FILE - Drug addicts smoke fentanyl next to piles of trash in an alley in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ... California has over 187,000 homeless people, ...

The Fresno/Madera Continuum of Care organization reported 4,493 homeless individuals, including 2,758 who were unsheltered and living on the streets, in its annual 2023 Point-in-Time survey. The ...

Large majority of homeless people in California are not illicit drug users, study finds. Tents that serve as shelter for homeless people line the sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles in 2023.

In California, homelessness rose 3% to more than 187,000, while the U.S. homeless population spiked 18% to more than 770,000 from 2023 to 2024.

A Southern California mayor said he wants to eliminate his city's homeless population by "giving them all the fentanyl they want," as he now faces a recall effort.

Fremont, California passed a strict ordinance to ban homeless encampments on all public properties, including parks, on a 6-1 city council vote on Tuesday night.

A U.S. Army veteran was among two bodies found inside a tent at a homeless encampment. Relatives say the LAPD mishandled the case of their mother's death.

(KGTV) – Gov. Newsom on Monday called for all California counties and cities to ban homeless encampments and remove all current camps “without delay.” A model ordinance released by the ...

In 2024, roughly 187,000 people were homeless in California, the highest figure ever recorded in the state, according to an analysis by the Public Policy Institute of California.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday urged California cities to clear homeless encampments, escalating once again his efforts to address an intractable issue of his time in office: the makeshift tents that ...

Homeless people have neighborhoods just like the rest of us. I see them, sometimes for days or weeks. ... It’s also an alley for other types of traffic. There are prostitutes.

Many were homeless before they moved in. The California Hotel is featured on a mural underneath Interstate-580 near the site of the historic structure, Friday, May 23, 2025.