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"content": "\u003cp>An Alameda County Superior Court judge on Friday ruled against a homeless mother who moved into an empty West Oakland home and directed sheriff's officials to enforce an eviction within five days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Patrick R. McKinney ordered Dominique Walker to immediately vacate the property along with others in the house, including members of the group Moms 4 Housing. But Walker said she and the other women aren’t going anywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are here. And we’re not leaving,” she told media and supporters outside the home Friday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McKinney said Walker has no valid rights of possession to the home on Magnolia Street, which is owned by Redondo Beach-based real estate investment group Wedgewood Properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his ruling, McKinney said “the court recognizes the importance of these issues, but, as raised in connection with Ms. Walker’s claim of right to possession, finds that they are outside the scope of this proceeding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11795616\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11795616\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/RS40725_Moms4Housing_Solomon011020-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/RS40725_Moms4Housing_Solomon011020-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/RS40725_Moms4Housing_Solomon011020-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/RS40725_Moms4Housing_Solomon011020-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/RS40725_Moms4Housing_Solomon011020-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/RS40725_Moms4Housing_Solomon011020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/RS40725_Moms4Housing_Solomon011020-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/RS40725_Moms4Housing_Solomon011020-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/RS40725_Moms4Housing_Solomon011020-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/RS40725_Moms4Housing_Solomon011020-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/RS40725_Moms4Housing_Solomon011020-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dominique Walker with Moms 4 Housing speaks to media and supporters outside 2928 Magnolia Street, a vacant house that she has lived in without permission from the owner since Nov. 18, 2019. \u003ccite>(Molly Solomon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Walker, 34, and other mothers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11787750/two-homeless-moms-occupy-vacant-house-to-protest-oakland-housing-crisis\">began occupying the three-bedroom home on Magnolia Street in November\u003c/a> to avoid living on the streets. The mothers said the house had been vacant for two years, and that they were acting partly in protest against speculators buying up properties in the Bay Area and leaving them empty amid a growing homelessness crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='Dominique Walker, Moms 4 Housing']'Today is not a defeat. This is the beginning of a movement.'[/pullquote]The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said it plans to enforce the court's eviction order. Spokesman Sgt. Ray Kelly said the department has offered to discuss alternative housing solutions with the mothers, but its offer for a sit-down conversation was rejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does not appear that they are willing to meet us halfway,” said Kelly. “They have decided that they are staying put and are wanting to take this case to the end.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McKinney has been considering the ruling since he heard oral arguments \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11793299/moms-4-housing-in-oakland-vow-to-fight-potential-eviction\">Dec. 30\u003c/a>. Attorneys for Walker argued that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11793704/west-oakland-housing-human-right-moms4housing\">housing is a human right\u003c/a>, and that if the moms were evicted, their constitutional rights would be severely impacted. The judge had previously made a tentative ruling in favor of Wedgewood. At the December hearing, he had expressed doubts that the courtroom was the right venue to hear these arguments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Justice is served,” Sam Singer, a Wedgewood spokesman, said in a statement. “The court’s ruling is the correct legal, moral and ethical judgment against the squatters that broke in and illegally occupied the company’s home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='Sam Singer, a Wedgewood spokesman']'The court’s ruling is the correct legal, moral and ethical judgment against the squatters that broke in and illegally occupied the company’s home.'[/pullquote]Despite the judge’s ruling against her, Walker intends to keep fighting for her right to housing. And, she said, she won’t stop until every person experiencing homelessness has shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today is not a defeat,” she said. “This is the beginning of a movement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Leah Simon-Weisberg, who is representing Walker, said they weren't surprised by the ruling: “We understand that the court's hands are tied because in this country, property rights are valued over human rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That is why the California Constitution needs to be amended to include the right to housing,\" she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moms 4 Housing has gained support from California lawmakers and Oakland city officials, including City Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan and Nikki Fortunato Bas. 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"content": "\u003cp>Recess is over for state legislators, who return to Sacramento today, no doubt brimming with ideas for what issues to tackle in the new year. But aside from whatever unexpected crises arise in 2020, the top of the agenda will surely include homelessness, housing, PG&E and health care costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s severe lack of affordable housing took years to become a crisis and now eludes any simple solution. This week Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) will unveil amendments to his signature housing bill, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SB 50\u003c/a>. The bill, which attempts to jump start construction of taller, denser housing projects, especially near transit corridors, languished in the Senate last year and was pulled out of consideration at the last minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 50 faces opposition from a myriad of groups — notably local officials who fear the loss of control over developments in their own cities and counties. Even in Wiener’s own city, San Francisco, the Board of Supervisors recently passed a resolution opposing the bill in its current form by a 10-1 vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717355/gavin-newsom-looks-to-spend-and-save-in-first-budget-proposal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his inaugural state budget last year\u003c/a>, Gov. Gavin Newsom included $1 billion for local governments to combat homelessness. As former mayor of San Francisco, Newsom knows first hand how difficult homelessness is to manage, much less solve. Nonetheless, with voters telling their representatives they’re tired of seeing so many people living on the streets, the governor is sure to double down on programs to deal with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As often happens in politics, the issue that captured more attention than any other last year was one few anticipated: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11721763/pge-just-filed-for-bankruptcy-heres-what-happens-next\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the bankruptcy of PG&E\u003c/a> and weeks of planned “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11778706/pge-power-shutoffs-what-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public safety power outages\u003c/a>” in huge swaths of the state aimed at preventing wildfires. The governor and Legislature — especially the Senate — will continue grappling with issues related to wildfire liability, prevention, “community resilience” and “re-imagining PG&E” as Newsom calls it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1954549,news_11792227,news_11792899\" label=\"New state laws\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the Legislature does, many are wary of calls for the government to take over PG&E out of fear the state will simply inherit the huge liabilities that come with owning a utility in the age of climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several members of the state Assembly, including Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) and Tom Daly (D-Anaheim), also want to take on the high speed rail fiasco — a train that’s behind schedule, over budget and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11748853/california-sues-over-1-billion-in-canceled-high-speed-rail-money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">without necessary federal\u003c/a> or private funding. Friedman and Daly want to refocus the project from the Central Valley to higher population areas like the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and Orange County. How much of an appetite exists for that is unclear, either in the Legislature or in the governor’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another issue on the horizon is legalization of sports betting. About 20 states have already made it legal to bet on sporting events, but efforts in California have so far fallen short. It’s likely to come up again this year. Plus, Native American tribes are gathering signatures for a November 2020 ballot measure to legalize sports betting on their lands only. No word yet on the early odds for either effort succeeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom will unveil his own spending priorities later this week, probably on Friday, when he releases the draft of his second state budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>California’s most vexing issue is also its most shameful: the large and rising number of residents who lack a safe place to call home. In a state with vast amounts of wealth, more than 150,000 of its residents sleep in shelters, cars or on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/rapporteur-United-Nations-San-Francisco-homeless-13351509.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United Nations\u003c/a> compared the tent encampments of San Francisco to the slums of New Delhi and Mexico City. \u003ca href=\"http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/number-of-homeless-people-on-skid-row-spikes-by/article_aa32fbda-bafb-11e9-849f-ab047fa8951a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nearly 5,000 people\u003c/a> live in the half square mile of Los Angeles’ Skid Row. And while the problem is most acute in California’s urban centers, homelessness is now a common fixture in many of the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/California-s-homelessness-crisis-moves-to-the-12182026.php#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suburbs and rural towns\u003c/a>. State and local officials have pledged billions in recent years to help, but voters remain frustrated by a lack of visible progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Donald Trump has wielded the state’s homelessness woes as a political weapon, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/us/politics/trump-california-homeless.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">excoriating\u003c/a> Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s progressive policies for allowing the country’s “best highways, our best streets, our best entrances to buildings” to be blockaded by people without homes. In a Christmas Day \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1209964406324510720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet\u003c/a>, Trump repeated his threats of federal intervention if the state fails to fix the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what you need to know about California’s homelessness crisis — including possible solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">How Many People Are Homeless?