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Adriana Heldiz/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, PoolGov. 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. -
Fred Greaves/CalMattersThousands of Californians could return to homelessness as the feds reportedly plan to disinvest from permanent housing.
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Around a hundred Ashland residents brought concerns to a neighborhood meeting Thursday night about a new homeless shelter the city plans to open in November. -
California voters likely will see a mental health ballot measure on the March 2024 election. One would issue a $6 billion bond to create housing for people with mental illnesses. -
Police can’t force homeless people from encampments unless the city in question has “adequate shelter” to offer the people getting forced off the street, according to courts. Now everyone involved wants to know what “adequate shelter” is. -
Shasta County left the role of lead agency for the Northern California Continuum of Care last week. The program provides hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding to address homelessness in the region. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s big new experiment to push people with mental illness off the streets and into treatment starts this fall. Counties responsible for the rollout say it may end up being more modest than advertised. -
On Tuesday night, Ashland City Council approved the acquisition. Located east of downtown, the property at 2200 Ashland Street will be converted into a shelter. -
Three of the biggest housing bonds in state history are bound for the 2024 ballot. But with no shortage of crises facing the state, California can only borrow so much and voters may succumb to “bond fatigue.” -
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to rethink how California spends its millionaire’s tax by directing more money toward housing. Some county-run mental health programs could lose out. -
The city's Planning Commission will give feedback this week on the Gateway Area Plan, which aims to address local housing issues. -
The lawsuit comes four days before the city of Bend is slated to start removing dozens of people from the encampments. -
The original 2020 decision had implications for regulating homelessness across the West. -
House Bill 3115, which was passed in 2021, governs where homeless people in Oregon are allowed to camp. The deadline for those rules to take effect was Saturday.
