In California, teens can opt to stay in foster care until 21, meaning the government is responsible for keeping a roof over their heads as they navigate early adulthood. The four firms suing the state and county — Children’s Rights; Public Counsel; Munger, Tolles & Olson;...
More importantly, most cities didn’t gain very many homeless veterans in those three years, because the number of people migrating out was often almost as high as the number coming in. Between vets migrating in and out, Seattle gained about 0.4 percent, which was lower than the average duri...
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But the number of people who can benefit from these programs tends to be small. Data from throughout California consistently shows that most people who are homeless are from the county they’re in. And homelessness, addiction and other traumas have marred many...
homeless people in the U.S. live in California, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The state had roughly one shelter bed for every three people who needed one last year, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.Earlier this year, ...
He explained that as a result of mental health issues, many of the homeless refuse medical help and the hospitals are unable to render care without their consent. {{#rendered}}{{/rendered}} “How many people must die, how many must die before you change the rhetoric?!...
Robert Bean, 48, has been homeless off and on since he arrived in California as a 15-year-old from Oklahoma and Texas. He was living in an encampment until he moved into the Hotel Silver Lake in March 2023. “For a long time, I handled it pretty well,” he said, sitting a...
“But in our democracy, that is their right,” he added. “Homelessness is complex,” he wrote. “Its causes are many. So may be the public policy responses required to address it. At bottom, the question this case presents is whether the 8th ...
A homeless encampment in downtown San Jose is pictured in this file photo. Don't miss a story. Get San José Spotlight headlines delivered to your inbox.The past year has been a difficult one for many people in San Jose, especially those facing homelessness and housing insecurity.Finding...
About 1 million plastic bottles are sold each minute around the globe and, with just 14% recycled, many end up in the oceans where they have polluted even the remotest parts, harming marine life and potentially people who eat seafood. “Plastic is incredibly resistant to degradation,” said ...