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/HUD_No_19_177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last official count\u003c/a> 151,278 individuals are homeless in California, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. That’s the highest number since at least 2007, and represents a nearly 17% uptick since 2018. The number of unsheltered Californians — living on the streets or in cars — has surged the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/738a2c29-86c2-48b4-a641-c9e37d2db962?src=embed\" title=\"California homelessness over time\" width=\"600\" height=\"718\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Official homelessness statistics mostly come from “one night counts” — a volunteer-led snapshot of the number of people experiencing homelessness one night in January. Experts say this method \u003ca href=\"https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/03/homeless-crisis-oakland-california-hud-point-in-time-data/584023/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">likely underestimates\u003c/a> the unsheltered, and doesn’t capture the total number of people who fall into homelessness over the course of a year, which could be \u003ca href=\"https://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2018/mar/27/travis-allen/has-californias-homeless-population-skyrocketed-an/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two or three times higher\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"homelessness\" label=\"related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not surprising that California, the largest state, has the biggest homeless population in the country. But while about 1 in 9 Americans lives in California, roughly 1 in 4 homeless Americans lives here. New York and Hawaii have slightly higher per capita rates of homelessness, but California has the largest proportion of people living without shelter. That means the state’s homeless population is far more visible than in other places, and more vulnerable to the illness, violence \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-homeless-hypothermia-20190217-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and death\u003c/a> that accompany living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And although states such as Texas and New York have seen a slight uptick in their homeless counts since last year, California saw the largest proportional swell of any state besides New Mexico. The Trump administration is quick to point out that the country would have seen an overall decline in homelessness if California and Oregon were excluded from the count.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">Who Are They?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Governments and services providers tend to focus their efforts on the chronically homeless — an individual with a disability who has lived without consistent shelter for a year, or has had multiple recent bouts of homelessness. About 26% of Californians experiencing homelessness fit that definition, or some 34,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>African-Americans are disproportionately found on California’s streets — roughly 30% of the state’s unhoused population is Black or African-American, according to HUD. Several Bay Area regions, including San Francisco and Marin County, have some of the highest rates of Black homelessness in the country. A legacy of racial discrimination in rental housing, higher rates of poverty among Black families, and overrepresentation in the state’s incarceration and child welfare systems \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/news?article=514-groundbreaking-report-on-black-people-and-homelessness-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all contribute\u003c/a> to the high numbers of African-Americans experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/525f355e-1ab3-401f-ab62-763890e38702?src=embed\" title=\"Demographics_homeless\" width=\"550\" height=\"855\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A person experiencing homelessness is about twice as likely to be male than female, and significantly more likely to be LGBTQ than in the population at large. A growing proportion are seniors, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Aging-onto-the-street-Nearly-half-of-older-13668900.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new research\u003c/a> indicating nearly half fall of seniors on the street fall into homelessness after age 50.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">Are They Local, or Are They Coming From Somewhere Else?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>One of the more enduring myths about California’s homeless population is that the vast majority have traveled here from other states, seeking generous government assistance and weather more hospitable to living outdoors. It’s a baseless claim perpetuated by both sides of the aisle — Gov. Newsom has made it \u003ca href=\"https://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2019/aug/14/gavin-newsom/gavin-newsoms-ridiculous-claim-texas-responsible-s/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repeatedly\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While comprehensive statewide data is lacking, local surveys indicate people living on the streets are typically from the surrounding neighborhood. Example: 70% of San Francisco’s homeless people were housed somewhere in the city when they lost housing; only 8% came from out of state. \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=3437-2019-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count-presentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three quarters\u003c/a> of Los Angeles County’s homeless population lived in the region before becoming homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/373989ba-1c3c-439c-95e8-22df331d8a9f?src=embed\" title=\"Homelessness origin\" width=\"600\" height=\"872\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s little evidence to suggest undocumented immigrants constitute a large share of California’s homeless population. But those that are unhoused are particularly difficult to help. Crucial safety net resources such as Social Security, Section 8 housing vouchers and food stamps are unavailable to the undocumented, who \u003ca href=\"https://latino.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/FINAL-DRAFT-02_08_19-Stemming-the-Rise-of-Homelessness.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">often resist engagement\u003c/a> with homeless services providers because of deportation fears. Language and cultural barriers also complicate re-housing efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">A Welcome Decrease in Veteran and Family Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Military veterans, at higher risk of mental illness and substance abuse issues, make up a disproportionate share of the country’s homeless population. Roughly 11,000 veterans experience homelessness in California on any given night, about 8% of the state’s total homeless population. Most vets experiencing homelessness are over age 50, and often have significant disabilities and medical conditions that are exacerbated by precarious housing situations. Military members who experienced an episode of sexual trauma during their service are at especially high risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote]Infancy is the age at which a person in the United States is most likely to be found in a homeless shelter.[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is that the number of vets living on the streets has declined significantly over the past decade, both nationally and in California. Experts credit initiatives from the Obama administration incentivizing a “housing-first” approach — where permanent housing is provided without preconditions for addiction or mental health treatment — to help homeless vets. The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2018/05/the-only-city-in-california-to-solve-veteran-homelessness-is-on-a-mission-to-go-bigger/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">city of Riverside\u003c/a> succeeded in housing all 89 of its homeless veterans after adopting that approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/f0725372-d44f-4af4-b92f-ceb481dbfa56?src=embed\" title=\"Vets homelessness\" width=\"550\" height=\"796\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11787061,news_11680975,news_11667527 \" label=\"Vets Experiencing Homelessness\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homelessness among families is also down over the last decade. Still, about 6,000 families and 12,000 children were homeless in California last year, according to point-in-time estimates. Unlike households without children, those with at least one child are far more likely to utilize emergency shelter or transitional housing. One striking statistic: Infancy is the age at which a person in the United States is most likely to be found in a homeless shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/opre_homefam_brief3_hhs_children_02_24_2017_b508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Several studies\u003c/a> have found strong correlations between early childhood housing instability and behavioral and learning difficulties later in school.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">High Rents Drive Up Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Mental health problems, addiction, childhood trauma, interaction with the criminal justice system and poverty all play significant roles in whether someone becomes homeless. But the primary reason? They can no longer afford rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 1.3 million California renter households are considered “extremely low income,” making less than $25,000 a year, according to the California Housing Partnership, a nonprofit organization the state created to advise affordable housing builders. Predictably, these financially strapped households can barely afford the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental-market/market-snapshots/renting-america-housing-changed-past-decade/#pricegrowth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">escalating rents\u003c/a>, and are most at risk of falling into homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/8ba98878-b59c-40e0-81f2-f5b5229f19c6?src=embed\" title=\"rent vs wage\" width=\"550\" height=\"860\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fueled by decades of underproduction, California’s stock of “naturally occurring” affordable housing is dwindling, as shoddy, older apartments that used to house lower-income families are increasingly taken by higher-income tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Government-subsidized housing has not filled the gap. That’s partly because doing so would be insanely expensive. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office estimates that building new housing for every low-income Californian who needs it would cost \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3345\">$15 to $30 billion annually.\u003c/a> That’s what the state currently spends on Medi-Cal, its massive program to provide health care to the poor, which covers a third of the state’s residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"explainer-card-title\">What About Mental Illness and Addiction?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Advocates for homeless people are leery of casting too much blame for the state’s crisis on mental health and substance abuse issues. They argue that plenty of low-income residents in other states struggle with drug addiction and debilitating psychological conditions. They simply manage to remain off the streets because the rent is cheaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But recent data suggests these issues are more prevalent among people experiencing homelessness than previously reported, especially for those living on the street. About half of the unsheltered nationally report that mental health and/or substance abuse contributed to their loss of housing. A Los Angeles Times \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-07/homeless-population-mental-illness-disability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigation\u003c/a> found two-thirds of L.A. County’s residents living on the streets suffer from a psychological or substance abuse disorder, far more than what’s been reported in official statistics that exclude mental disorders that aren’t “long-term.