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‘Homeless Equity for Left Behind Populations’ Act Bill Passes Senate Committee

March 31, 2022 12:56 pm

A bill requiring county, city, and continuum of care homeless services that receive state funding, which must ensure that all the needs of domestic violence survivors, unaccompanied women, and transgendered individuals experiencing homelessness are met, passed the Senate Human Services...

Legislative Republicans ‘ACT on Homelessness’ with New Accountability Legislative Package

March 16, 2022 3:00 pmMarch 16, 2022 3:01 pm

Sacramento Democrats and Governor Gavin Newsom have thrown $17 billion at the homeless crisis over the past four years, yet the problem has only gotten worse. California is home to 12% of the nation’s population but has 28% of the...

Questions We Should Ask our Future Sacramento County Sheriff and District Attorney

March 16, 2022 6:32 amMarch 16, 2022 6:11 pm

Sacramento County and our state is at a crossroads. With rising crime, the highest population of individuals experiencing homelessness, businesses suffering due to smash and grab robberies, these public safety positions are more important than ever before. The sheriff and district attorney are...

Sacramento Claims There Won’t be Money to Continue Funding Existing Homeless Shelters

March 4, 2022 2:34 amApril 18, 2022 7:54 am

Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan “raised an alarm this week about funding for the city’s existing homeless shelters even as the City Council pushes to open more large sites to address the community’s growing homelessness crisis,” the Sacramento Bee reported...

Navigating City Services for Homeless: It’s ‘Impossible’ and a ‘Nightmare’

February 28, 2022 3:49 pmApril 3, 2022 4:23 pm

Most city residents acknowledge that the more than 11,000 homeless living on Sacramento streets need some serious form of help. Most are in need of mental health services and drug addiction treatment. But there are some who live on the...

LA Controller Questions Proposition HHH and High Homeless Housing Costs

February 23, 2022 4:45 pmFebruary 23, 2022 4:50 pm

Citing the high cost – both financially and in human suffering – Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin Wednesday took issue with the lack of results produced so far by the city in addressing homelessness. “Although Los Angeles has made...

The Real Cost of Permanent Supportive Housing for California’s Homeless

February 16, 2022 8:02 amFebruary 16, 2022 6:29 am

As government agencies around the state have begun to build permanent supportive housing (PSH) projects for California’s estimated 160,000 homeless people, much attention has been focused on the cost of these programs. Not much attention has been paid to the...