The annual federal "point-in-time" homelessness count is used in California to determine funding and gauge progress in getting people off the streets.

We talk about how well Project Homekey is working, and what we can learn from its successes and failures.

The records provide a first-of-its-kind look into how a historical investment in homeless housing all played out.

We asked candidates for California governor tough questions about homelessness and mental health. Here’s what they said.

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Homelessness prevention shows promising results in California, as advocates push to spread it statewide and nationally.

Projects supposed to offer mental health and substance use care to foster youth, new mothers, unhoused people and others have been delayed or cancelled.

Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened to pull funding from counties that aren’t taking advantage of a new program intended to help people with severe mental illness.

A California company is using AI to help diagnose homeless Californians. The tool promises better health care, but raises questions.

CARE Court was supposed to be a new way to help homeless Californians in the grip of psychosis. But people are still falling through the cracks.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom's CARE Court has helped fewer mentally ill people than he projected. He just signed a new law that will make more people eligible for it.

The bill by a San Francisco Democrat would have allowed some state-funded homeless housing projects to require sobriety.

The Supreme Court lifted limits on immigration sweeps in Los Angeles, overturning a ruling that forbade agents from stopping people based on their appearance.

Cities are ramping up efforts to ticket and tow vehicles that shelter homeless Californians.

Far fewer people are using Gov. Gavin Newsom's CARE Court than he projected when he launched the mental health program to help homeless Californians.

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In Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego, homeless Californians describe their experiences as camping ban enforcement has increased.

California’s main source of homelessness funding would drop from $1 billion last year to $0 this year in the proposed state budget.

This new guide helps journalists navigate the ethical and human challenges of reporting on homelessness

The pledge has been whittled down significantly as the Silicon Valley tech company has faced layoffs and shifting priorities.

After scathing audits criticizing Los Angeles’ county-city homeless authority, the county is blowing up that joint agency and starting over.

Lawmakers struck a handshake deal with Google last year to pay local news outlets in exchange for less regulation. Now, the budget deficit could prompt the tech giant to pull back.

In his latest push to crackdown on encampments, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants cities to make homeless Californians move every three days.

President Donald Trump's budget proposal in its present form would have huge effects on housing and homelessness in California.

After reading a CalMatters article, two people were able to reconnect with their homeless relatives. Here’s what happened next.

In recent weeks, federal officials have signaled that support for creative uses of Medi-Cal funding is waning, particularly uses that California has invested in such as rent assistance and medically t...

An effort to lower and make permanent rent caps in California went through its latest legislative hurdle on Thursday.

Santa Monica College started the first community college program to train people for jobs in homeless services. But can it last?