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Jane Vaughan/JPRThe tentative agreement requires the city to ensure space for campers and fund some homeless services. -
Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBPresident 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.”
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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. -
People in rural Josephine and Jackson Counties can now receive help applying for jobs, housing and other services without having to visit an office. -
The city previously used the building as a temporary homeless shelter but closed it in April because it didn't meet fire code. -
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. -
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. -
The proposed ordinance would primarily affect the nonprofit HIV Alliance, which provides a needle exchange program for drug users in an effort to reduce the spread of HIV and hepatitis C. -
State lawmakers want redemption sites to close at 8 p.m. and use mobile drop-offs after complaints of nighttime drug deals, litter and homeless camps, but people who rely on refunds object. -
The revised budget that Governor Gavin Newsom released Wednesday does not include direct funding for Proposition 36 — just like in January. -
Many homeless people are finding themselves in a sort of medical in-between: not sick enough for the hospital, but not well enough to take care of themselves on the streets. Medical respite programs are trying to fill this gap. -
In his latest push to crackdown on homeless encampments, Gov. Gavin Newsom urges cities to make certain camps illegal.
