I examine the experience of homelessness and bicycling in two California cities in order to answer the question: How does the bicycle improve (or detract from) the interactive accessibility of homeless people? Using mobile ethnographic methods and behavior mapping in the urban landscape, I observed...
Homelessness in the Golden State is 'at a crisis level,' according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The five cities with the largest homeless populations – New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and Denver – combined were home to more than one-third of all people in the U.S. who experienced homelessness in 2024. Many of the 25 major U.S. cities with the highest rates of home...
Around half of all unshelteredhomeless peoplein the U.S. are located in California. This is despite the fact that some areas in the state have recently stopped counting unhoused homeless populations, as has Seattle. The rates of unsheltered homeless populations are also high in other states ...
People walk past a tent of homeless people in downtown Los Angeles, California, the United States, on July 25, 2024. California governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Thursday directing officials in the most populated U.S. state to urgently address homeless encampments. (Photo by ...
street homelessness in years, by acting with innovative solutions that have resulted in thousands more people inside and more housing being built throughout the city," said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in a statement. "There's still more work to do and this urgent work will c...
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced nearly $200 million in grant money will go to California cities and counties to move homeless people from encampments into housing, while also pledging increased oversight of efforts by local governments to reduce homelessness. ...
West Coast cities have booming economies but neighborhoods are filled with homeless people. Why?Here's everything you need to know.A tragic paradox is on display in Los Angeles and San Francisco: Their economies are booming, andwealthy young professionals spend small fortunes on food, cars, and...
Many politicians, including Newsom, blamed the appellate court's rulings, saying it limited the abilities of cities to address homelessness with arrests and citations. California's homelessness crisis has reached staggering proportions, with more than 180,000 people estimated to have experienced homel...
California Gov. Gavin Newsome says a Supreme Court ruling that cities can enforce bans on people sleeping outdoors in West Coast areas will give local officials more freedom to address the crisis.