to voters. But the budget currently on the table eliminates the main funding source for programs that help get people off the street and into housing.
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Homelessness is top of mind for many Californians. Why does the proposed budget eliminate funding for it?
California’s main source of homelessness funding would drop from $1 billion last year to $0 this year in the proposed state budget.
https://tinyurl.com/4cz7pz6j
5 months ago
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I and several other reporters on the beat have spent the past few months putting together a resource guide for journalists covering homelessness. It touches on everything from the ethical dilemmas to the logistical challenges that come up when doing this work Hope it's helpful!
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When homelessness rises, so do the stakes of getting the story right - Poynter
This new guide helps journalists navigate the ethical and human challenges of reporting on homelessness
https://tinyurl.com/mr3y9t54
6 months ago
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Interesting look by Kate Talerico at how Meta turned away from its promise to fund Bay Area housing.
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Meta promised $1 billion for affordable housing. Then it quietly walked away
The pledge has been whittled down significantly as the Silicon Valley tech company has faced layoffs and shifting priorities.
https://tinyurl.com/4jjwz3ex
6 months ago
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San Diego's homeless count numbers are out today...the city saw a nearly 14% drop, according to the January Point in Time Count. (As a reminder -- those numbers are always an estimate, not an exact science)
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6 months ago
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When LA County voted to blow up its homelessness strategy, LA's mayor was not happy. That type of tension between cities and counties is all too common in California these days. And it has a real impact on real unhoused people.
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LA is blowing up its homelessness agency and starting over. Here's why
After scathing audits criticizing Los Angeles’ county-city homeless authority, the county is blowing up that joint agency and starting over.
https://tinyurl.com/5fxd56mp
6 months ago
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A controversial $125 million deal California struck with Google last year to prop up the state’s struggling journalism industry is already on track to shrink — before any of the money has been delivered to news outlets. via
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Money promised to “save” local news vanishes as California proposes deep cuts
Lawmakers struck a handshake deal with Google last year to pay local news outlets in exchange for less regulation. Now, the budget deficit could prompt the tech giant to pull back.
https://tinyurl.com/pzvzv3w5
6 months ago
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Today's revised California budget proposal doesn't include the homelessness funds local leaders are clamoring for. But it does include more talk of accountability measures for existing funding. “The obstacle (to clearing encampments) remains at the local level." --
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6 months ago
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As part of ongoing crackdown against homeless encampments,
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now wants cities to make certain camps illegal -- including those that have been up more than three days.
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Newsom wants cities to force homeless Californians to move camp every 3 days
In his latest push to crackdown on encampments, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants cities to make homeless Californians move every three days.
https://tinyurl.com/u2wanpm2
6 months ago
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Here's a look at what the Trump administration's proposed cuts to housing and homelessness funds could look like in California.
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'Millions out on the street virtually overnight': How Trump's budget proposal could affect California
President Donald Trump's budget proposal in its present form would have huge effects on housing and homelessness in California.
https://tinyurl.com/5psade35
7 months ago
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A few weeks ago, I got emails from two people who saw their homeless family members -- who they hadn't heard from in years -- quoted in one of my
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stories. Thanks to several lucky breaks, I was able to reunite them. But that was just the beginning...
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Her homeless sister vanished. Six years later, she turned up in a news story
After reading a CalMatters article, two people were able to reconnect with their homeless relatives. Here’s what happened next.
https://tinyurl.com/yhj4426s
7 months ago
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California's homeless service providers have come to rely on Medi-Cal funds -- and now they're worried that money will go away. Kristen Hwang has the latest:
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Trump is taking Medicaid 'back to basics.' How California's Medi-Cal may change
In recent weeks, federal officials have signaled that support for creative uses of Medi-Cal funding is waning, particularly uses that California has invested in such as rent assistance and medically t...
https://tinyurl.com/2kbsureb
7 months ago
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Ben Christopher
7 months ago
Still mad at my editor that he wouldn't let me title today's newsletter item "Rent Cap 2: Capped with a Vengeance" but anyway
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CA tenants, landlords, Democrats all fight over rent caps
An effort to lower and make permanent rent caps in California went through its latest legislative hurdle on Thursday.
https://calmatters.org/newsletter/rent-cap-ab-1157-newsletter/
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7 months ago
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California needs more people working in homeless services. This new community college program was supposed to help, by training people to make a difference. But it might not have enough funding to last.
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A new program trains college students for jobs helping homeless Californians. Can it survive?
Santa Monica College started the first community college program to train people for jobs in homeless services. But can it last?
https://tinyurl.com/79jk3kvu
7 months ago
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