Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee's homelessness plan would require hundreds of millions in new funding from the county, philanthropy ...

Mayor Lee’s homelessness office has issued a bold report. But funding is short, and there’s a different plan already on the ...

Phoenix and Oakland, California, emphasize prevention and permanent housing in updates to their strategic plans for tackling rising homelessness.

Lee vows to cut Oakland street homelessness by 50% in five years. Funding and execution will decide if it’s possible.

Phoenix and Oakland both recently issued draft action plans to reduce homelessness focused on permanent housing, reports Ryan ...

A $700 million state program targets homelessness, but housing shortages, staffing challenges and funding gaps are making it ...

Oakland will shut down two major homeless shelters that house about 70 people in West Oakland by this summer, worrying residents and advocates who say the closures will make the city’s homeless crisis ...

At a glance, it might look like Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee is following the trends in the Bay Area — and the nation — in handling homelessness. The icon among progressives has cleared homeless camps ...

Roughly $24 billion of California taxpayers’ money has been spent on trying to curb the growing homelessness since 2019, ...

The Bay Area’s homelessness crisis worsened in 2024, with a 6% rise pushing the number to an estimated 38,891 people, according to new federal data from the January 2024 Point-in-Time Count Report.

A new West Oakland apartment complex was celebrated by local officials and community members Thursday with the hope that it will help provide affordable housing for low-income individuals and people ...