Lawmakers have called in recent days for an audit for the state’s homelessness spending. Roughly $24 billion of California taxpayers’ money has been spent on trying to curb the growing homelessness ...

California’s political leaders continually replay the following scenario: Identify a serious problem. Propose massive new ...

The Bay Area’s homelessness crisis worsened in 2024, with a 6% rise pushing the number to an estimated 38,891 people, according to new federal data from the January 2024 Point-in-Time Count Report.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Gavin Newsom gives his final State of the State address as governor at the California Capitol in Sacramento on Thursday, Jan.

Karen Bass likes to tout LA’s progress in reducing homelessness. Last July, for example, she claimed that the city’s annual ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- President Donald Trump took another swipe at California by criticizing San Francisco and Los Angeles for its homeless problem. By the way, he also came down on New York City. Mr ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over the past five years but didn’t consistently track whether the huge outlay of public money actually improved the situation, ...

Some promises aren’t worth keeping. Like Rishi Kumar’s. A mechanical engineer, perennial candidate for higher office and Silicon Valley gadfly, Kumar shamelessly pandered to baby boomers last year ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom is the “undeniable front-runner” for the 2028 Democratic nomination, observes Ruy Teixeira at The Free Press, largely because of his uncanny “ability to be everything to — well, not ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom gives his final State of the State address as governor at the California Capitol in Sacramento on Thursday. Sacramento County, like many communities across the state, hasn’t ...

Sacramento County, like many communities across the state, hasn’t attempted to physically count the number of homeless people since January 2024, per federal guidelines. Yet on Thursday from ...