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/eeb1eed6-df15-40ae-b5ab-6464f6b300d0?src=embed\" title=\"Mental health \" width=\"550\" height=\"879\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Methamphetamine use is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/01/716404677/as-meth-use-surges-first-responders-struggle-to-help-those-in-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">up across the West Coast\u003c/a>, and is often to blame for some of the most visible episodes of homelessness seen on California streets. Unfortunately, physicians say meth addiction is \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Meth-devilishly-hard-to-kick-for-addicts-No-14563881.php#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confoundingly difficult to treat\u003c/a>. While methadone is available to wean heroin addicts off of opioids, no such replacement medication exists for meth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"forum_11778887,news_11772258,news_11742865\" label=\"Related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worse still, meth can exacerbate existing mental illnesses. Addiction and psychological conditions are often inextricably intertwined, and present a complex case for outreach workers or (more often) law enforcement to confront. A disconcerting number of California \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/board-and-care-homes-closing-in-california-mental-health-crisis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">board-and-care facilities\u003c/a>, which have traditionally housed low-income patients with schizophrenia and other severe conditions, have shuttered in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many have also blamed California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/breakdown-californias-mental-health-system-explained/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conservatorship laws\u003c/a> for making it too difficult to compel treatment for people with mental illness or drug addiction living on the street. Civil libertarians and disability rights groups argue that \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/mentally-ill-forced-treatment-conservatorship-california-debate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conservatorship\u003c/a> —when a court-appointed official manages another person’s life, including medical decisions — should be used as sparingly as possible, as it risks violating civil liberties and is a hollow remedy given the severe shortage of actual treatment options. Under a 1967 state law known as the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, Californians can be held for treatment against their will only if they are deemed a danger to themselves or others, or are determined to be gravely disabled. Other states such as New York do not impose such strict requirements. California is experimenting with allowing three counties to take legal power over mentally ill people living on the street, but only in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/in-the-past-homeless-barely-registered-as-a-political-issue-now-its-a-top-concern/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">limited\u003c/a> circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally there is the eternal question of cause and effect: The severe stresses people face when they lose shelter and are forced to live exposed on the streets can also wreak havoc on their mental health and lead to substance abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">Other Factors That Cause Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Survivors of domestic violence are among those at high risk of homelessness. One California study found that women reporting an episode of domestic violence were \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17234488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">four times more likely\u003c/a> to suffer housing instability than other women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The formerly incarcerated — ineligible for many public housing programs and frequently a target of discrimination in the rental housing market — often take refuge in emergency shelters or on the streets. While comprehensive California data is lacking, \u003ca href=\"https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/housing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one study\u003c/a> by a criminal justice reform advocacy group found that people who have been in jail or prison are ten times more likely to experience homelessness than the general public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Youth aging out of the foster care system likely constitute a significant share of the more than 11,000 homeless young adults in California. One study found \u003ca href=\"https://www.chapinhall.org/wp-content/uploads/Midwest-Eval-Outcomes-at-Age-23-and-24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">30% of former foster care\u003c/a> children in the Midwest were homeless at least once before age 24. Lacking family support networks and often victims of childhood traumas, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aecf.org/m/resourcedoc/california-fosteringyouthtransitions-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">about 25%\u003c/a> of California’s foster youth transitioning into adulthood live in precarious housing situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">Emergency Shelters and Permanent Supportive Housing\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-justify\">California has a patchwork of government-provided housing for people experiencing homelessness. While the nomenclature varies from city to city, the two most prevalent and important categories of housing are emergency shelters and permanent supportive housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u003cstrong>Emergency Shelters:\u003c/strong> These are any facilities that provide temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness. At their most basic they are a barracks-like arrangement of cots, and provide a bed and a meal. Typically they are operated by publicly funded nonprofit and religious organizations. Many shelters bar residents from staying with partners or \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2019/03/homeless-shelters-pets-california-bill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pets\u003c/a>, and are often viewed by homeless people as dangerous and dirty, even compared to sleeping on the streets. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/05/09/82908/rats-roaches-bedbugs-mold-why-thousands-of-las-hom/?_ga=2.128451404.1980297995.1577657887-661267234.1574806772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KPCC investigatio\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://a%20kpcc%20investigation%20found%20reports%20of%20bedbugs%2C%20rats%2C%20foul%20odors%2C%20poor%20lighting%2C%20harassment%2C/\">n\u003c/a> of Los Angeles area shelters last year found reports of rats, bedbugs, foul odors and harassment rampant at several shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-left\">But while shelter beds frequently go unused in \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/2018/07/05/there_are_empty_beds_heres_whats_keeping_homeless_people_out_of_shelters.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles County\u003c/a>, where transportation is also a complicating factor, overall the state has a major shortage. Federal funding has shifted away from emergency shelters over the last decade, causing the Bay Area, for example, to lose \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareaeconomy.org/files/pdf/BayAreaHomelessnessReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1,700 shelter beds\u003c/a> since 2011, according to the Bay Area Council Economic Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/services/emergencyshelter/navigation-centers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco\u003c/a> and Los Angeles have tried to reinvent emergency shelters, equipping them with health and social service providers who can help guide residents to more stable housing outcomes. According to city officials\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-homeless-navigation-centers-seem-to-be-13025012.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> more than 50%\u003c/a> of the short-term residents of San Francisco’s “navigation centers,” which are tailored to high-needs clients, are ultimately placed in housing. Emergency shelters are generally much cheaper to build than permanent supportive housing, but new projects often run into stringent community opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/b80bd03e-8fa8-4743-9c44-cb30d72fa68b?src=embed\" title=\"Costs of different types of homeless housing\" width=\"550\" height=\"814\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Permanent Supportive Housing:\u003c/strong> Homelessness experts agree that emergency shelters are mostly just a Band-Aid — permanent supportive housing is the long-term solution. Usually targeted at the chronically homeless, this offers a highly subsidized apartment paired with support services including psychological counseling, substance abuse rehab and job training. Permanent supportive housing is a pillar of the “housing first” model of ending homelessness: Individuals don’t need to quit drugs or agree to participate in any program to get a permanent roof over their head. \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/blog/2018/01/housing-for-health-los-angeles-countys-department-of.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Studies show\u003c/a> that once placed in permanent supportive housing, residents tend to stay off the streets and out of the hospital and jail, saving taxpayers considerable expense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One problem: Permanent supportive housing is really expensive to build. In Los Angeles, a recent estimate from the\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/2019/10/08/prop_hhh_homeless_housing_audit.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> city auditor\u003c/a> put the median cost of building one unit at more than $530,000. A new project coming on line in San Jose is estimated to pencil out at roughly $470,000 per unit. The outrageous price tags aren’t just driven by land costs — a shortage of construction labor and prolonged city approval processes are also to blame. Cities including Oakland have recently begun buying and converting single-room occupancy hotels to sidestep prohibitively high new construction costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">Preventing Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many California cities have made significant strides in moving people from streets and shelters into safe, stable housing. The Los Angeles Housing Services Authority, buoyed by fresh state and local funds approved by voters, estimated that it was able to place \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=3437-2019-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count-presentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than 20,000 people\u003c/a> experiencing homelessness into housing last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why did L.A. County’s homeless population still grow 12% between 2018 and 2019? Because an estimated 55,000 residents simultaneously lost a place to live, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (another \u003ca href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Predicting_and_Preventing_Homelessness_in_Los_Angeles.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">source\u003c/a> puts the number closer to 34,000). San Francisco officials say for every homeless person they house, another three fall into homelessness. Much to the chagrin of local politicians trying to prove taxpayer money is being spent effectively, new shelters and supportive housing will have trouble making a dent in visible homelessness unless the spigot is plugged in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>States and local governments across the country (including California) are devoting a rising share of homelessness resources to prevention strategies. These include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Eviction counseling and defense: \u003c/strong>Being evicted — forcibly removed from an apartment — can lead to devastating family housing instability. An eviction record also makes it exceedingly difficult to find rental housing. The Newsom administration bulked up legal services in last year’s budget for low-income tenants facing evictions.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Emergency rental assistance:\u003c/strong> New York and Chicago have seen\u003ca href=\"https://www.scpr.org/news/2019/12/06/90541/can-california-reduce-homelessness-through-better/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> early successes\u003c/a> with programs that provide small cash assistance and landlord mediation services to renters struggling to make ends meet. Many California cities have versions of these programs. But targeting emergency aid to those most at risk of homelessness can be difficult. \u003ca href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Predicting_and_Preventing_Homelessness_in_Los_Angeles.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A pilot project\u003c/a> from Los Angeles County, UCLA and the University of Chicago hopes to use big data and predictive analytics to better target emergency services to stem homelessness.