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California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 days agoCalifornia can do better': San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan enters crowded race for governor
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan entered California's crowded gubernatorial race emphasizing pragmatic, results-focused governance and prioritizing faster responses to homelessness and public safety.
fromTruthout
2 weeks agoA Tech Bro Think Tank Is Trying to Roll Back Evidence-Based Homelessness Policy
The Cicero Institute, created by tech investor Joe Lonsdale, has spent the past few years promoting aggressive policies targeting encampments for the unhoused and pushing cities to move away from Housing First, the U.S.'s primary model for responding to chronic homelessness. Over the summer, HUD quietly adopted several of Cicero's key recommendations. And the result was widespread panic among the local agencies responsible for keeping people housed.
US politics
fromPortland Mercury
3 weeks agoYOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Gun-Happy Federal Agents, Wrongful Imprisonment, and How to Get Fitted for a Chastity Belt
GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to know," then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box... and then... YOUR HEAD.)
Portland
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks agoL.A. violated open meeting law with plan to clear homeless encampments, judge rules
The city of Los Angeles violated the state's open meeting law when council members took up a plan to clear 9,800 homeless encampments behind closed doors, a judge ruled this week. In a 10-page decision, L.A. County Superior Court Judge Curtis Kin said the City Council ran afoul of the Ralph M. Brown Act by approving the encampment strategy during a Jan. 31, 2024, closed session.
California
from48 hills
2 months agoSF's plan for crime and unhoused people looks more and more like Trump's every day - 48 hills
The Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of Transportation shall take immediate steps to assess their discretionary grant programs and determine whether priority for those grants may be given to grantees in States and municipalities that actively meet the below criteria, to the maximum extent permitted by law:
SF politics
fromSan Jose Inside
2 months agoNewsom's Veto Hints at Shift in CA Homelessness Strategies
Newsom said Assembly Bill 255, which would have allowed cities to use up to 10% of their state funds to pay for "recovery housing," was unnecessary. That's because using state funds for sober housing is already allowed, the governor said. He said "recent guidance" makes that clear. That was a big surprise to Assemblymember Matt Haney, who had spent the past two years working on the bill Newsom was now saying had been moot all along.
California
Public health
fromtherealdeal.com
3 months agoSanta Monica shouts down waterfront homeless housing proposal
Los Angeles County halted two Ocean Avenue interim housing projects after community opposition, seeking alternative sites and centralized oversight for homelessness and behavioral health programs.
New York City
fromHouse Digest
3 months agoMamdani Plans To Make NYC A More Affordable City To Live In. Here's How - House Digest
Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, won NYC Democratic primary and runs on rent freezes, low-income housing, free buses, childcare, and homelessness solutions.
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