The Davis City Council is considering relocating the Davis Daytime Respite Center due to potential set-up costs ranging from $150,000 to $2.75 million, and is weighing various operational models and performance measures before making a decision.
Senate Bill 634, signed into law on January 1, 2023, prohibits cities from punishing outreach workers for helping homeless clients, even if those clients are sleeping in an illegal encampment.
CARE Court in Stanislaus County is primarily serving unhoused people, with 60% of petitions for people who were homeless and 70% of CARE agreements filed for homeless participants.
The Trump administration is expected to cut federal funding for permanent housing, which could reverse recent progress made in solving California’s homelessness problem and result in thousands of vulnerable residents being evicted from their subsidized housing.
California cities and counties have varying policies for clearing homeless encampments, ranging from detailed guidelines to no rules at all, making it difficult to address the issue of homelessness across the state.
The Sacramento Homeless Union has won a federal lawsuit against the City of Sacramento, resulting in a legal settlement that provides protections for unhoused residents during extreme heat events.
A homeless woman facing two petit larceny charges was held on bail after failing to appear in court, despite her lack of legal representation and unstable housing situation.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has signed new legislation to address vehicular homelessness, providing housing options and outreach efforts, as well as citywide parking restrictions and enforcement.
San Francisco’s government is struggling to address homelessness, with a lack of transparency and ineffective data collection methods, despite spending over $1 billion a year on services, while Mayor Lurie is working to improve the system with a focus on government accountability, crime and behavioral health, and economic recovery.
President Trump’s Executive Order targeting unhoused individuals has been met with strong criticism from legal and public health advocates, who argue that it promotes a false and discriminatory narrative, fails to address the root causes of homelessness, and threatens to withhold federal funding from jurisdictions that do not comply with its punitive measures.
Judge Clara M. Levers set bail at $25,000 for the accused, who is unhoused and has violated his probation five times, despite the defense requesting release on own recognizance.
California has seen a decrease in homelessness, with the city and county of Los Angeles experiencing a 4% drop in total homelessness, but recent budget cuts threaten continued progress.
Supervisor Jackie Fielder announced a $30 million budget win for housing homeless families and young adults in San Francisco, along with a new shelter policy aimed at providing greater stability for families.
Dozens of San Francisco residents protested the Board of Supervisors’ decision to grant Mayor Daniel Lurie expanded authority over Proposition C funds and to pass a controversial RV parking ban, which critics argue will worsen conditions for immigrant communities and undermine San Francisco’s status as a sanctuary city.
An unhoused woman’s supervised own recognizance release was revoked by a Yolo County Superior Court judge due to a missed court date, despite arguments from the defense that her homelessness was not a legal basis for revocation.
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.
Los Angeles has seen a 17.5% reduction in street homelessness in the past year, with the city’s Inside Safe initiative and other efforts being credited for the progress, but advocacy groups caution that the crisis remains severe and systemic change is still needed.
A homeless San Francisco man was given a five-month diversion period after being accused of trespassing in a Hilton hotel, with the condition that he must avoid new arrests and stay out of the hotel.
The Trump administration is actively undermining the Emergency Housing Voucher program, which helps thousands of vulnerable Californians secure housing, in order to push them back onto the streets, and is also using bureaucratic means to punish organizations that serve marginalized communities.
The National Coalition for the Homeless has condemned President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026, which would cut $26.72 billion from HUD’s rental assistance programs, $532 million from Homeless Assistance Grants, and eliminate other vital housing and homelessness programs.