Drug-free rules proposed for supportive housing in San Francisco
A plan to impose new rules on drug use at supportive housing sites in San Francisco has divided community members and city leaders. Kenny Choi reports.
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A plan to impose new rules on drug use at supportive housing sites in San Francisco has divided community members and city leaders. Kenny Choi reports.
The number of unhoused people living in Santa Clara County has soared 63% in the last decade, according to county point-in-time counts. Now a pair of women is leading a "united effort" to help people rebuild.
Wei E and Claire Hubel co-founded The United Effort Organization in Santa Clara County to help unhoused residents rebuild their lives. Sharon Chin reports.
It's been six months since San Francisco rolled out its new RV program meant to get people into housing and clean up areas where RV dwellers proliferate. Kenny Choi reports.
San Jose is permanently shutting down the largest and most entrenched homeless encampment, the latest effort to clear what's been known as The Jungle, or Coyote Meadows. Len Ramirez reports.
Oakland has approved a major change in how the city handles homeless encampments, voting Tuesday to adopt a new policy that gives officials more authority to remove RVs and vehicles from public spaces without offering an alternative.
The Oakland City Council on Tuesday voted to make it easier to sweep homeless encampments and move RVs parked in the city without always having to offer shelter. Kenny Choi reports.
The closure of the nearly 300-bed site at 711 Post Street, on the edge of the Tenderloin and Lower Nob Hill, is raising concerns about whether the city is losing shelter capacity faster than it can replace it.
While some areas of San Francisco have seen a large drop in the number of tents belonging to homeless persons, in the South of Market area has seen a surge. Kenny Choi reports.
Homeless advocates are accusing Oakland of breaking promises to some of their most vulnerable neighbors after the city shut down a tiny home shelter near what used to be one of the city's largest encampments. Kenny Choi reports.
The Mandela House residents said they were told they would get help to find a permanent place to live. But after a year, out of about 100 people, they said only one or two found housing. And now they said they're being told they will all have to leave.
To cut down on homelessness in the South Bay, a woman has created what she calls an "emergency room" for people facing eviction. Sharon Chin reports.
To cut down on homelessness in the South Bay, a woman has created what she calls an "emergency room" for people facing eviction.
A homeless woman in Marin County has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a deadly stabbing at an encampment over the weekend, police said.
An emergency shelter about to open in San Jose on land owned by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Agency is getting pushback from opponents who say it takes money away from desperately-needed permanent affordable housing. Devin Fehely reports.
Measure W is a half-cent sales tax to support homelessness services, housing, health services, and system infrastructure. It was passed in 2020, but distributing that money was held up by a legal battle.
The number of homeless encampments in San Francisco, along with RVs sheltering the unhoused reached a new low in the latest quarter, Mayor Daniel Lurie's office announced Wednesday.
Two women have been working to build a life-changing community of support in two Concord parks for some 2,000 unhoused people in Contra Costa County.
Two women have been working to build a life-changing community of support in two Concord parks for some 2,000 unhoused people in Contra Costa County. Sharon Chin reports.
Officials in San Jose began notifying residents of a large homeless encampment in the city about plans to clear out the area in April.
The city posted notices last week saying they would be cleaning up the encampment on Tuesday. Monday, it was delayed. Still, homeless residents were trying to figure out what's next.
A San Jose shop owner has discovered that for the unhoused, a bicycle isn't just a reliable way of getting around; it can be a lifeline for a fresh start.
City leaders said there would be an opportunity to extend the permit duration, should the resident not have found housing through the program.
CBS News California analyzed a decade of state audits and found that lawmakers failed to enact three out of every four state audit recommendations. Year after year, the auditor tracks the same problems, the same risks, and the same inaction, costing California billions.
The City of San Jose says an RV parking area, on Santa Clara VTA property near a city-sanctioned RV safe parking lot on the same site, is operating illegally and violates multiple city codes.
