In Kern County, the first rule in counting homeless students is not saying “homeless.” Instead, school staff use phrases like ...

Multiple news articles conflated unrelated sections of a California bill, inflaming the conspiracy theories circulating about ...

Democratic State Senator Angelique Ashby put a bill on hold this week, after city leaders said they wanted to be included in ...

Plans for a new housing and homelessness agency halted Wednesday following a last-minute and expletive-laden negotiation between city, county and state leaders.

California state Sen. Angelique Ashby unveiled Senate Bill 802 last month to create the Sacramento Housing and Homelessness Agency, but area leaders are split.

Aside from giving housing and homelessness its own box atop Gov. Gavin Newsom’s organizational chart, the reorg is supposed to simplify the state’s snarled affordable housing financing system.

The invasive golden mussel reached California’s Delta in 2024. Now, the state is trying to protect Oroville Dam and other reservoirs from it.

As of this past spring, nearly 108,464 people had slept in New York City shelters – yet experts have warned that actual ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom Restructures State Government to Combat Homelessness, Boost Housing and Affordability ...

California is creating a new state agency focused on housing and homelessness to address its ongoing housing crisis. Governor ...

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