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Diversion and rapid re-housing: \u003c/strong>Quickly connecting individuals who just lost their home with a new one is one of the most cost effective ways of preventing long-term homelessness. In \u003ca href=\"https://endhomelessness.org/rapid-re-housing-works/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rapid re-housing programs,\u003c/a> people teetering on the verge of homelessness or new to a shelter are often provided a security deposit, first month’s rent (or more), and connected to a landlord with an immediate vacancy.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">Law Enforcement’s Role\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Is it legal for someone to sleep on the sidewalk or other public property?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A landmark federal court decision says yes — if there aren’t shelter beds available. Allowed to stand by the Supreme Court in late 2019, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in \u003ca href=\"https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/15-35845/15-35845-2019-04-01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Martin vs City of Boise\u003c/a> held that ticketing, arresting or otherwise criminalizing people living outside violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Several California cities and counties filed amicus briefs urging the Supreme Court to reverse the decision, arguing it would hamstring efforts to clear homeless encampments that posed serious public health and safety risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The impact of the Boise decision remains unclear. Police departments and sheriffs still can enforce various “quality of life” ordinances, as well as bans against public defecation and drug use. Many advocates say issuing citations against these behaviors is counterproductive, because people experiencing homelessness have few resources to pay off city fines, and brief incarceration episodes only add to housing instability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homelessness puts enormous financial and resource strains on California police and sheriff departments. A recent audit of how Los Angeles spends homelessness dollars found that \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-homeless-cost-police-20150417-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over 50% went to law enforcement\u003c/a>. Several police departments have created units dedicated to interacting with homeless populations, often pairing cops with social workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sweeps also take a toll on unsheltered people, who can lose what little belongings they still have — including sleeping bags, family photographs and medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">What is the State Doing About Homelessness?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As homelessness has soared in California, so has state spending on programs to address it, especially in the last two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, then-Gov. Jerry Brown directed $500 million to emergency homelessness funding in response to a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/9fc4b636ece646ff9578a84e8514027d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">plea for help\u003c/a> from mayors of the state’s 11 largest cities. That same year, voters passed \u003ca href=\"https://elections.calmatters.org/2018/california-ballot-measures/proposition-1-affordable-housing-bond/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prop. 1\u003c/a>, a $4 billion bond that funds affordable housing construction. They also passed \u003ca href=\"https://elections.calmatters.org/2018/california-ballot-measures/proposition-2-mental-health-money-for-housing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prop. 2\u003c/a>, a $2 billion bond to fund supportive housing for people with mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his first year, Gov. Gavin Newsom upped the ante on homelessness spending. He designated a record \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2019-20/pdf/Enacted/BudgetSummary/Homelessness.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1 billion\u003c/a> of his 2019-2020 budget to one-time investments combating homelessness, on top of $1.75 billion to expand California’s affordable housing stock. The budget includes funding to increase welfare grants for low-income families with children, to house mentally ill patients who are homeless or at-risk, and to rapidly rehouse college students who become homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest chunk, $650 million, went to emergency aid for California’s cities and counties to build more emergency shelters, medium- and long-term housing and motel conversions. But that money didn’t start flowing immediately: Cities and counties couldn’t apply for the funds until \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Trump-administration-holding-up-California-14882297.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">early December.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to get local governments to cooperate with his homelessness agenda, Newsom also signed a suite of \u003ca href=\"http://a%20suite%20of%20new%20california%20laws%20also%20take%20stab%20at%20the%20state%27s%20severe%20shortage%20of%20emergency%20shelter%20beds%20by%20removing%20regulatory%20barriers%20for%20cities%20and%20counties%20to%20build%20more.bhttps//apnews.com/d3943138ee224eaa84db9c957e9d3963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"bills (opens in a new tab)\">bills\u003c/a> that remove regulatory barriers to building more housing for homeless people. Two of the new laws allow developers to bypass certain requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, which neighborhood groups have tried to use to block new housing developments such as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11757452/opponents-of-s-f-navigation-center-to-sue-city-over-controversial-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">homeless shelter\u003c/a> on San Francisco’s Embarcadero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A task force on homelessness Newsom assembled in May is expected to release its recommendations soon. Those will shape how Newsom tackles homelessness in 2020 on a range of issues, from whether he’ll push a legal \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-21/homeless-right-to-shelter-housing-law-california-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“right to shelter”\u003c/a> to how much money he’ll budget to try to fix the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/f090d5c8-bd27-4453-a375-e7ac8f311c71?src=embed\" title=\"2019-2020 California spending homelessness\" width=\"550\" height=\"1012\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties and cities also shell out significant funds to address homelessness. For example, the \u003ca href=\"http://cao.lacity.org/budget/summary/2019-20BudgetSummaryBooklet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles city budget for 2018-2019\u003c/a> included $426 million for homeless outreach and services, largely financed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.lamayor.org/summary-supportive-housing-pipeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prop HHH\u003c/a>, a $1.2 billion bond measure passed by voters in 2016 to fund 10,000 new units of supportive housing over ten years. But there’s no comprehensive statewide accounting of local spending on the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though California spends big on homelessness, failing to house the growing number of people living on the streets may cost much more. A \u003ca href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2772270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2016 study\u003c/a> found Santa Clara County spent $520 million a year on the county’s homeless population of 104,206 residents between 2007 and 2012, including the costs of health care, jail and public benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">What Are Trump and the Feds Doing?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>According to data from the \u003ca href=\"https://datalab.usaspending.gov/homelessness-analysis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Treasury Department\u003c/a>, California communities received nearly half a billion in federal grant money to fight homelessness in 2018. California couldn’t come close to providing its current levels of emergency shelter, housing vouchers, health services for the indigent and permanent supportive housing without significant assistance from Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the Obama administration, federal resources were steered toward a “housing first” model that prioritized permanent supportive housing and allowing people to access housing without preconditions such as sobriety or job training. While the Trump administration has yet to officially deviate from that bipartisan approach, \u003ca href=\"https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/12/trump-homeless-shelter-agency-robert-g-marbut-texas-housing/603280/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent personnel decisions\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/09/california-homeless-crisis-trump-intervention-los-angeles/597790/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public comments\u003c/a> from the president have California homeless advocates and housing officials fearful that a federal “crackdown” on homelessness is looming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1209964406324510720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1209964406324510720&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fexplainers%2Fcalifornias-homelessness-crisis-explained%2F\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What exactly a “crackdown” would entail remains an object of fear, loathing and uncertainty for the Newsom administration. \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-State-of-Homelessness-in-America.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A 2019 report\u003c/a> from the White House Council of Economic Advisers blamed California’s homelessness woes on regulatory barriers to building new housing and lax enforcement of laws against loitering and public nuisance. The report also cast doubt on the efficacy of permanent supportive housing, prompting a homelessness expert at the University of California San Francisco to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/multimedia/podcasts/gimme-shelter/2019/09/california-housing-crisis-gimme-shelter-podcast-event/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">compare\u003c/a> the White House’s findings to climate change denial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some fear the Trump administration intends to try to force homeless people living on California’s streets to move to former federal armories and other converted federal buildings. While experts says the legal and practical obstacles to such widespread sweeps are considerable, officials at the federal department of Housing and Urban Development have \u003ca href=\"https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/12/trump-policy-homeless-executive-order-city-services-shelters/603670/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly\u003c/a> scouted and inquired about properties across the West Coast. Trump could also issue an \u003ca href=\"https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/12/trump-policy-homeless-executive-order-city-services-shelters/603670/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">executive order\u003c/a> that strips funding from cities that tolerate public encampments, beefs up law enforcement resources to deal with homelessness, and directs funding to shelters and away from permanent supportive housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">What Are Other Places Doing Successfully?