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 ...

Sacramento County, like many communities across the state, hasn't attempted to physically count the number of homeless people since January 2024, per federal guidelines. Yet on Thursday from ...

(The Center Square) – Lawmakers have called in recent days for an audit for the state’s homelessness spending. Roughly $24 billion of California taxpayers’ money has been spent on trying to curb the ...

Homelessness — and affordability, housing availability and myriad other issues tangential to a very visible problem in California — is among the many concerns Californians have that the bevy of ...

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