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SF develops tool to track available mental health, substance abuse beds
San Francisco health officials announced Tuesday the creation of an online system that will allow the public and service providers to track availability of behavioral health beds citywide. Officials...Read More
Ben Carson dodges protesters in brief SF public housing visit
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson paid a visit to San Francisco’s Potrero Terrace housing development Tuesday to tour the new complex. Ahead of the visit,...Read More
SF carves individual care paths for most vulnerable homeless population
"We have to find ways to use the system to bend in their direction.”Read More
More attribute homelessness to rising rent in Santa Cruz County as overall count drops
The homeless population in Santa Cruz County has dropped 3.6 percent since last year, but a growing number of people contribute their homelessness to rising rents, the county said...Read More
Mayor’s Bayview Navigation Center plan gets mixed response
San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Monday announced plans to build the city’s latest Navigation Center in the Bayview District, providing up to 200 beds for the neighborhood’s homeless....Read More
Businesses, organizations form ‘All In’ coalition to help city’s homeless
Sixty-five San Francisco businesses and organizations have joined forces to create the All In campaign, a coalition that seeks to provide solutions for the city’s homeless. The coalition, which...Read More
Oakland mayor says city’s homelessness increase ‘no surprise’
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said on Tuesday that she’s not shocked by the results of a new count that shows that her city’s homeless population increased by 47 percent...Read More
Governor appoints Oakland mayor to state homeless advisory group
California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf to a state advisory group on homelessness, alongside elected supervisors from Sacramento, Los Angeles and Riverside counties. The 13-seat...Read More
Oakland to fence off dead-end street behind Fruitvale Home Depot
People living in RVs will be forced to move when the city of Oakland closes a dead-end street behind the Home Depot store in Oakland's Fruitvale District.Read More
Santa Rosa plans to clear homeless camps by month end
Santa Rosa officials Monday evening will discuss a plan to clear some of the city’s homeless encampments by late July. The city’s Homeless Encampment Assistance Pilot Program will focus...Read More
Event brings resources, dignity to homeless community
An event next weekend in Oakland will bring together several organizations to provide services to the homeless community, including free haircuts, organizers said. The July 13 event, organized by...Read More
Oakland opens fifth cabin community with wood sheds, RV space
A new community cabin site will be opening in West Oakland next week to serve 76 homeless people, Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Wednesday. The site on Mandela Parkway was...Read More
San Mateo County’s homeless count grows with rise of RV dwellers
The number of homeless residents in San Mateo County has increased compared to recent years, and that jump is driven by the rising number of people living in recreational...Read More
Total Sonoma County homeless population declines, increases among younger people
The number of homeless people in Sonoma County declined 1.5 percent during the past year, according to the results of a point-in-time count in January. The number of homeless...Read More
Nearly 30,000 homeless require regional solution, report says
The nation's third-largest population of homeless people, roughly 28,000, reside in the Bay Area, and most of them are unsheltered.Read More
Santa Clara Co. extends emergency shelters for inclement weather
By Bay City News Service Several emergency shelters in Santa Clara County will stay open for an extended time due to an inclement weather period expected to last through...Read More
Homeless man arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting woman who helped him
A homeless man in San Martin was arrested Wednesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman who had helped him with food and supplies.Read More
Activists mourn 157 homeless deaths in Santa Clara County
A chilly wind and temperatures around 40 degrees provided a visceral backdrop for the vigil.Read More
Excess SF property taxes could help fund affordable housing
San Francisco’s controller has announced that The City will recognize a $415 million windfall thanks to excess property tax revenue. Assessor Carmen Chu, whose office assesses property values in...Read More
Homeless evicted from Roseland camp
Homeless residents who had returned Sunday to a former camp on Sonoma County-owned land in Roseland were cleared from the site.Read More