Matt Mahan, the leader of California’s third-largest city, wants jail time for homeless people who refuse shelter three times ...

San Francisco began more targeted sweeps of homeless encampments across the city in an effort to address its homeless crisis.

Gavin Newsom has blamed California's homelessness crisis on everyone but himself. A 2028 White House bid could open him and ...

Mothers and their children took to the steps of San Francisco city hall to ask Mayor Daniel Lurie to change a policy that evicts families with children after 90 days in city shelters.

Mayor Daniel Lurie’s latest budget will cut homelessness services and Economic and Workforce Development funds.

The San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) will begin a new policy on Dec. 10 that will put stricter limits in place for how long homeless families can stay in ...

Homeless people are being denied help as budget cuts, nonprofit crackdowns, and stricter policies combine to create dangerous ...

“Policies to address homelessness must be humane, lawful and effective — not implemented just because someone’s job is on the line,” said Aaron Peskin, president of the San Francisco Board ...

San Francisco’s efforts to clear homeless encampments just got a minor ... on how many city workers have been trained on the policy and how often. John Do, the lead attorney for the ACLU that ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Police in San Francisco will start clearing out homeless residents living in public areas under new policies announced Tuesday by the office of Mayor London Breed, who has ...

For more than two decades, “harm reduction” was official policy in San Francisco. As a formerly homeless heroin and fentanyl addict in recovery, I saw firsthand how this policy, which tried to make ...