Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Supported by public dollars, the organization provides housing and behavioral health treatment to people struggling with addiction, many who had been living on the st
Others say it has been ineffective in some places because of rampant misspending, abuse, and a lack of accountability. "This works when it's done right," said Marc Dones, a policy director for homelessness initiatives at the University of California-San Francisco, arguing that housing can sav...
But California tenant legislation faces persistent opposition from landlords and other major housing bills have already sputtered this legislative session. Officials in San Francisco, which struggles with income inequality and a growing number of homeless residents, are considering a proposal to force menta...
Two men work and stand on a sidewalk on Skid Row on July 25, 2024, in Los Angeles. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday to direct state agencies on how to remove homeless encampments, a month after a Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to enforce bans on sleepin...
Even so, the state of California is trying to tackle mental health and substance abuse by implementing Care Courts, to push those in need off the streets and into treatment. Karen Bass This is a controversial opinion. I don't think it's okay to be profoundly mentally ill, walkin...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have passed a measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis. FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in support of ...
Young adults experiencing homelessness often suffer from adverse mental health outcomes and suicide is a leading cause of death. The objective of this study is to examine service use and psychosocial risk factors for suicide, in relation to suicide risk assessment, to inform strategies for engaging...
Few prior studies have evaluated the risk of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) or death among populations with CKD experiencing homelessness or with a history of homelessness in the US.3,4 In 2 studies3,4 of approximately 15 000 adults in San Francisco, California, with prevalent CKD (esti...
Geographic trends, patient characteristics, and outcomes of infective endocarditis associated with drug abuse in the United States from 2002 to 2016. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019;8(19):e012969. doi:10.1161/JAHA.119.012969PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 17. McLaughlin MF, Li R, Carrero ND...
While slightly over 10% of the US population lives in California, over 25% of the nation’s homeless reside in the Golden State, and nowhere is that statistic more visible than in the City of Los Angeles (Howle, 2018). Quantitative data from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAH...