Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about sprawling homeless camps that have taken root across the city. Now the ...

The final remnants of a large homeless encampment on East 12th Street in Oakland are being removed and most of the former residents have accepted spots at the city’s newest transitional housing ...

The City of Oakland has cleared a large homeless encampment on East 12th Street, relocating about 70 people to the Mandela House — a former hotel turned shelter, now funded through a state grant.

Yolanda Washington, 56, was homeless, addicted or incarcerated for most of her life before she moved into the California Hotel in 2018. In that sense, the place is a godsend, said Tonika Allen ...

A large homeless encampment in Oakland has been cleared out. City officials announced Friday that crews have finished the closure of the encampment on East 12th Street near 14th Avenue, not far ...

In California, homelessness rose 3% between 2023 and 2024 to more than 187,000 people, compared with an 18% spike for the entire U.S. The Bay Area’s homeless population grew 6% to an estimated ...

150 homeless shelter beds are likely headed to Oakland. Just not in Chinatown. Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Grants Pass v.

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday again urged California cities and counties to ban homeless encampments, increasing his pressure campaign on local governments to follow the state’s ...

California is home to the nation’s largest homeless population. Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose administration has spent more than $20 billion on the issue, recently urged cities and counties to pass ...

Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan is floating the idea of housing some homeless people on a cruise ship docked in the bay, and some cruise lines may be ready to get on board.

California Governor Gavin Newsom called on cities to ban and remove homeless encampments from sidewalks, bike paths and other public property, ratcheting up the state’s effort to tackle the crisis.