Housing & Homelessness

Nearly half of San Francisco's seniors lack the money to meet their basic needs. At Saint Francis Living Room in the Tenderloin, seniors help each other.

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors to vote on how to allocate funds originally intended to address homelessness.

Passed in 2020, Measure W created a half-cent tax in Alameda County to go towards essential county services, with housing and homelessness being one of the key focus areas.

The third Alameda County Community Connect Homeless Resource & Job Fair was held yesterday.

Sidewalk Stories celebrates pride month with two queer poets who have experience with homelessness.

San Jose’s City Council approved a proposal yesterday that will allow law enforcement to penalize unhoused individuals who resist shelter.

A look at one city's approach to encampment management, one year after the Supreme Court's Grants Pass ruling.

Berkeley City Council will meet tomorrow to decide whether to delay its ban on rent-setting algorithms.

San Jose passed a controversial policy last week, allowing the city to fine unhoused individuals who refuse shelter offers. Three refusals in 18 months could result in an arrest. The updated policy takes effect July 1. Sweeps are expected to run through October.

State of the Bay sits down with Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, dives into the nation's first college degree program in psychedelics, and explores a new exhibit celebrating Vaudeville star Bert Williams.