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Some U.S. cities, counties and states have made enviable progress in reducing homelessness, revealing possible solutions for California. Four communities have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.usich.gov/communities-that-have-ended-homelessness/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recognized\u003c/a> by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness for effectively ending chronic homelessness, meaning that any homeless person with a disability is immediately provided shelter and is able to land permanent housing within 90 days if he or she wants. Three states and 78 communities have ended veteran homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Houston has reduced homelessness by over half, from a peak of around 8,500 in 2011 to around 4,000 in 2019, according to federal point-in-time data. The city began by bringing together more than 100 agencies, including the city of Houston, the counties, nonprofit agencies, businesses and the federal HUD. Coalition members continually update a \u003ca href=\"http://www.homelesshouston.org/hmis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">data dashboard\u003c/a> that tracks homeless people as they interact with shelters and services. During regular meetings, they match a list of homeless people seeking permanent supportive housing with spots. A sobriety center provides a safe place for people who are publicly intoxicated to sober up — and avoid an arrest record. Federal funding has been key to bringing thousands of new supportive housing units online: HUD nearly doubled its funding for Houston homelessness programs between 2008 and 2018, to \u003ca href=\"https://www.texastribune.org/2019/07/02/why-homelessness-going-down-houston-dallas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$38.2 million\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/c5832fa8-1e0d-49be-9c09-b23ffc55e734?src=embed\" title=\"Homelessness in Houston\" width=\"550\" height=\"796\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Atlanta, a city similar in population to Sacramento or Long Beach, the homeless population has also more than halved since 2010, even as rents have raced upwards. Like Houston, Atlanta has embraced the “housing first” approach, investing \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/02/22/atlanta-reduce-homelessness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public and private dollars\u003c/a> in a growing stock of low-barrier shelter beds, rapid rehousing units and permanent supportive housing. One innovative solution: A \u003ca href=\"https://weinspirit.org/blog/2019/4/16/inspiritus-launches-program-serving-youth-experiencing-homelessness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">host-family program\u003c/a> that pairs homeless LGBTQ young adults with supportive households.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">What About Outside-the-Box Solutions?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Desperate shortages of affordable housing have led some cities to consider desperate measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take for example, a recent proposal out of Oakland, where homelessness grew 47% from 2017 to 2019. City Council President Rebecca Kaplan floated a plan to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Councilwoman-says-a-cruise-ship-at-Oakland-s-14897717.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">house up to 1,000 homeless residents on a cruise ship\u003c/a> in the city’s port. Though not a novel idea — cruise ships offered emergency shelter during Hurricane Katrina — the Port of Oakland instantly dismissed the proposal as “untenable,” while Twitter users pointed out the \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2019/12/13/oakland-is-considering-housing-its-homeless-cruise-ships-could-it-actually-happen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">irony\u003c/a> of housing people in boats rather than actual homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11677912\" label=\"Cabin communities\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland is also home to another controversial solution: move the homeless out of street encampments and into metal structures more often used as tool sheds. The city currently operates four “cabin communities,” which include electricity, security guards and supportive services. About \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Are-Oakland-s-cabins-a-success-Homeless-14477680.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two-thirds of residents\u003c/a> who have been through the program have found more permanent shelter — a statistic the city calls a success. Supporters of the sheds — including Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey, who has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.pe.com/2019/12/14/why-riversides-mayor-is-sleeping-in-an-8-by-8-metal-shed-to-help-the-homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sleeping in one himself to garner local support\u003c/a> for the strategy — say that they are warmer, safer, and more humane than sleeping in tents on cement. Detractors argue that the cramped structures are a poor substitute for permanent supportive housing or building affordable apartments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities around the country have jumped on the tiny house craze, building \u003ca href=\"https://www.curbed.com/maps/tiny-houses-for-the-homeless-villages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">villages\u003c/a> of the pint-sized dwellings for the homeless. Los Angeles has piloted a \u003ca href=\"http://planning.lacounty.gov/secondunitpilot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">program\u003c/a> to pay homeowners to host homeless people in backyard “granny flats.” Other cities have turned to \u003ca href=\"https://newatlas.com/architecture/3d-printed-low-cost-housing-texas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D-printed homes\u003c/a> that can be turned out in 48 hours to lower the cost of building extremely-affordable units.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California’s most vexing issue is also its most shameful: the large and rising number of residents who lack a safe place to call home. In a state with vast amounts of wealth, more than 150,000 of its residents sleep in shelters, cars or on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/rapporteur-United-Nations-San-Francisco-homeless-13351509.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United Nations\u003c/a> compared the tent encampments of San Francisco to the slums of New Delhi and Mexico City. \u003ca href=\"http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/number-of-homeless-people-on-skid-row-spikes-by/article_aa32fbda-bafb-11e9-849f-ab047fa8951a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nearly 5,000 people\u003c/a> live in the half square mile of Los Angeles’ Skid Row. And while the problem is most acute in California’s urban centers, homelessness is now a common fixture in many of the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/California-s-homelessness-crisis-moves-to-the-12182026.php#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suburbs and rural towns\u003c/a>. State and local officials have pledged billions in recent years to help, but voters remain frustrated by a lack of visible progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Donald Trump has wielded the state’s homelessness woes as a political weapon, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/us/politics/trump-california-homeless.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">excoriating\u003c/a> Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s progressive policies for allowing the country’s “best highways, our best streets, our best entrances to buildings” to be blockaded by people without homes. In a Christmas Day \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1209964406324510720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet\u003c/a>, Trump repeated his threats of federal intervention if the state fails to fix the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what you need to know about California’s homelessness crisis — including possible solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">How Many People Are Homeless?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/HUD_No_19_177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last official count\u003c/a> 151,278 individuals are homeless in California, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. That’s the highest number since at least 2007, and represents a nearly 17% uptick since 2018. The number of unsheltered Californians — living on the streets or in cars — has surged the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not surprising that California, the largest state, has the biggest homeless population in the country. But while about 1 in 9 Americans lives in California, roughly 1 in 4 homeless Americans lives here. New York and Hawaii have slightly higher per capita rates of homelessness, but California has the largest proportion of people living without shelter. That means the state’s homeless population is far more visible than in other places, and more vulnerable to the illness, violence \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-homeless-hypothermia-20190217-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and death\u003c/a> that accompany living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And although states such as Texas and New York have seen a slight uptick in their homeless counts since last year, California saw the largest proportional swell of any state besides New Mexico. The Trump administration is quick to point out that the country would have seen an overall decline in homelessness if California and Oregon were excluded from the count.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">Who Are They?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Governments and services providers tend to focus their efforts on the chronically homeless — an individual with a disability who has lived without consistent shelter for a year, or has had multiple recent bouts of homelessness. About 26% of Californians experiencing homelessness fit that definition, or some 34,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>African-Americans are disproportionately found on California’s streets — roughly 30% of the state’s unhoused population is Black or African-American, according to HUD. Several Bay Area regions, including San Francisco and Marin County, have some of the highest rates of Black homelessness in the country. A legacy of racial discrimination in rental housing, higher rates of poverty among Black families, and overrepresentation in the state’s incarceration and child welfare systems \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/news?article=514-groundbreaking-report-on-black-people-and-homelessness-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all contribute\u003c/a> to the high numbers of African-Americans experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/525f355e-1ab3-401f-ab62-763890e38702?src=embed\" title=\"Demographics_homeless\" width=\"550\" height=\"855\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A person experiencing homelessness is about twice as likely to be male than female, and significantly more likely to be LGBTQ than in the population at large. A growing proportion are seniors, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Aging-onto-the-street-Nearly-half-of-older-13668900.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new research\u003c/a> indicating nearly half fall of seniors on the street fall into homelessness after age 50.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">Are They Local, or Are They Coming From Somewhere Else?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>One of the more enduring myths about California’s homeless population is that the vast majority have traveled here from other states, seeking generous government assistance and weather more hospitable to living outdoors. It’s a baseless claim perpetuated by both sides of the aisle — Gov. Newsom has made it \u003ca href=\"https://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2019/aug/14/gavin-newsom/gavin-newsoms-ridiculous-claim-texas-responsible-s/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repeatedly\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While comprehensive statewide data is lacking, local surveys indicate people living on the streets are typically from the surrounding neighborhood. Example: 70% of San Francisco’s homeless people were housed somewhere in the city when they lost housing; only 8% came from out of state. \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=3437-2019-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count-presentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three quarters\u003c/a> of Los Angeles County’s homeless population lived in the region before becoming homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/373989ba-1c3c-439c-95e8-22df331d8a9f?src=embed\" title=\"Homelessness origin\" width=\"600\" height=\"872\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s little evidence to suggest undocumented immigrants constitute a large share of California’s homeless population. But those that are unhoused are particularly difficult to help. Crucial safety net resources such as Social Security, Section 8 housing vouchers and food stamps are unavailable to the undocumented, who \u003ca href=\"https://latino.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/FINAL-DRAFT-02_08_19-Stemming-the-Rise-of-Homelessness.