California Homeless Crisis Archives

Encinitas Loses Fight Against City Hall On Becoming a Squatters Paradise

January 25, 2020 8:49 amJanuary 25, 2020 9:01 am

Although The HEAP Grant is worth $256,369, only $12,208 will go directly toward the homeless. The remainder goes towards operating costs and salaries. A coalition of concerned residents in Encinitas, a small coastal town in San Diego County, are nursing...

Feds Stepping in on California’s Homeless Crisis

January 25, 2020 8:10 amJanuary 26, 2020 4:23 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Friday that he and the federal government have reached a preliminary agreement with the Trump administration on a joint plan to help combat the city’s homelessness crisis by erecting temporary shelters. There has been...

Proposed Bill Would Remove Deductions from Secondary Homes to Fund Homeless Programs

January 13, 2020 1:25 pmJanuary 14, 2020 7:11 am

Vacation homes, rental homes, and other types of secondary housing would lose their mortgage interest deductions (MID) to fund new statewide homeless initiatives under a new bill announced Thursday. AB 1905 and the end of MID tax breaks Assembly Bill...

Hollywood Ignores the Homeless Crisis in Their Own Backyard

January 9, 2020 8:52 amJanuary 9, 2020 9:07 am

This past Sunday, the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards took place at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, located in Los Angeles County, where three people a day die on the streets from homelessness. As host Ricky Gervais comically pointed out in...

Gov. Newsom to ‘Jump-Start New Homeless Fund’ with Executive Order

January 8, 2020 2:17 pm

‘$1 billion to fight homelessness, including $750 million for this new Fund, and a major new investment to reform Medi-Cal.’ How much spending billions of dollars before California residents will see results? “The State of California is treating homelessness...

Governor Newsom Blames President Trump Over Homeless Funding Delay

December 6, 2019 6:55 amDecember 6, 2019 6:57 am

Governor Gavin Newsom blamed President Trump and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Wednesday over the delay of $650 million earmarked for homeless relief in California. HUD still hasn’t approved of the 2019 federal homeless count. As the...

Violent, Drug-addicted Transients from Out of Town Make Up the Majority of Homeless

October 25, 2019 9:39 amOctober 28, 2019 12:44 pm

“I’ve seen them assault others, tackle innocent bystanders, hang off an armored truck half-naked and try to dismantle a school bus with their bare hands to get to the kids inside.” “Todd,” a physical rehab therapist with a major medical...