A leptospirosis outbreak at a Berkeley encampment—a tropical disease rare in developed countries—was allowed to fester for months while courts blocked cleanup, illustrating how legal battles over homeless encampments now routinely override public health emergencies. Meanwhile, investigations into LA's homeless housing spending reveal $625,000-per-unit costs for buildings that sit empty for years, and San Francisco data shows drug arrest rates collapsed to near-zero just as overdose deaths tripled to 810 annually. Across the state, the gap between what's being spent and what's being solved keeps widening—and the costs are measured in lives.
San Jose's mayor reduced homelessness by a quarter while Sacramento fumbled. Now he's bringing receipts to the governor's race.
The San Jose mayor who actually cut homelessness 23% wants to bring his results-first approach statewide.
A startup founder who actually delivers results vs. Sacramento's endless theater. California finally has a real choice.
SF nonprofits preside over overdose deaths while collecting billions. The city just renewed their contracts anyway.
Newsom's mental health program spent $10.7M per person while California's judges cling to broken ideology.
SF's state legislator asks Attorney General to probe missing trees instead of addressing homelessness, drug deaths, or housing.
Street outreach workers from SF to Seattle confirm what politicians refuse to admit: half of people using drugs in public already have apartments.
San Jose's mayor is weighing a run—and his track record of actually fixing homelessness has founders begging him to go statewide.
The Governor touts a 9% drop in "unsheltered" homelessness. The actual numbers tell a very different story.
First Assistant US Attorney promises 'massive' fraud prosecutions are just beginning. More arrests coming 'perhaps this month.'