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Stories related to: homelessness

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Job program provides some hope in neighborhood at center of Sacramento’s homelessness crisis

May 16, 2022 | Chris Nichols

Sacramento’s River District Business Association has hired several homeless and formerly homeless people to help clean up trash at neighborhood encampments.

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South Sacramento tiny home village for homeless residents delayed after neighborhood opposition

April 29, 2022 | Chris Nichols

Opponents said they were concerned the project would be a magnet for more drug use, thefts and vandalism in the neighborhood. The delay means it won’t open until the end of November at the earliest, officials said.

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Taking stock of a growing crisis: Sacramento conducts first homeless count since 2019

March 4, 2022 | Chris Nichols

The final count will be released in a report this spring and will help determine federal funding for the Sacramento region’s homeless shelters, housing and services.

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State Government

Newsom proposes plan to compel people with severe mental illness into treatment

March 3, 2022 | Nicole Nixon

The program, called “CARE Court,” is meant to address the worsening homelessness crisis, but members of Newsom’s administration say it would also be open to sheltered people who need treatment.

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State Government

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla wants to take California’s Project Homekey national

February 25, 2022 | Nicole Nixon

The Housing for All Act is modeled after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Project Homekey, which converted thousands of hotels into long-term housing during the pandemic. It would spend more than a half-trillion dollars over the next decade on affordable housing.

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With freezing temperatures coming, here's where to find a Sacramento warming center

February 22, 2022 | Chris Nichols

The National Weather Service expects Thursday morning will be the coldest, with temperatures as low as 25 degrees in the Sacramento area

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Sacramento city, county considering ballot proposals outlawing homeless encampments on public property

February 22, 2022 | Chris Nichols

The measures would bar homeless people from living in parks, on sidewalks or other public property once shelter space is offered — but only after enough shelter is built.

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American River advocates demand Sacramento remove homeless camps. But the county’s authority is limited

February 10, 2022 | Chris Nichols

The county’s chief park ranger says it’s a slow process and his authority is limited. But the regional parks department also removed more than 1,600 camps last year.

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Sacramento took nearly a year to create a new ‘safe ground’ homeless shelter. We look at why it takes so long.

February 8, 2022 | Chris Nichols

City leaders pledged by January they would open two new Safe Ground camping sites and a permanent respite center, in addition to various other shelters that are part of a larger homelessness plan. By the end of the month, none had opened.

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City buys 102 acres in South Sacramento for affordable homes, plans to convert downtown hotel to homeless housing

January 21, 2022 | Chris Nichols

Councilmember Mai Vang plans to hold community listening sessions to help determine the best use of the South Sacramento property. Early ideas include adding a new park.

 

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