Yahoo

Oakland clears homeless encampment, moves 70 to shelter — but advocates say city’s outreach efforts fell short

The City of Oakland has cleared a large homeless encampment on East 12th Street, relocating about 70 people to the Mandela House — a former hotel turned shelter, now funded through a state grant. The ...
NBC Los Angeles

Oakland Approves Rules to Restrict Homeless Encampments

City officials in Oakland approved a contentious new policy that will prohibit homeless people from setting up tents in parks or near homes, businesses, schools and some churches in the city that has ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Audit finds Oakland 'not adequately prepared' to handle homeless encampment crisis

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- An audit of Oakland's response to the rise in homeless encampments found the city was "not adequately prepared to shoulder such a massive project." "The city did not have a ...
East Bay Times

Mayor Barbara Lee has a new plan for solving homeless crisis in Oakland — and it has major financial backing

OAKLAND — As one of Barbara Lee’s first major initiatives as mayor, the city will open a new Office of Homelessness Solutions to head Oakland’s response to one of its most entrenched issues. Does this ...
Davis Vanguard

Why Newsom’s CARE Court has struggled to help homeless Californians most in need

CARE Court in Stanislaus County is primarily serving unhoused people, with 60% of petitions for people who were homeless and ...
Santa Monica Daily Press

Inside the effort to find out how big California’s homeless crisis really is

Thousands of volunteers fanned out across California this week, peering down alleyways, into parked cars and along creek beds in a mass effort to count the state’s homeless population. The federally ...