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">often resist engagement\u003c/a> with homeless services providers because of deportation fears. Language and cultural barriers also complicate re-housing efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">A Welcome Decrease in Veteran and Family Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Military veterans, at higher risk of mental illness and substance abuse issues, make up a disproportionate share of the country’s homeless population. Roughly 11,000 veterans experience homelessness in California on any given night, about 8% of the state’s total homeless population. Most vets experiencing homelessness are over age 50, and often have significant disabilities and medical conditions that are exacerbated by precarious housing situations. Military members who experienced an episode of sexual trauma during their service are at especially high risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homelessness among families is also down over the last decade. Still, about 6,000 families and 12,000 children were homeless in California last year, according to point-in-time estimates. Unlike households without children, those with at least one child are far more likely to utilize emergency shelter or transitional housing. One striking statistic: Infancy is the age at which a person in the United States is most likely to be found in a homeless shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/opre_homefam_brief3_hhs_children_02_24_2017_b508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Several studies\u003c/a> have found strong correlations between early childhood housing instability and behavioral and learning difficulties later in school.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">High Rents Drive Up Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Mental health problems, addiction, childhood trauma, interaction with the criminal justice system and poverty all play significant roles in whether someone becomes homeless. But the primary reason? They can no longer afford rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 1.3 million California renter households are considered “extremely low income,” making less than $25,000 a year, according to the California Housing Partnership, a nonprofit organization the state created to advise affordable housing builders. Predictably, these financially strapped households can barely afford the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental-market/market-snapshots/renting-america-housing-changed-past-decade/#pricegrowth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">escalating rents\u003c/a>, and are most at risk of falling into homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/8ba98878-b59c-40e0-81f2-f5b5229f19c6?src=embed\" title=\"rent vs wage\" width=\"550\" height=\"860\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fueled by decades of underproduction, California’s stock of “naturally occurring” affordable housing is dwindling, as shoddy, older apartments that used to house lower-income families are increasingly taken by higher-income tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Government-subsidized housing has not filled the gap. That’s partly because doing so would be insanely expensive. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office estimates that building new housing for every low-income Californian who needs it would cost \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3345\">$15 to $30 billion annually.\u003c/a> That’s what the state currently spends on Medi-Cal, its massive program to provide health care to the poor, which covers a third of the state’s residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"explainer-card-title\">What About Mental Illness and Addiction?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Advocates for homeless people are leery of casting too much blame for the state’s crisis on mental health and substance abuse issues. They argue that plenty of low-income residents in other states struggle with drug addiction and debilitating psychological conditions. They simply manage to remain off the streets because the rent is cheaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But recent data suggests these issues are more prevalent among people experiencing homelessness than previously reported, especially for those living on the street. About half of the unsheltered nationally report that mental health and/or substance abuse contributed to their loss of housing. A Los Angeles Times \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-07/homeless-population-mental-illness-disability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigation\u003c/a> found two-thirds of L.A. County’s residents living on the streets suffer from a psychological or substance abuse disorder, far more than what’s been reported in official statistics that exclude mental disorders that aren’t “long-term.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/eeb1eed6-df15-40ae-b5ab-6464f6b300d0?src=embed\" title=\"Mental health \" width=\"550\" height=\"879\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Methamphetamine use is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/01/716404677/as-meth-use-surges-first-responders-struggle-to-help-those-in-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">up across the West Coast\u003c/a>, and is often to blame for some of the most visible episodes of homelessness seen on California streets. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worse still, meth can exacerbate existing mental illnesses. Addiction and psychological conditions are often inextricably intertwined, and present a complex case for outreach workers or (more often) law enforcement to confront. A disconcerting number of California \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/board-and-care-homes-closing-in-california-mental-health-crisis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">board-and-care facilities\u003c/a>, which have traditionally housed low-income patients with schizophrenia and other severe conditions, have shuttered in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many have also blamed California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/breakdown-californias-mental-health-system-explained/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conservatorship laws\u003c/a> for making it too difficult to compel treatment for people with mental illness or drug addiction living on the street. Civil libertarians and disability rights groups argue that \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/mentally-ill-forced-treatment-conservatorship-california-debate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conservatorship\u003c/a> —when a court-appointed official manages another person’s life, including medical decisions — should be used as sparingly as possible, as it risks violating civil liberties and is a hollow remedy given the severe shortage of actual treatment options. Under a 1967 state law known as the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, Californians can be held for treatment against their will only if they are deemed a danger to themselves or others, or are determined to be gravely disabled. Other states such as New York do not impose such strict requirements. California is experimenting with allowing three counties to take legal power over mentally ill people living on the street, but only in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/in-the-past-homeless-barely-registered-as-a-political-issue-now-its-a-top-concern/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">limited\u003c/a> circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally there is the eternal question of cause and effect: The severe stresses people face when they lose shelter and are forced to live exposed on the streets can also wreak havoc on their mental health and lead to substance abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">Other Factors That Cause Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Survivors of domestic violence are among those at high risk of homelessness. One California study found that women reporting an episode of domestic violence were \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17234488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">four times more likely\u003c/a> to suffer housing instability than other women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The formerly incarcerated — ineligible for many public housing programs and frequently a target of discrimination in the rental housing market — often take refuge in emergency shelters or on the streets. While comprehensive California data is lacking, \u003ca href=\"https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/housing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one study\u003c/a> by a criminal justice reform advocacy group found that people who have been in jail or prison are ten times more likely to experience homelessness than the general public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Youth aging out of the foster care system likely constitute a significant share of the more than 11,000 homeless young adults in California. One study found \u003ca href=\"https://www.chapinhall.org/wp-content/uploads/Midwest-Eval-Outcomes-at-Age-23-and-24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">30% of former foster care\u003c/a> children in the Midwest were homeless at least once before age 24. Lacking family support networks and often victims of childhood traumas, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aecf.org/m/resourcedoc/california-fosteringyouthtransitions-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">about 25%\u003c/a> of California’s foster youth transitioning into adulthood live in precarious housing situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">Emergency Shelters and Permanent Supportive Housing\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-justify\">California has a patchwork of government-provided housing for people experiencing homelessness. While the nomenclature varies from city to city, the two most prevalent and important categories of housing are emergency shelters and permanent supportive housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u003cstrong>Emergency Shelters:\u003c/strong> These are any facilities that provide temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness. At their most basic they are a barracks-like arrangement of cots, and provide a bed and a meal. Typically they are operated by publicly funded nonprofit and religious organizations. Many shelters bar residents from staying with partners or \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2019/03/homeless-shelters-pets-california-bill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pets\u003c/a>, and are often viewed by homeless people as dangerous and dirty, even compared to sleeping on the streets. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/05/09/82908/rats-roaches-bedbugs-mold-why-thousands-of-las-hom/?_ga=2.128451404.1980297995.1577657887-661267234.1574806772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KPCC investigatio\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://a%20kpcc%20investigation%20found%20reports%20of%20bedbugs%2C%20rats%2C%20foul%20odors%2C%20poor%20lighting%2C%20harassment%2C/\">n\u003c/a> of Los Angeles area shelters last year found reports of rats, bedbugs, foul odors and harassment rampant at several shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-left\">But while shelter beds frequently go unused in \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/2018/07/05/there_are_empty_beds_heres_whats_keeping_homeless_people_out_of_shelters.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles County\u003c/a>, where transportation is also a complicating factor, overall the state has a major shortage. Federal funding has shifted away from emergency shelters over the last decade, causing the Bay Area, for example, to lose \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareaeconomy.org/files/pdf/BayAreaHomelessnessReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1,700 shelter beds\u003c/a> since 2011, according to the Bay Area Council Economic Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/services/emergencyshelter/navigation-centers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco\u003c/a> and Los Angeles have tried to reinvent emergency shelters, equipping them with health and social service providers who can help guide residents to more stable housing outcomes. According to city officials\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-homeless-navigation-centers-seem-to-be-13025012.