Santa Cruz Grand Jury releases report on understaffed county BHD
A new Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report highlights the need for additional staffing in the county's Behavioral Health Division (BHD).
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A new Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report highlights the need for additional staffing in the county's Behavioral Health Division (BHD).
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s plan to tackle the city’s homelessness crisis took a major blow during Tuesday night’s city council meeting. Councilmembers passed a budget plan but at the center of the discussion was affordable housing and interim housing such as shelters, two things that are desperately needed in the city. Jocelyn Moran reports.
For the first time in years, many residents say they can walk a stretch of Harrison Street in the Mission and feel at ease after several industrial planters were installed.
The budget battle in San Jose over the mayor's plan to address the homeless crisis is expected to come to a head this week. Devin Fehely reports. (6-11-23)
The San Jose City Council voted to move forward with plans to open a safe parking program in the city's Berryessa neighborhood for homeless men and women living in their cars and RVs.
Boulders placed to keep RVs from parking along Kato Road in Fremont a couple of years ago are at the center of a debate about safety. José Martínez reports. (6-1-23)
Large boulders that were placed to keep RVs from parking along Kato Road in Fremont a couple of years ago are sparking a discussion about safety.
The city of San Jose could soon open a new site for unhoused residents to park their RVs and cars that would be the largest of its kind in the city.
Katie Nielsen reports on proposed large safe parking site for San Jose's unhoused people living in RVs (5-31-2023)
A deadly shooting is the latest in a string of incidents on a stretch of Oakland's Pearmain Street where business owners say crime has gotten out of control. The city launched a recent effort to clear an encampment that neighbors say was the source of much of the trouble. John Ramos reports on how those efforts did not last long.
Elected leaders in Santa Clara County touted encouraging new numbers showing a decline in the county's overall homeless population. At the same time, they also acknowledged an alarming increase in the number of homeless families living on the streets.
San Francisco has a new team working to help people living on the streets. The Heart program consists of four teams of five people who will respond to non-emergency calls to fulfill immediate needs like clothes and food and get people into city services, part of Mayor London Breed's five-year strategic plan to address homelessness.
San Jose's mayor set a goal to get 1,000 people off the streets and into temporary housing this year but he's facing backlash on how to pay for it. Devin Fehely reports. (5-28-23)
San Francisco's Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) is actively working to close a homeless shelter location known as "Site F" even though the city's Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution urging the city toho keep the site open.
California makes up about 12 percent of the US population, but our state had nearly a third of the country's homeless last year, according to federal housing data.
Sonoma County offers a pilot program to help unhoused people get stable jobs as a step to providing a home for themselves.
As city and state leaders race to find solutions to San Francisco's housing crisis, one man is taking his personal experience on the street to use as one of the first members of the city's homeless oversight commission.
Dozens of homeless men and women were removed from their encampments along a four-mile stretch of Coyote Creek in San Jose. Devin Fehely reports. (5-15-23)
Dozens of homeless men and women were removed from their encampments along a four-mile stretch of Coyote Creek in San Jose in an effort that's proving to be controversial.
In another attempt to solve an age-old problem, San Jose's mayor says he wants to get people off the street fast but he's getting resistance from some homeless advocates. Devin Fehely reports. (5-13-23)
Sharky Laguana is a successful San Francisco entrepreneur on the board of the city's new Homeless Oversight Commission but he well knows what it means to be unhoused and broke. Lauren Toms reports. (5-12-23)
The number of people experiencing homelessness in Contra Costa County increased in 2023, according to a report released by Contra Costa Health (CCH).
How do you balance the rights of the unhoused with those of residents and business owners? That's a question the city of San Francisco is grappling with in the wake of a Marina District attack. Juliette Goodrich reports. (4-27-23)
Justin Andrews reports on the latest developments in the Marina assault case that led suspect Garret Doty being released from custody (4-28-2023)
The San Francisco Port Commission on Tuesday deferred consideration of an agreement to wind down operations of a facility known as "Site F," where 117 trailers on port land accommodate more than a hundred people experiencing homelessness.
