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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,...

New Council-Sponsored Bill a Game Changer in Battle Against Homelessness

Mar 24 2023

Providing permanent housing is the end goal for addressing our homelessness crisis and getting unhoused people off the streets and into settings wh...

Can a Statewide Ballot Measure Solve Unsheltered Homelessness?

Feb 17 2023

Unsheltered homelessness costs lives. This winter alone, six homeless residents died in the cold on a single night in San Jose; one burned alive in...

Webinar Replay: Homeless Encampments and the Law

May 27 2022

The Bay Area Council on Thursday (May 26) hosted a webinar exploring the complex legal issues surrounding the proliferation of homeless encampments...

Member Spotlight: Visa Foundation Commits $12 Million to Address Youth Homelessness

May 20 2022

Visa Foundation has announced a $12 million grant to Tipping Point Community, a nonprofit organization committed to fighting poverty in the San Fra...

Council-Sponsored CARE Court Bill Faces First Test

Apr 29 2022

The Bay Area Council was on hand Monday for a meeting with Governor Newsom and state and local elected leaders to discuss the importance of CARE C...

Council-Sponsored Homelessness Bill Faces First Test

Apr 22 2022

SB 2211 (Ting), a bill the Bay Area Council is co-sponsoring to expand California’s inventory of emergency shelters, will face its first test at ...

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