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> more than 50%\u003c/a> of the short-term residents of San Francisco’s “navigation centers,” which are tailored to high-needs clients, are ultimately placed in housing. Emergency shelters are generally much cheaper to build than permanent supportive housing, but new projects often run into stringent community opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/b80bd03e-8fa8-4743-9c44-cb30d72fa68b?src=embed\" title=\"Costs of different types of homeless housing\" width=\"550\" height=\"814\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Permanent Supportive Housing:\u003c/strong> Homelessness experts agree that emergency shelters are mostly just a Band-Aid — permanent supportive housing is the long-term solution. Usually targeted at the chronically homeless, this offers a highly subsidized apartment paired with support services including psychological counseling, substance abuse rehab and job training. Permanent supportive housing is a pillar of the “housing first” model of ending homelessness: Individuals don’t need to quit drugs or agree to participate in any program to get a permanent roof over their head. \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/blog/2018/01/housing-for-health-los-angeles-countys-department-of.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Studies show\u003c/a> that once placed in permanent supportive housing, residents tend to stay off the streets and out of the hospital and jail, saving taxpayers considerable expense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One problem: Permanent supportive housing is really expensive to build. In Los Angeles, a recent estimate from the\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/2019/10/08/prop_hhh_homeless_housing_audit.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> city auditor\u003c/a> put the median cost of building one unit at more than $530,000. A new project coming on line in San Jose is estimated to pencil out at roughly $470,000 per unit. The outrageous price tags aren’t just driven by land costs — a shortage of construction labor and prolonged city approval processes are also to blame. Cities including Oakland have recently begun buying and converting single-room occupancy hotels to sidestep prohibitively high new construction costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">Preventing Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many California cities have made significant strides in moving people from streets and shelters into safe, stable housing. The Los Angeles Housing Services Authority, buoyed by fresh state and local funds approved by voters, estimated that it was able to place \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=3437-2019-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count-presentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than 20,000 people\u003c/a> experiencing homelessness into housing last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why did L.A. County’s homeless population still grow 12% between 2018 and 2019? Because an estimated 55,000 residents simultaneously lost a place to live, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (another \u003ca href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Predicting_and_Preventing_Homelessness_in_Los_Angeles.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">source\u003c/a> puts the number closer to 34,000). San Francisco officials say for every homeless person they house, another three fall into homelessness. Much to the chagrin of local politicians trying to prove taxpayer money is being spent effectively, new shelters and supportive housing will have trouble making a dent in visible homelessness unless the spigot is plugged in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>States and local governments across the country (including California) are devoting a rising share of homelessness resources to prevention strategies. These include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Eviction counseling and defense: \u003c/strong>Being evicted — forcibly removed from an apartment — can lead to devastating family housing instability. An eviction record also makes it exceedingly difficult to find rental housing. The Newsom administration bulked up legal services in last year’s budget for low-income tenants facing evictions.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Emergency rental assistance:\u003c/strong> New York and Chicago have seen\u003ca href=\"https://www.scpr.org/news/2019/12/06/90541/can-california-reduce-homelessness-through-better/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> early successes\u003c/a> with programs that provide small cash assistance and landlord mediation services to renters struggling to make ends meet. Many California cities have versions of these programs. But targeting emergency aid to those most at risk of homelessness can be difficult. \u003ca href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Predicting_and_Preventing_Homelessness_in_Los_Angeles.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A pilot project\u003c/a> from Los Angeles County, UCLA and the University of Chicago hopes to use big data and predictive analytics to better target emergency services to stem homelessness.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Diversion and rapid re-housing: \u003c/strong>Quickly connecting individuals who just lost their home with a new one is one of the most cost effective ways of preventing long-term homelessness. In \u003ca href=\"https://endhomelessness.org/rapid-re-housing-works/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rapid re-housing programs,\u003c/a> people teetering on the verge of homelessness or new to a shelter are often provided a security deposit, first month’s rent (or more), and connected to a landlord with an immediate vacancy.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">Law Enforcement’s Role\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Is it legal for someone to sleep on the sidewalk or other public property?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A landmark federal court decision says yes — if there aren’t shelter beds available. Allowed to stand by the Supreme Court in late 2019, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in \u003ca href=\"https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/15-35845/15-35845-2019-04-01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Martin vs City of Boise\u003c/a> held that ticketing, arresting or otherwise criminalizing people living outside violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Several California cities and counties filed amicus briefs urging the Supreme Court to reverse the decision, arguing it would hamstring efforts to clear homeless encampments that posed serious public health and safety risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The impact of the Boise decision remains unclear. Police departments and sheriffs still can enforce various “quality of life” ordinances, as well as bans against public defecation and drug use. Many advocates say issuing citations against these behaviors is counterproductive, because people experiencing homelessness have few resources to pay off city fines, and brief incarceration episodes only add to housing instability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homelessness puts enormous financial and resource strains on California police and sheriff departments. A recent audit of how Los Angeles spends homelessness dollars found that \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-homeless-cost-police-20150417-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over 50% went to law enforcement\u003c/a>. Several police departments have created units dedicated to interacting with homeless populations, often pairing cops with social workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sweeps also take a toll on unsheltered people, who can lose what little belongings they still have — including sleeping bags, family photographs and medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">What is the State Doing About Homelessness?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As homelessness has soared in California, so has state spending on programs to address it, especially in the last two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, then-Gov. Jerry Brown directed $500 million to emergency homelessness funding in response to a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/9fc4b636ece646ff9578a84e8514027d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">plea for help\u003c/a> from mayors of the state’s 11 largest cities. That same year, voters passed \u003ca href=\"https://elections.calmatters.org/2018/california-ballot-measures/proposition-1-affordable-housing-bond/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prop. 1\u003c/a>, a $4 billion bond that funds affordable housing construction. They also passed \u003ca href=\"https://elections.calmatters.org/2018/california-ballot-measures/proposition-2-mental-health-money-for-housing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prop. 2\u003c/a>, a $2 billion bond to fund supportive housing for people with mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his first year, Gov. Gavin Newsom upped the ante on homelessness spending. He designated a record \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2019-20/pdf/Enacted/BudgetSummary/Homelessness.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1 billion\u003c/a> of his 2019-2020 budget to one-time investments combating homelessness, on top of $1.75 billion to expand California’s affordable housing stock. The budget includes funding to increase welfare grants for low-income families with children, to house mentally ill patients who are homeless or at-risk, and to rapidly rehouse college students who become homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest chunk, $650 million, went to emergency aid for California’s cities and counties to build more emergency shelters, medium- and long-term housing and motel conversions. But that money didn’t start flowing immediately: Cities and counties couldn’t apply for the funds until \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Trump-administration-holding-up-California-14882297.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">early December.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to get local governments to cooperate with his homelessness agenda, Newsom also signed a suite of \u003ca href=\"http://a%20suite%20of%20new%20california%20laws%20also%20take%20stab%20at%20the%20state%27s%20severe%20shortage%20of%20emergency%20shelter%20beds%20by%20removing%20regulatory%20barriers%20for%20cities%20and%20counties%20to%20build%20more.bhttps//apnews.com/d3943138ee224eaa84db9c957e9d3963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"bills (opens in a new tab)\">bills\u003c/a> that remove regulatory barriers to building more housing for homeless people. Two of the new laws allow developers to bypass certain requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, which neighborhood groups have tried to use to block new housing developments such as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11757452/opponents-of-s-f-navigation-center-to-sue-city-over-controversial-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">homeless shelter\u003c/a> on San Francisco’s Embarcadero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A task force on homelessness Newsom assembled in May is expected to release its recommendations soon. Those will shape how Newsom tackles homelessness in 2020 on a range of issues, from whether he’ll push a legal \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-21/homeless-right-to-shelter-housing-law-california-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“right to shelter”\u003c/a> to how much money he’ll budget to try to fix the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/f090d5c8-bd27-4453-a375-e7ac8f311c71?src=embed\" title=\"2019-2020 California spending homelessness\" width=\"550\" height=\"1012\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties and cities also shell out significant funds to address homelessness. For example, the \u003ca href=\"http://cao.lacity.org/budget/summary/2019-20BudgetSummaryBooklet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles city budget for 2018-2019\u003c/a> included $426 million for homeless outreach and services, largely financed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.lamayor.org/summary-supportive-housing-pipeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prop HHH\u003c/a>, a $1.2 billion bond measure passed by voters in 2016 to fund 10,000 new units of supportive housing over ten years. But there’s no comprehensive statewide accounting of local spending on the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though California spends big on homelessness, failing to house the growing number of people living on the streets may cost much more. A \u003ca href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2772270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2016 study\u003c/a> found Santa Clara County spent $520 million a year on the county’s homeless population of 104,206 residents between 2007 and 2012, including the costs of health care, jail and public benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">What Are Trump and the Feds Doing?