California has about 12 percent of the U.S. population, but about 45 percent of the country’s unsheltered homeless population ...

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

Counties are seeking a formalized partnership with the state and cities to advance funding, shelters and social services.

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.

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 ...

The former tech entrepreneur joins a sprawling but stagnant field to succeed Gavin Newsom ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom gives his final State of the State address as governor at the California Capitol in Sacramento on Thursday. Sacramento County, like many communities across the state, hasn’t ...

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 ...