By: James Queally October 18, 2019 — Curled up in bed with his two cats nearby, Freddie was reading a paperback novel and drifting toward sleep late on a Sunday night when someone blew a…
By: Best, Best and Krieger October 16, 2019 — The California Department of Housing and Community Development was given more tools to hold cities accountable for housing-element compliance. Spanning 140 pages, Assembly Bill 101, signed last…
By: Joy Moses October 17, 2019 — Unsheltered individuals manage profound health challenges that broadly define them as a social group. This is the basic conclusion of a recent California Policy Lab (CPL) brief—Health Conditions…
By: Steven Greenhut October 16, 2019 — One of the wonderful – and frustrating – things about living in our relatively free society is the authorities have only limited ability to tackle big problems. Because…
By: Zoie Matthew October 15, 2019 — On a Sunday earlier this month, Freddy G. was dozing off with a book in his Echo Park tent when he was startled by the sound of a…
By: Alan Murphy October 14, 2019 — California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law yesterday a major set of restrictions on the actions California cities and counties may take to impede housing development. Senate Bill 330 …
By: Tim Houchen October 16, 2019 — The old news is that homelessness has increased dramatically over the past few years. 2018 Point-in-Time (PIT) surveys verify that the numbers of persons experiencing homelessness have risen…
By: Tim Houchen October 14, 2019 — Once-upon-a-time, a portly pitch man promised that, “We will sell no wine before its time.” This slogan presupposes a product of superior quality and speculates that wine improves…
By: The Office of the Governor October 11, 2019 — SACRAMENTO – Building on the state’s historic actions and investments this year to tackle the housing affordability crisis, Governor Gavin Newsom today signed 18 bills designed to…
By: Sean Coffey October 7, 2019 — A report released today finds that physical and mental health care needs as well as abuse and traumatic experiences are major contributing factors to a loss of housing for unsheltered…
By: Emily Bergeron October 2, 2019 — In the early seventeenth century, Thomas Benton built a pigsty. It was so close to his neighbor’s house that the odor of the swine made the home unbearable,…
By: Markian Hawryluk October 2, 2019 — DENVER – One patient at Denver Health, the city’s largest safety net hospital, occupied a bed for more than four years – a hospital record of 1,558 days….
By: Ben Christopher October 2, 2019 — Californians are increasingly pessimistic about the future of the state and are more worried about housing and homelessness than ever before. And at least according to one major…
By: Paul AndersonOctober 1, 2019 — A federal judge in Santa Ana signed off Monday September 23rd on settlement agreements for Laguna Beach, Santa Ana and Bellflower that limits when the cities can enforce rules…
By: Leslie Teicholz and Leif Wellington Haase October 1, 2019 — Americans are less healthy than their peers in other developed countries. On most measures—chronic illness, maternal mortality, longevity—Americans lag their international counterparts despite leading…