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>According to data from the \u003ca href=\"https://datalab.usaspending.gov/homelessness-analysis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Treasury Department\u003c/a>, California communities received nearly half a billion in federal grant money to fight homelessness in 2018. California couldn’t come close to providing its current levels of emergency shelter, housing vouchers, health services for the indigent and permanent supportive housing without significant assistance from Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the Obama administration, federal resources were steered toward a “housing first” model that prioritized permanent supportive housing and allowing people to access housing without preconditions such as sobriety or job training. While the Trump administration has yet to officially deviate from that bipartisan approach, \u003ca href=\"https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/12/trump-homeless-shelter-agency-robert-g-marbut-texas-housing/603280/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent personnel decisions\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/09/california-homeless-crisis-trump-intervention-los-angeles/597790/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public comments\u003c/a> from the president have California homeless advocates and housing officials fearful that a federal “crackdown” on homelessness is looming.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>What exactly a “crackdown” would entail remains an object of fear, loathing and uncertainty for the Newsom administration. \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-State-of-Homelessness-in-America.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A 2019 report\u003c/a> from the White House Council of Economic Advisers blamed California’s homelessness woes on regulatory barriers to building new housing and lax enforcement of laws against loitering and public nuisance. The report also cast doubt on the efficacy of permanent supportive housing, prompting a homelessness expert at the University of California San Francisco to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/multimedia/podcasts/gimme-shelter/2019/09/california-housing-crisis-gimme-shelter-podcast-event/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">compare\u003c/a> the White House’s findings to climate change denial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some fear the Trump administration intends to try to force homeless people living on California’s streets to move to former federal armories and other converted federal buildings. While experts says the legal and practical obstacles to such widespread sweeps are considerable, officials at the federal department of Housing and Urban Development have \u003ca href=\"https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/12/trump-policy-homeless-executive-order-city-services-shelters/603670/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly\u003c/a> scouted and inquired about properties across the West Coast. Trump could also issue an \u003ca href=\"https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/12/trump-policy-homeless-executive-order-city-services-shelters/603670/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">executive order\u003c/a> that strips funding from cities that tolerate public encampments, beefs up law enforcement resources to deal with homelessness, and directs funding to shelters and away from permanent supportive housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">What Are Other Places Doing Successfully?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Some U.S. cities, counties and states have made enviable progress in reducing homelessness, revealing possible solutions for California. Four communities have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.usich.gov/communities-that-have-ended-homelessness/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recognized\u003c/a> by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness for effectively ending chronic homelessness, meaning that any homeless person with a disability is immediately provided shelter and is able to land permanent housing within 90 days if he or she wants. Three states and 78 communities have ended veteran homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Houston has reduced homelessness by over half, from a peak of around 8,500 in 2011 to around 4,000 in 2019, according to federal point-in-time data. The city began by bringing together more than 100 agencies, including the city of Houston, the counties, nonprofit agencies, businesses and the federal HUD. Coalition members continually update a \u003ca href=\"http://www.homelesshouston.org/hmis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">data dashboard\u003c/a> that tracks homeless people as they interact with shelters and services. During regular meetings, they match a list of homeless people seeking permanent supportive housing with spots. A sobriety center provides a safe place for people who are publicly intoxicated to sober up — and avoid an arrest record. Federal funding has been key to bringing thousands of new supportive housing units online: HUD nearly doubled its funding for Houston homelessness programs between 2008 and 2018, to \u003ca href=\"https://www.texastribune.org/2019/07/02/why-homelessness-going-down-houston-dallas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$38.2 million\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/c5832fa8-1e0d-49be-9c09-b23ffc55e734?src=embed\" title=\"Homelessness in Houston\" width=\"550\" height=\"796\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Atlanta, a city similar in population to Sacramento or Long Beach, the homeless population has also more than halved since 2010, even as rents have raced upwards. Like Houston, Atlanta has embraced the “housing first” approach, investing \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/02/22/atlanta-reduce-homelessness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public and private dollars\u003c/a> in a growing stock of low-barrier shelter beds, rapid rehousing units and permanent supportive housing. One innovative solution: A \u003ca href=\"https://weinspirit.org/blog/2019/4/16/inspiritus-launches-program-serving-youth-experiencing-homelessness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">host-family program\u003c/a> that pairs homeless LGBTQ young adults with supportive households.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 class=\"explainer-card-title\">What About Outside-the-Box Solutions?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Desperate shortages of affordable housing have led some cities to consider desperate measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take for example, a recent proposal out of Oakland, where homelessness grew 47% from 2017 to 2019. City Council President Rebecca Kaplan floated a plan to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Councilwoman-says-a-cruise-ship-at-Oakland-s-14897717.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">house up to 1,000 homeless residents on a cruise ship\u003c/a> in the city’s port. Though not a novel idea — cruise ships offered emergency shelter during Hurricane Katrina — the Port of Oakland instantly dismissed the proposal as “untenable,” while Twitter users pointed out the \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2019/12/13/oakland-is-considering-housing-its-homeless-cruise-ships-could-it-actually-happen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">irony\u003c/a> of housing people in boats rather than actual homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Supporters for two mothers who moved into a vacant house in West Oakland without permission say they plan to protest any effort to evict them as they wait for a judge to decide whether they can stay or must go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Superior Court Judge Patrick McKinney heard the arguments of the newly formed group called Moms 4 Housing early Monday, with about 100 of their supporters turning up at the Hayward Hall of Justice. McKinney is expected to issue a ruling later this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"small\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Cat Brooks, an Oakland activist\"]‘If I’m sleeping in the streets with my children and you refuse to give me housing, your expectation is that I continue to lay there in the streets with my child and die? No!’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McKinney issued a tentative ruling last week in favor of Wedgewood, the Redondo-Beach based real estate investment group that owns the property. But the mothers remain hopeful since the judge did not immediately reject their claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We consider that a win for right now,” Dominique Walker told reporters outside the courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/EHarringtonTV/status/1211710412250472448\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walker, 34, and Sameerah Karim, 41, began occupying the three-bedroom home on Magnolia Street\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11787750/two-homeless-moms-occupy-vacant-house-to-protest-oakland-housing-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> in November\u003c/a> to avoid living on the streets. The mothers said the house had been vacant for two years, and they were acting partly in protest against speculators buying up property in the Bay Area and leaving them empty amid a growing homelessness crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the women argue that housing is a human right. 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Many linked arms, forming lines with their bodies around the house, as people stood up on the porch to speak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I’m sleeping in the streets with my children and you refuse to give me housing, your expectation is that I continue to lay there in the streets with my child and die? No!” said Cat Brooks, an Oakland activist who unsuccessfully ran for mayor last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carroll Fife, director of the group \u003ca href=\"https://www.acceaction.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment\u003c/a>, became emotional as she described how living in the home has already changed the lives of the mothers and their children: Sunday night, the kids put clean sheets on their beds and started decorating the room. The week before, a Christmas tree stood in the living room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife said the support for these mothers needs to continue and include others in the community who are grappling with the region’s housing affordability crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"forum_2010101875112,news_11792889,news_11791573\" \u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\">label=\u003c/i>\"Related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need students for housing, we need teachers for housing, we need janitors for housing,” said Fife. “We need everybody for housing, because it is a human right that you need to survive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the group’s supporters was Oakland City Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What you are doing is incredibly brave,” Bas\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/katewolffe/status/1211717055314980864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> told the women\u003c/a> after the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bas, fellow Councilmember Dan Kalb and Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan have urged Wedgewood to negotiate a sale of the home to the nonprofit Oakland Community Land Trust, which has previously worked with the city to buy vacant properties to sell to low-income families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When this judge looks at this conflict between the right to adequate housing, and the right for speculators to profit — I want to be on the side of these moms,” Bas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wedgewood rejected the offer and said it won’t work out a deal until the mothers vacate the property. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/katewolffe/status/1211415190761164800?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In a response letter\u003c/a> to the Oakland officials, Wedgewood spokesperson Sam Singer said the company is “deeply concerned that you are encouraging criminal activity, in this instance the theft of people’s property.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Judge McKinney rules against the mothers, Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said they will carry out the eviction likely after Jan. 1. 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