Some funding for the Office of Homelessness Solutions will come from a half-cent county sales tax that took effect in April.

A Democratic councilmember in Oakland says he has a moral duty to address the city's homelessness crisis as housing advocates ...

Mayor Barbara Lee said Tuesday that money from county Measure W funds allocated to Oakland will go toward establishing the new office, though it was not immediately clear the timeframe by which the ...

City officials scrutinized Councilmember Ken Houston’s plan to aggressively close encampments at an hours-long meeting.

Advocates gathered at Oakland's City Hall on Monday to oppose Councilmember Ken Houston's new encampment abatement proposal. ...

An Oakland councilmember has proposed new encampment rules that would fundamentally alter how the city interacts with people ...

The Trump administration is counting on us to renounce those living on the streets, while struggling with their mental health ...

In the fourth-largest economy in the world, Democrats seek to normalize poverty, turning parking lots into state-sanctioned ...

College of the Siskiyous President Mark Fields spoke in front of the state Legislature opposing the bill. Weed, Calif., where the school is located, has average lows below freezing five months out of ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland City Council Member Sheng Thao will become Oakland's 51st mayor, beating out City Council Member Loren Taylor by less than 700 votes in ranked choice voting. "We chose ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick celebrated his 32nd birthday by helping the homeless in Oakland. RELATED: Former San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick reveals why he became ...