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He Relentlessly Drove 30,000 Miles, Asking One Question: ‘Do You Want Help?’
In Orange County, where the local CARE Court refuses to force people with psychosis into treatment, one social worker drove 30,000 miles last year searching for unhoused clients with schizophrenia — asking if they want help, again and again and again.

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Housing Affordability

He Relentlessly Drove 30,000 Miles, Asking One Question: ‘Do You Want Help?’

In Orange County, where the local CARE Court refuses to force people with psychosis into treatment, one social worker drove 30,000 miles last year searching for unhoused clients with schizophrenia — asking if they want help, again and again and again.

California, Epicenter of the Nation’s Housing Crisis, Is Finally Getting a Housing Agency

Aside from giving housing and homelessness its own box atop Gov. Gavin Newsom’s organizational chart, the reorg is supposed to simplify the state’s snarled affordable housing financing system.

Oakland Built a Shelter for Unhoused Residents of Wood Street. Now, It’s Evicting Them

While some left the site and found permanent housing, others remain and could face either arrest or a return to street homelessness.

‘Please Just Let Us Be’: San Francisco RV Crackdown Advances Despite Families’ Pleas

A key city committee gave the green light to Mayor Daniel Lurie’s proposal to limit RV parking to two hours, after years of strife over the large vehicles and those who live in them.

Immigration

California Sues Trump Administration Again, This Time Over Withheld School Funds

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing the Trump administration over nearly $6 billion in withheld federal education funding, marking the state’s latest legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s policies.

Nowhere to Go: Bay Area Afghans, Allies Condemn Trump’s End of Protections

Today’s cutoff of temporary protected status thrusts thousands of Afghans into legal limbo and revives accusations that the U.S. is abandoning its wartime allies.

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Halt Indiscriminate Immigration Stops, Arrests in California

Both Gov. Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta welcomed the order Friday, which also bars the federal government from restricting attorney access at a Los Angeles immigration detention facility.

Searching for a Loved One in ICE Custody? Here’s What You Need to Know

Amid tensions at San Francisco’s immigration court, knowing how to find someone detained by ICE and access immigration resources is vital.
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He Relentlessly Drove 30,000 Miles, Asking One Question: ‘Do You Want Help?’

In Orange County, where the local CARE Court refuses to force people with psychosis into treatment, one social worker drove 30,000 miles last year searching for unhoused clients with schizophrenia — asking if they want help, again and again and again.

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