Mayor Daniel Lurie, who took office in January, has focused on reducing crime, open drug use, and street encampments in the ...

Citations and arrests doubled in San Diego, which also doubled the size of its police teams that respond to homelessness.

Advocates are still split over the best way to help people who are homeless, as cities enforce public camping bans.

In mid-2024, San Francisco began more targeted sweeps of homeless encampments across the city in an effort to address its homeless crisis. "These public sidewalks are for the public," Hoang said.

While Democrats may seem in retreat around the country, the new mayor of San Francisco, Daniel Lurie, is off to a promising start in a way that holds hope for others in his beleaguered party. It is ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and ...

Residents in Los Angeles are sounding the alarm over violent squatters and rising homelessness, pleading for urgent action.

The City Council of San Jose, California, is voting on a controversial proposal that would make homeless people eligible for ...

Millbrae, with 22 homeless residents, votes to ban encampments. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. ... And San Francisco has begun arresting more people for public camping.

A man stands next to tents on a sidewalk in San Francisco on April 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) (CN) — San Francisco failed to avoid a trial over claims that it violated the constitutional ...

In major cities and more rural areas, arrests and citations rose in the months following last summer’s Supreme Court decision ...