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

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

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 ...

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

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

As California spends unprecedented billions of dollars to bring homeless people off the street, state lawmakers quietly ...

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

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 ...

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

As more than 10,000 people experience homelessness in Denver, nearly 27,000 rental units sit vacant. Advocates say a "ghost ...

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

The task force will target encampments on state rights-of-way in the state’s 10 largest cities, according to Gov. Gavin ...