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In early April, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to pull roughly $300 million in funding from LAHSA and transfer that money to the county's newly created homeless services department. That vote came on the day the countywide sales tax increased by a quarter-cent to provide additional funding for homelessness programs.

With 187,000 residents homeless, California leads the nation — not in solutions, but in expensive failures. This year, major cities like Oakland saw a 9% increase in homelessness. If the state’s

The proposal comes as one of California's largest cities struggles to handle the fourth-highest homeless population in the U.S.

The 3-2 council vote April 8, denying the support letter and $1 for the We Care shelter, has created a storm in Turlock.

The Riverbank City Council declined to kick in an additional $2.16 million for a complex that would serve people at risk of homelessness. The 5-0 vote on Tuesday, April 22, followed nearly three hours of comments from backers and critics. The project would consist of 67 small houses and a support services building at Morrill and Oakdale roads.

Turlock's mayor is defending her decision to vote earlier this month against giving a local nonprofit organization a $1 contribution and a letter of support needed to receive state grant funding.

Since 2004, the AHEAD Program has awarded over $32 million in grants to more than 880 projects across FHLBank San Francisco's three-state district of Arizona, California, and Nevada. AHEAD grants support innovative initiatives that expand economic opportunity in lower-income communities.

A Public Policy Institute of California report found California has among the lowest homeownership rates and the most expensive housing in the country.

Based on research by the California Policy Lab at UCLA ... between the different levels of government that beset the current system. Funds to prevent people from becoming homeless, for example, are spread over all three buckets of money.

Assembly Bill 1165 would designate an as-of-yet undetermined amount of money to solve both the state's housing and homelessness crisis.

Supporting the homeless in healing and becoming productive members of society is not just about compassion; it is also a strategic investment in America’s long-term prosperity and strength.