(The Center Square) – Lawmakers have called in recent days for an audit for the state’s homelessness spending. Roughly $24 billion of California taxpayers’ money has been spent on trying to curb the growing homelessness since 2019, according to ...

Free money sounds like a simple fix. Hand someone $750 a month, no strings attached, and the assumption is clear — stability should follow, maybe even a permanent way out of homelessness. That idea

The bill, authored by Sacramento state Sen. Angelique Ashby, is expected to get a hearing in June.

California has about 12 percent of the U.S. population, but about 45 percent of the country’s unsheltered homeless population, at about 116,000 individuals. That is down from 124,000 in 2024, but up 7% from 2019, when Gavin Newsom took office as governor.

Previously challenged to accommodate individuals with their pets, shelters are now equipped to take in animals too. While this encouraged shelter use, did it help reduce the numbers of pet owners

The number of San Bernardino County residents experiencing homelessness has declined for a second year in a row, the county announced on Wednesday, April 29. A news release said volunteers counted 3,718 homeless residents in January’s point-in-time count,

Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers. Maybe the way out of California’s homelessness crisis is to prevent it in the first place, rather than focusing only on people who ...

A letter from the Town of Apple Valley was read to the Senate Housing Committee on April 15, opposing a bill that would tighten homeless planning requirements, citing limited city funding.

California for now has prevented the Trump administration from changing priorities in homelessness funding to favor temporary shelters rather than long-term housing.