How one Colorado overdose victim fell through the cracks
Even as she lay on a friend’s floor in Wheat Ridge, unconscious from the effects of the drugs she’d taken, Rachel Skanron still had people who believed she could overcome …
Homelessness
Los Angeles Mayor Bass to deliver State of the City address on Monday – Daily News
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is set to deliver the annual State of the City address on Monday, April 15 – ahead of the release of her proposed 2024-25 budget …
Backers of California homeless camp ban cite ‘successful’ San Diego law. But is it?
Politicians pushing to make homeless encampments illegal across wide swaths of California point to one city as proof it will work. “San Diego gets it,” Senate Republican Leader Brian Jones …
San Jose bans homeless encampments near schools, limits RV parking
In San Jose’s latest move to regulate its homeless population, city leaders this week passed two new laws that will ban encampments near school zones and create new limits on where …
CA hasn’t been tracking homeless programs’ effectiveness
By Tran Nguyen | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over a five-year period but didn’t consistently track the outcomes or effectiveness of its programs, …
Russ Cook, Britain’s “Hardest Geezer,” runs length of Africa in 10,000-mile epic quest for charity
London — A British man has taken the concept of running for charity to a whole new level. Russ Cook, 27, completed a year-long quest Sunday to run the length …
Bay Area advocates slam Newsom over Supreme Court homeless camp appeal
Under recent federal court rulings, cities throughout the West Coast are expected to offer homeless people shelter or housing before clearing encampments. Bay Area civil rights groups are now urging …
‘Don’t send California homeless funding off cliff’ many cry as budget cuts loom
A coalition of housing advocates and politicians are calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to take homeless funding off of the chopping block as the state looks for ways to deal …
Newsom taps Caltrans to help clear Oakland encampments
After sending more than a hundred California Highway Patrol officers to Oakland earlier this year for a fleeting crackdown on crime, Gov. Gavin Newsom is tapping Caltrans to help clear …
Colorado lawmakers set to expand Medicaid rule limiting hospital stays
Low-income Coloradans with mental illnesses are poised to receive longer hospital stays after state legislators set aside money to expand a decades-old Medicaid rule. Federal law requires that Medicaid patients …