A Democratic councilmember in Oakland says he has a moral duty to address the city's homelessness crisis as housing advocates ...

City officials scrutinized Councilmember Ken Houston’s plan to aggressively close encampments at an hours-long meeting.

An Oakland councilmember has proposed new encampment rules that would fundamentally alter how the city interacts with people ...

Some funding for the Office of Homelessness Solutions will come from a half-cent county sales tax that took effect in April.

The task force will target encampments on state rights-of-way in the state’s 10 largest cities, according to Gov. Gavin ...

As California spends unprecedented billions of dollars to bring homeless people off the street, state lawmakers quietly approved new rules this summer requiring local governments to complete annual ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- An audit of Oakland's response to the rise in homeless encampments found the city was "not adequately prepared to shoulder such a massive project." "The city did not have a ...

The California Hotel in Oakland, one of the East Bay’s most recognizable landmarks, has seen better days. Most know the historic building in West Oakland by its enormous rooftop sign, which looms over ...

In the fourth-largest economy in the world, Democrats seek to normalize poverty, turning parking lots into state-sanctioned ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - The number of students experiencing homelessness who were enrolled in California’s TK-12 public schools has jumped over 9% for yet another year, even as overall enrollment rates ...