An FDNY ambulance on Parkside Avenue in Brooklyn. File photo by Ben Brachfeld By most accounts, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s response to the first major winter storm of his…
Read more Editorial | Why involuntary hospitalization is a last, necessary resort for NYC – amNewYorkGov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed two bills that tweak existing shelter and ADU laws in an attempt to boost supply and make a dent in the state’s…
Read more Gov. Newsom signs bills to make it easier to provide shelter beds, build more ADUsSan Mateo County officials are hoping to add an unusual tactic to their multi-pronged approach to tackling the homelessness crisis: making it a crime to refuse to accept…
Read more Some homeless people refuse shelter beds. In one Bay Area county, that could soon be a crimeAn $18,500 stipend to help pay for graduate school. Student loan forgiveness. Free on-the-job training. All license fees paid. And the chance to serve the under-served — “with…
Read more To address homelessness crisis, L.A. County needs mental health workers, fastWhen someone becomes homeless, the instinct is to ask what tragedy befell them. What bad choices did they make with drugs or alcohol? What prevented them from getting…
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