By Kyle Nelson, Special for CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced the state would be distributing $145.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tents line a sidewalk in Los Angeles with belongings and debris nearby. Photo: Milan Cobanov / Pexels (The Center Square) – Lawmakers have called in recent days for an audit for the ...

California has about 12 percent of the U.S. population, but about 45 percent of the country’s unsheltered homeless population, at about 116,000 individuals. That is down from 124,000 in 2024, but up 7% from 2019, when Gavin Newsom took office as governor.

Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers. Maybe the way out of California’s homelessness crisis is to prevent it in the first place, rather than focusing only on people who ...

Previously challenged to accommodate individuals with their pets, shelters are now equipped to take in animals too. While this encouraged shelter use, did it help reduce the numbers of pet owners

Homeless encampments are blighting schools and playgrounds across Los Angeles — but lefty Los Angeles City are still trying to stop a crackdown. The California Post found numerous parks across the city being hijacked by vagrants,

A letter from the Town of Apple Valley was read to the Senate Housing Committee on April 15, opposing a bill that would tighten homeless planning requirements, citing limited city funding.