Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation Wednesday that will allow county judges to order treatment for people suffering from addiction and severe mental illness, one of his top policy priorities this year.

Now that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s court system for people with severe mental illness cleared the state Legislature, counties face a series of practical questions critical to turning the fuzzy concept into a reality.

The Rogue Valley’s largest homeless services provider has named an interim team to take over operations in the face of financial challenges.

A controversial new plan that could pave the way for county judges to order housing and treatment for thousands of people suffering from addiction and severe mental illnesses will soon face a key vote in the California Assembly.

The state’s leading housing agency has agreed to fund the development of more than 1,200 permanent supportive housing units across Oregon. But it still leaves a wide gap in the state’s affordable housing needs.

More than 200 Oregonians died while homeless from January through June of this year, according to recent data from the Oregon Health Authority.

The legacy of Oregon’s next governor could hinge largely on a single issue: How well she handles the state’s growing homeless crisis.

An emergency housing voucher program offers improvements to the decades-old federal solution to the housing affordability crisis, but landlord reluctance remains a crucial hurdle.

In the state with the highest rate of meth use in the nation, the drug is driving severe mental illness among criminal defendants at the state psychiatric hospital, and other patients are paying the price.

Failure to file an answer within five days can result in an eviction. Tenant advocates and attorneys built an online tool to buy tenants some time.

While lawmakers are still gung-ho about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court approach to the state's crisis of homelessness, county officials are worried they don’t have the resources to implement the idea.

Californians who don’t file taxes — because they don’t earn enough to owe any — won’t receive the new round of state payments. That includes some seniors and disabled people, as well as some of the lowest-income adults.