Lawmakers have called in recent days for an audit for the state’s homelessness spending. Roughly $24 billion of California ...

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A year after devastating wildfires tore through Southern California, pushing thousands of families out of their homes and deepening an already dire homelessness crisis, nearly 300,000 California ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California counties are reporting decreases in homelessness, suggesting the state is finally making progress in ...

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 criticizes California's homelessness crisis as Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrates mild progress, despite $24 billion ...

California counties are reporting decreases in homelessness, suggesting the state is finally making progress in solving one of its most difficult and persistent problems. But even as Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

California has about 12 percent of the U.S. population, but about 45 percent of the country’s unsheltered homeless population, at about 116,000 individuals. That is down from 124,000 in 2024, but up 7 ...

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