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

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

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.

California's governor is seizing on a rare piece of good news in a problem that has dogged his entire tenure. Gavin Newsom plans to use his State of the State address on Thursday to highlight a 9% ...

The latest blow in a seemingly endless barrage of bad news for the California agencies tasked with fighting homelessness looms: President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to deeply cut ...

Across California, homeless encampments on city streets, in public parks and beneath highways have become among the most visible symbols of the state's overwhelming challenges with affordable housing.

Possible 2026 California ballot initiative gives seniors a tax break they don’t need — to prevent a homeless problem they don ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...