A tropical disease normally seen in developing countries is spreading through a Berkeley homeless encampment after courts blocked cleanup for over a year—the latest sign that legal barriers to addressing encampments carry real public health costs. Meanwhile, investigations into LA's homeless housing programs reveal empty $625,000-per-unit buildings and San Francisco nonprofits where 162 residents have died of overdoses since 2020. From BART infrastructure fires to collapsed drug enforcement, the failures of California's homelessness and drug policies are producing concrete, measurable harm.
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.'