Alameda County supervisors declare state of emergency over rising homelessness
On Tuesday, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted to declare a countywide state of emergency on homelessness.
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On Tuesday, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted to declare a countywide state of emergency on homelessness.
The city of Berkeley's plans to evict people living at a major homeless encampment have been put on hold after a legal victory for the unhoused people who reside there.
A group of lawyers has sued Berkeley to stop the city from clearing a prominent homeless encampment. Kelsi Thorud reports. (9-14-23)
Protesters rallied outside a Peninsula hotel near SFO that has been the center of a heated battle over a plan to convert it into permanent housing for the homeless. Wilson Walker reports. (9-8-23)
California lawmakers have voted to fast-track low-income housing on surplus land owned by nonprofit colleges and religious institutions.
A panel of federal appellate judges Tuesday left in place a lower court order that bars San Francisco from using the city's laws against sleeping on the streets to prosecute people who are involuntarily homeless.
The High Street Home Depot store is blasting classical music in the parking lot. Some believe it's to push out the nearby homeless population.
An Oakland Home Depot that has been at the nexus of neighborhood blight has a tuneful -- and very loud -- solution. Da Lin reports. (9-1-23)
San Francisco is pushing back in the case of a federal injunction that restricts the city from clearing homeless encampments.
The longstanding battle over homelessness in San Francisco spilled onto the streets outside of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as city leaders fought to have a federal judge overturn an injunction that prohibits clearing of homeless encampments on city streets.
Many of the people demonstrating outside a federal appeals court in San Francisco Wednesday over homeless encampment sweeps are impacted by the issue every day, frustrated by a system that many say is just not working.
Many of the people demonstrating outside a federal appeals court in San Francisco Wednesday over homeless encampment sweeps are impacted by the issue every day, frustrated by a system that many say is just not working. Wilson Walker reports.
A San Francisco appeals court is set to rule over an injunction that would restrict the city's ability to clear homeless camps. Lauren Toms reports.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will host a hearing Wednesday on whether to uphold a court order that bars the city of San Francisco from clearing tent encampments.
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan decried the living conditions at one of the city's pandemic-era homeless hotels as "appalling" and called for better upkeep of the sites.
The popular weekly farmers' market at UN Plaza in San Francisco is facing some unwelcome changes.
The city of Stockton announced Thursday that an agreement was reached with the Stockton Shelter for the Homeless to remain open to provide services for unhoused residents.
A mother who works at and attends Emanuel Church of God in Christ in San Francisco tells a heartbreaking tale of seeing her son living on the streets in the shadow of her house of worship.
A San Francisco pastor who recently caught someone using a ladder to climb onto the roof of his church says the homeless problem is getting out of hand.
A town hall was held in the heart of San Francisco's Tenderloin District where residents demanded change in their neighborhood.
A town hall was held in the heart of San Francisco's Tenderloin District where residents demanded change in their neighborhood. Andrea Nakano reports. (8-3-23)
A San Francisco church groundskeeper often has to clean up after unhoused neighbors. From the church steps she can see the sidewalk tent where her own son lives now. Lezla Gooden reports. (8-3-23)
A San Francisco pastor says what is happening to his church has become entirely too much for him and his congregation to deal with. Lezla Gooden reports. (8-3-23)
A nonprofit CEO said it's becoming difficult to find people to volunteer to help in the Tenderloin district.
Oakland Fruitvale District residents who live near the Union Pacific tracks say they're fed up with encampment trash, ongoing crime and vehicle fires.
