California's spending on homelessness has decreased significantly in recent years, despite evidence that prior investments ...

A psychiatrist and an attorney in San Diego say an existing statute could address severe mental illness and addiction.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Gavin Newsom gives his final State of the State address as governor at the California Capitol in Sacramento on Thursday, Jan.

"Straight Shooter" host Stephen A. Smith called out California Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday, saying he's "still waiting" for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Governor Gavin Newsom makes remarks during a press conference about homelessness funding in San Francisco on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026 ...

Barack Obama took a thinly veiled jab at California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the homeless “atrocity” in Los Angeles on Saturday ...

It sounds absurd, but LA now spends more on homelessness than on firefighting. With budgets tight, that means there is a ...

California’s homeless population remains the biggest in the nation, but the crisis is growing more slowly here than in most of the rest of the country, according to new federal data. The number of ...

California has spent $13 billion in the last three years to tackle a massive homelessness problem likely to worsen with the pandemic, yet its approach is so fragmented and incomplete as to hinder ...

Nearly three dozen tons of hazardous garbage has been cleared from an Oxnard homeless encampment Thursday after local ...

California saw a 9% drop in unsheltered homelessness last year, a shift Gov. Gavin Newsom has touted as a sign of his successful leadership. But the number of people living on the streets or in ...