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Gov. Newsom Launches New Task Force to Clear California Homeless Encampments
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Gov. Newsom Launches New Task Force to Clear California Homeless Encampments

The task force, made up of six different state agencies, is the latest effort by the Newsom administration to remove homeless encampments from California’s streets.

SF Homeless Services Nonprofit to Pay $1 Million After Investigation Found Fraud

The settlement stemmed from a 2024 investigation of Providence Foundation of San Francisco, which found wage theft, accounting irregularities and fraudulent invoices.

San Francisco Breaks Ground on 11-Story Affordable Housing Project After Over 5 Years

Originally approved in 2020 as a mixed-income development, one of San Francisco’s largest affordable housing projects in years is breaking ground in Potrero Hill.

How ADUs Could Help Californians Break Into Homeownership

San José was the first city to implement the 2024 law, AB 1033. Now, it’s poised to approve the first conversion of an accessory dwelling unit into a condominium.

Immigration

Palestinian Activists Urge Oakland to Stop Military Shipments to Israel

A new report links hundreds of military shipments through Oakland’s airport to Israel’s F-35 fleet, raising concerns over U.S. supply chains and civilian infrastructure aiding the war in Gaza.

ICE Activity in California Hospitals Leaves Health Care Workers on Edge

As federal immigration agents appear more frequently at California medical facilities, workers are increasingly concerned about patients’ rights and their own.

As ICE Arrests Surge, a Journalist in Southern California Covers Raids in Her Own Backyard

Aisha Wallace Palomares, a 2025 UC Berkeley Journalism School graduate, returned to her hometown this summer to report on immigration raids targeting her community.

SF School Serving Spanish-Speaking Immigrants Is ‘Severely Understaffed,’ Parents Say

A group of parents wrote a letter to the San Francisco Unified School District raising “urgent concerns about the unsafe and unacceptable conditions at Mission Education Center.”
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