Homeless encampments

Siskiyou County is adding options, slowly, for homeless adults.

President Donald Trump wants cities to force treatment on people with severe mental illness or addiction who are living outside. An executive order signed late last week aims to remove “vagrant” individuals from streets across the country and place them in long-term institutional settings to “restore public order.”

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.

This year’s tally of homeless people showed declining numbers in Southwestern Oregon and far Northern California, but service providers aren’t convinced the problem is actually getting better.

In Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego, homeless Californians describe their experiences over the past year as camping ban enforcement has increased.

If approved, the deal would ban camping in seven more parks, some near schools and in residential neighborhoods.

Governor Gavin Newsom has been noticeably frustrated over homelessness recently, and a lot of that frustration is being directed at local governments.

In his latest push to crackdown on homeless encampments, Gov. Gavin Newsom urges cities to make certain camps illegal.

If the two proposed sites are approved, all four of the city's homeless campsites will be within two blocks of each other downtown.

They’re hoping state lawmakers will be moved to act by a Friday deadline, but opponents say existing law is adequate.

It’s been eight months since the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed how cities in California and beyond can respond to homeless encampments, allowing them to clear camps and arrest people for sleeping outside — even when there’s nowhere else to sleep.

Governor Gavin Newsom announced this week the state will dole out another $920 million to localities to combat homelessness. The new funds come with more accountability measures – some that have already drawn criticism.