The City Council ran afoul of the Ralph M. Brown Act by approving a plan for removing 9,800 homeless encampments during a ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has reported a 9% reduction in unsheltered homelessness in 2025, while an opinion columnist ...

The new law responds to a recent crackdown on homeless encampments nationwide, following a 2024 Supreme Court ruling.

California’s latest homelessness fix is barely dry — and it’s already lighting a fuse. A new state law that kicked in on New ...

ELK GROVE, Calif. -- A pilot project in a California town is paying homeless residents to tidy up their living areas, and it's changing the culture of the city. The idea stemmed from a conversation ...

The governor on Thursday will tout this sign of progress on an issue that has long bedeviled California politicians.

Clearing an encampment is one of the most complicated and fraught tasks any California city can take on when responding to homelessness. How they handle that challenge varies widely. CalMatters asked ...

A new law going into effect Jan. 1, 2026 prevents cities from penalizing outreach workers who provide services such as legal ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom helps clear a homeless encampment in San Diego in 2022. (File photo courtesy of the Governor's Office) This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Clearing an encampment is one of the most complicated and fraught tasks any California city can take on when ...