Homelessness Archives - Bay Area Council

Racing to Shelter the Homeless in the Time of COVID

May 1 2020

Providing hotels and other innovative housing solutions for California’s homeless population is key to stopping the spread of COVID-19, according...

Federal COVID-19 Includes Billions for Homeless

Mar 27 2020

Following efforts by the Bay Area Council and AllHome to corral regional leaders behind a united ask for $5 billion in federal COVID-19 assistance ...

Homelessness Dominates State of the State

Feb 21 2020

Governor Gavin Newsom dedicated nearly the entirety of Thursday’s State of the State of Address to the issues of housing and homelessness, hittin...

Expanding Economic Opportunity to All Regions of the State

Nov 8 2019

The Bay Area Council this week brought its insights and expertise to the 2019 California Economic Summit in Fresno, where Gov. Newsom and top leade...

President Trump Weighs in on California Homelessness

Sep 20 2019

Jetting to the Bay Area for a campaign fundraiser, President Trump this week generated headlines for a series of comments about California’s home...

Bay Area Council Goes ‘All-In’ to Combat Homelessness

Jul 26 2019

The Bay Area Council this week joined with Tipping Point Community and a phalanx of business, community and philanthropic organizations to launch t...

Bay Area Homelessness Up 24% Since 2017

Jul 12 2019

Three months after a Bay Area Council Economic Institute report highlighted the region’s growing homeless problem, new data finds the region now ...

WaPo Story Features Council Research on Homeless Problem

May 24 2019

The regional nature of the Bay Area’s homeless crisis was brought into sharp relief in a powerful Washington Post story today that featured the B...

Homelessness Soars in the Bay Area

May 17 2019

Maybe it’s time for a different approach. A little over a month after the Bay Area Council Economic Institute released a groundbreaking report ra...

Council-Sponsored Homelessness Bill Advances

Apr 26 2019

Two weeks after releasing a groundbreaking report on homelessness in the Bay Area, a Bay Area Council-sponsored bill, AB 1534 (Wicks) passed the As...

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