Articles by Marisa Kendall

November 2024

Busing People Out of Homelessness: How California’s Relocation Programs Really Work

One Issue Trump and Newsom Agree On? California Homelessness

October 2024

Late Payments to Nonprofits Hamper California’s Fight Against Homelessness

September 2024

What Happens to Homeless People After Encampment Sweeps? That’s on Cities, Gavin Newsom Says

No Sleeping Bags, Keep Moving: California Cities Increase Crackdown on Homeless Encampments

California’s Homeless Population Grew Again This Year, Especially in These Counties

August 2024

‘We Gotta Be Somewhere’: Homeless Californians React to Newsom’s Crackdown

July 2024

Newsom Orders State Agencies to Clear Homeless Encampments

Can California’s Health Care Providers Help Solve the State’s Homelessness Crisis?

June 2024

Supreme Court Gives Cities in California and Beyond More Power to Crack Down on Homeless Camps

How Shots Instead of Pills Could Change California’s Homeless Crisis

May 2024

Should California Be Able to Require Sobriety in Homeless Housing?

Did California’s Massive COVID Homeless Shelter Program Work? A New Evaluation Probes the Results

April 2024

Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Major Homelessness Case

California Leaders Take Sides in Monumental Supreme Court Case on Homelessness

Democrats Kill California Homeless Camp Ban, Again

California Fails to Track Its Homelessness Spending, Outcomes, Says New Audit

March 2024

Sacramento Gave a Homeless Camp a Lease as an Experiment. Here’s What Happened

February 2024

It’s Now Significantly More Deadly to Be Homeless. Why Are So Many People Dying?

January 2024

How Big Is California’s Homelessness Crisis? Inside the Massive, Statewide Effort to Find Out

Homelessness Is on the California Ballot This March. Will Conditions Change on the Street?

State Program to Clear Homeless Encampments Show Signs of Success, but Housing Remains Elusive

July 2023

How California Is Fighting Meth With Gift Cards

A California City Was Making a Difference on Homelessness. Then the Money Ran Out

June 2023

Troubled Nursing Home Chain Owner Gets New Licenses Just Before State Reforms Take Effect

The Biggest Survey of Homeless Californians in Decades Shows Why So Many Are on the Streets

Is Housing a Human Right? California Voters Could Decide

May 2023

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

April 2023

California Lawmakers Want to Know Why Billions in Spending Isn’t Reducing Homelessness

California Cities Are Cracking Down on Homeless Camps. Will the State Get Tougher, Too?