A new report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development affirms the obvious: ripping away pandemic-era welfare amid inflation and a housing affordability crisis was a complete disaster. The ...

Fiscal challenges, wildfire prevention, sexually violent predators, mental health and affordability are among the topics ...

California's homeless population is still rising, but the rate of increase appears to be slowing. Why it matters: The state's ...

Despite a wave of affordable housing ballot measures in 2024, many homeless people did not vote due to systemic barriers and ...

In some ways, the report to Congress last week that homelessness is surging wasn’t news in Seattle or the state.

LAist journalism is powered by our community surveys. Just a few examples: Your priorities for city leadership led to our ...

We know nobody chooses to be homeless, but are these progressive blue states creating an out-of-control spiral because ...

People in several Bay Area neighborhoods are raising concerns about homeless moving onto railroad tracks in their communities.

KOIN 6 Meteorologist Josh Cozart explains the wildfire threat currently underway in southern California on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

The Bay Area's homelessness crisis worsened in 2024, with a 6% rise pushing the number to an estimated 38,891 people, ...

Democrat Gavin Newsom has steered tens of billions in public funding to safety net services for the state’s neediest ...