Homelessness

The number of students experiencing homelessness who were enrolled in California’s TK-12 public schools has jumped over 9% for yet another year, even as overall enrollment rates continue on a downward trend.

For many small business owners, the contentious anti-camping law has been a blessing.

Following the passage of Proposition 1 last year, the state of California is now rolling out funding for new housing developments geared toward housing the homeless, veterans and select residents suffering from select mental health disorders.

The Fresno City Council will vote on a city ordinance that would penalize public employees for transporting unhoused people to Fresno and dropping them off there. City officials still haven’t shared any evidence with the public that cities or police departments are doing this. Local law enforcement say they have no evidence it's happening either.

How do you think the next four years under President Donald Trump will affect your daily life and community? That’s the question KQED and its California public radio partners in The California Newsroom posed to our listeners and readers around the state as Trump returned to the White House for a second term.

After a Fresno County ordinance went into effect that prohibits people from sleeping or camping on public property, what support exists to reduce barriers to housing?

A controversial housing ordinance in the city of Fresno is moving forward. The new ordinance bans people from sitting, sleeping and lying in public spaces. Activists are afraid the law will create even more obstacles for the unhoused.

During a marathon Fresno City Council meeting this week, dozens spoke out against a proposed rule to ban “unlawful outdoor camping.” Despite the outcry, city officials plan to implement the ordinance.

The governor said he will move 22 state personnel from a housing enforcement unit to help cities and counties deliver on projects to reduce homelessness — and to crack down if they do not.

The annual Fresno Madera Continuum of Care report shows how many people in the region experienced homelessness at the beginning of the year.