Skid Row is buckling again, and the new numbers strike at the heart of Los Angeles’ biggest political promise. New homeless count figures show Skid Row’s homeless population surged 23%

Last school year, California districts identified 298,254 students experiencing homelessness. The real number is almost certainly higher.

California has allocated a dedicated one-time grant to help schools identify homeless students.

Shocking new homelessness numbers released Friday show Los Angeles lost ground in its fight against the crisis despite pouring nearly $3 billion a year into shelters, housing and homeless programs. The long-awaited count found 45,

Cities will receive the seventh round of the program in September, but it may end after that.

Nearly $1 billion in state homelessness funding will flow to California cities and counties after Gov. Gavin Newsom shifted his stance on limiting new spending on the state’s ce

El Cajon and Encinitas had a different reaction about another state homelessness program a short while later. They declined to apply for grants sought by many other cities to finance clearing out homeless encampments and provide assistance to the inhabitants.

San Francisco has experienced a dramatic 22 percent drop in unsheltered homelessness since 2024, while San Jose has seen a 23 percent decline since 2019. Streets are cleaner, and open drug scenes in San Francisco are noticeably smaller.

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A Bay Area city plans to embark on a novel way to tidy up homeless encampments as California desperately tries to tackle its homelessness crisis — by paying the homeless to clean up after themselves.