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Newsom Orders CA Agencies To Move Homeless People Out of Camps — But to Where?

Barry Holtzclaw — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 04:21:14 +0000

A month after the U.S. Supreme Court OK'ed a crackdown on homeless camps, Gov. Gavin Newsom is issuing a statewide call to action.

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State Aid for Tiny Homes for Homeless in San Jose Comes up $9.4M Short

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 28 May 2024 19:53:36 +0000

One year after Gov. Newsom promised 1,200 tiny homes to shelter residents in four cities, including San Jose, only 150 have been purchased and none are in place.

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Newsom Administration Makes Progress on Tiny Home Promise

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:22:59 +0000

The state has chosen who will build the 1,200 tiny homes Gov. Gavin Newsom promised the state’s homeless residents. But it remains to be seen when they will be built. Nearly a year ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to deploy 1,200 tiny homes to help shelter the state’s growing population of homeless residents. Now, the […]

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Tiny Shelters Offer Refuge for Unhoused in San Jose, Santa Cruz

San Jose Inside — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 21:59:36 +0000

A tiny home project building bicycle-locker-sized enclosures in Santa Cruz morphed into Simply Shelter and expanded to San Jose.

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Latest Homeless Count Shows Decrease, with More Sheltered

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 30 May 2023 19:34:03 +0000

The latest Point-in-Time census showed slight decreases in the number of unhoused individuals counted across Santa Clara County and in the City of San José.

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California’s Housing Crackdown Could Force Cities to Plan More Homeless Shelters

Barry Holtzclaw — Mon, 01 May 2023 17:38:08 +0000

California cities of every size lack shelter beds for the state’s growing homeless population. A new bill would force local governments to do more, and punish cities that don’t plan housing for unhoused residents.

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San José Mayor Endorses New State Bill in Bid to End Unsheltered Homelessness

San Jose Inside — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 19:55:16 +0000

SB 634 would make the task of housing unhoused and low-income residents on vacant land easier for California cities.

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Homeless Californians Tell Their Stories to The New York Times

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 05:06:07 +0000

The Times profiled 30 people, who talked about their experience with homelessness, part of an effort to illuminate the challenges and occasional mundanity of unhoused people’s lives.

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San José Announces It Will Open Transition Facilities for Unhoused Residents Evacuated During Recent Storms

San Jose Inside — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:30:35 +0000

The new evacuation centers will match unhoused residents with access to facilities and new supplies to accelerate their move from the streets into interim housing.

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California’s Unhoused Are in The Eye of The Storm

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:30:05 +0000

Across the state, some of the most vulnerable include the unhoused, whose numbers have increased by at least 22,500 in the last three years to about 172,000.

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