Crystal Sanchez, Western Regional Director for the National Union of the Homeless, has revealed that the homelessness crisis in Sacramento is much worse than official counts suggest, with 50,000+ people experiencing homelessness, and that the city’s response is compounding the harm rather than solving it.
The Trump administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development is on the verge of making an already…
The ongoing housing and economic crises have pushed federal lawmakers and advocates to introduce significant legislative measures…
Vallejo, CA – In a significant legal victory for the rights of unhoused individuals, the U.S. District…
Los Angeles – The city of Los Angeles spent only $599 million and encumbered $195 million of…
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By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – When a federal judge ruled Wednesday…
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho—already…
By Mark Dempsey Locally, and throughout California, there’s an awful lot of hand-wringing about the (growing) homeless…
Homeless Union Warns DA They Will Be Challenging His License If He Doesn’t Stop Threatening City of…
Union Claims City Trying to Evict Disabled Vet, Family By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Every so often, someone comes on the Vanguard and argues that…
Special to the Vanguard Statement of the Sacramento Homeless Union on “Sacramento Self-Help Housing” ending contract with the…
by Mark Dempsey In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike from sleeping under…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – California is facing a multipronged crisis—housing, affordable housing…
Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – Calling it the most ambitious effort “by any administration to…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Are “liberals” to be blamed for California’s homelessness…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor If California and local communities therein want to address their homelessness…