California’s controversial soft-on-crime experiment may have helped put 7,000 more people on the streets, while drug use climbed and treatment fell, according to a new study. Proposition 47, the 2014 ...

Angelenos were rightly alarmed to learn last month that the number of homeless people is rising again. But the reality is even worse. Homelessness is no longer just a local issue. It is a national ...

LOS ANGELES, September 28, 2026 -- ( BUSINESS WIRE )--The following is a statement from Norman Zadeh, president of the Lotfi Zadeh Foundation: Despite billions of dollars spent on homelessness, the ...

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California is spending billions on homelessness prevention without the governance infrastructure to know whether ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Benjamin F. Henwood, University of Southern California (THE CONVERSATION) California’s ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Homeless figures in Los Angeles have risen as Mayor Karen Bass points fingers at others for the issue. Downtown Los Angeles, CA, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial view of a homeless encampment at 8th and Harrison streets near the UC Berkeley campus is seen on Thursday, August 20, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) “I know homelessness can be solved,” Gov. Gavin Newsom declared in his 2020 state of ...