Governor Gavin Newsom has launched a statewide task force, SAFE, to prioritize and remove encampments along state rights-of-way in California’s ten largest cities, while connecting people with services and shelter.
Governor Gavin Newsom has announced the creation of the State Action for Facilitation on Encampments (SAFE) Task Force to coordinate state agencies to remove homeless encampments and expand access to shelter and supportive services in California’s ten largest cities.
President Donald Trump has announced the National Guard will assume control of the Washington, D.C., police department for 30 days, and has suggested the effort could expand to other cities, while experts warn that criminalizing homelessness does not solve the problem and that housing and health care, not handcuffs and fines, are the solutions.
California is seeing measurable declines in homelessness across multiple regions, offering signs of progress in a state long at the center of the national housing and homelessness crisis.
The Housing Is A Human Right organization is questioning the accuracy of the 2025 Los Angeles Homeless Count, citing discrepancies in the data and concerns about the methodology used, and is calling for transparency and clarity on how the count was conducted.
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