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Homeless Committee Welcomes New Chairs, Sets Ambitious 2024 Agenda

Dec 6 2023

The Bay Area Council’s Homelessness Committee yesterday (Dec. 5) introduced new co-chairs and adopted an ambitious agenda to tackle unsheltered h...

Bay Area Homelessness Leader Named CA Housing Secretary

Nov 29 2023

Yesterday (Nov. 28), Gov. Newsom appointed Tomiquia Moss as the new Secretary of the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, which oversee...

Council Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Intervene in Homelessness Ruling

Sep 22 2023

The Bay Area Council today formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower federal court ruling that has effectively hamstrung local jurisd...

Good News from Initial Court Ruling on Homeless Encampments

Sep 8 2023

San Francisco, as part of its efforts to provide shelter to the unhoused, can resume removing illegal encampments that often block sidewalks, stree...

9th Circuit Hints at Relief in Critical Homelessness Case

Aug 25 2023

Judges for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday appeared poised to answer San Francisco’s pleas for clarity in how it can legally r...

Landmark UCSF Study on Homelessness Reinforces Council’s Focus on Housing Production

Jun 23 2023

A statewide study released this week by the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative provides important insights into California&...

Regional Shift Toward Shelter in City Homelessness Budgets

Jun 2 2023

The mayors of the Bay Area’s two largest cities are proposing to shift resources allocated to addressing homelessness away from new permanent hou...

Gimme Shelter: Council Research Cited in SF Resolution Calling for More Temporary Housing

May 12 2023

Like many jurisdictions across California, San Francisco has for years prioritized the construction of permanent housing over shelters to address t...

Homeless Housing Legislation Clears Major Hurdle

Apr 21 2023

With an estimated 170,000 Californians experiencing homelessness on any given day, it’scritical that we find fast, affordable housing solutions. ...

Perfect the enemy of the good: Court ruling may worsen San Francisco’s homelessness crisis

Apr 7 2023

Street sleeping is unhealthy for people experiencing homelessness and carries with it a higher risk of chronic disease, infectious disease, injury,...

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