Marisa Kendall
CalMattersMarisa Kendall covers California’s homelessness crisis for CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics, and a JPR news partner.
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Gov. Newsom introduced CARE Court to bring more people experiencing severe mental illness into treatment. It has helped fewer people than he projected, but a new law will make more people eligible for it. -
Thousands of Californians could return to homelessness as the feds reportedly plan to disinvest from permanent housing. -
Experts worry liberal California will be blacklisted from federal homelessness dollars, effectively counteracting recent progress. -
In the most-comprehensive look yet at whether people are using Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court, we found that far fewer Californians are enrolled in the mental health program than he projected. -
The task force, made up of six different state agencies, is the latest effort by the Newsom administration to remove homeless encampments from California’s streets. -
When it comes to clearing homeless encampments, California cities are governed by a patchwork of very different policies. -
Trump’s call to enforce bans on encampments echoes Newsom’s policy. But the president wants to upend two other core tenants of California’s homelessness response. -
In Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego, homeless Californians describe their experiences over the past year as camping ban enforcement has increased. -
California’s main source of homelessness funding would drop from $1 billion last year to $0 this year in the proposed state budget. -
In his latest push to crackdown on homeless encampments, Gov. Gavin Newsom urges cities to make certain camps illegal. -
After reading a CalMatters article, two people were able to reconnect with their homeless relatives. Here’s what happened next. -
From biking in San Diego to running in San Francisco, these programs host workout groups specifically for homeless Californians.
