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Gov. Newsom Releases New Ordinance Pushing Cities To Remove Homeless Encampments

May 12, 2025 1:56 pmMay 12, 2025 1:57 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom issued a new model ordinance on homeless encampments on Monday, pushing cities across the state to begin removing encampments in a “humane” way. According to the ordinance, cities and local governments are now encouraged to begin removing...

San Francisco Bused 55 Homeless People Out Since August 1st

September 17, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 17, 2024 2:46 am

San Francisco City Officials unveiled data on Monday showing that 55 homeless people have been moved out of the city since August 1st under the Journey Home busing program, with the program ramping up services following Mayor London Breed’s August...

San Francisco County, Humboldt County Spar Over Homeless Busing Programs

August 23, 2024 5:06 pmAugust 23, 2024 5:06 pm

Both San Francisco County and Humboldt County sparred over their respective homeless busing programs throughout the week, revealing that they sent each other homeless people as one of their top destinations. San Francisco’s original homeless busing program, Homeward Bound, ran between...

Los Angeles Removes Large Beachside Homeless Encampment Despite County Opposition to State Orders

August 22, 2024 4:33 pmAugust 23, 2024 10:52 am

Workers for the City of Los Angeles removed a massive homeless encampment on Dockweiler Beach in the L.A. neighborhood of Playa del Rey on Thursday, complying with new state orders on encampment removal while ignoring County Supervisors opposition to Governor...

Long Beach Becomes Latest City Clearing Out Homeless Encampments

August 19, 2024 12:09 pmAugust 19, 2024 5:01 pm

Long Beach officials confirmed over the weekend that they would be complying with Governor Gavin Newsom’s homeless encampment removal executive order issued last month and would begin removing homeless encampments across the city this week, becoming the latest city in...

Outside Safe: How Los Angeles Could Create Their Own Homeless Busing Program

August 13, 2024 2:45 amAugust 13, 2024 2:46 am

Los Angeles has never had an official homeless busing program, one of which gives a homeless person a free one-way bus ticket to the city of their choice in the continental United States, often going back to where family or...

SF’s ‘First Journey Home’ Bussing for Homeless Statistics Unveiled

August 10, 2024 2:45 amAugust 10, 2024 2:46 am

A new report on where where recipients of San Francisco’s Journey Home bussing program, which gives one way bus tickets to homeless people in San Francisco, was released on Friday. San Francisco’s original homeless bussing program, Homeward Bound, ran between 2005...