May 8, 2020 Ex-San Francisco supervisor rips 'immoral' handouts of drugs to homeless: 'Should be feeding their stomachs' A former San Francisco city supervisor responded Friday to reports that alcohol and other addictive substances are being provided to homeless people who are being kept in California hotels in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
May 7, 2020 LA city council votes to name hotels that refuse to house homeless, may 'commandeer' them The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday voted to publicly identify the hotels refusing house to the homeless to help them socially distance during the coronavirus pandemic and said they may need to be “commandeered.”
May 6, 2020 San Francisco gives drugs, alcohol to homeless addicts in hotels during coronavirus, sparking debate Controversy is ensuing in San Francisco after the liberal city decided to give alcohol, marijuana, and methadone to homeless addicts in hotels during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report.
May 5, 2020 San Diego cops meet homeless man with torn shorts, buy him new clothes Two San Diego police officers met a homeless man wearing tattered shorts earlier this week – so they went to a store and bought him some new clothes.
May 4, 2020 Coronavirus sparks unprecedented struggle for NYC's homeless shelters However difficult it’s always been to be homeless in New York City, it’s tougher and scarier now amid the coronavirus pandemic as shelters face unprecedented struggle.
May 4, 2020 Two homeless men found dead on NYC subways within 12 hours: reports The bodies of two homeless men were discovered within a 12-hour period over the weekend on New York City’s subway system, according to reports.
May 3, 2020 Hundreds of homeless test positive for coronavirus in Denver, shelter workers also sickened Hundreds of homeless people have tested positive for coronavirus in Denver, city officials said Saturday, including several shelter workers as concern grows a larger outbreak could occur at one of the large shelters.
April 28, 2020 San Francisco falls short of meeting goal for leasing 8,000 hotel rooms for homeless, at-risk populations San Francisco has fallen far short of securing the more than 8,000 hotel rooms that city supervisors hope to lease to house homeless and other at-risks populations needing to quarantine or socially distance themselves during the coronavirus pandemic.
April 24, 2020 NYC struggles with growing homeless population amid coronavirus crisis As the nation obeys orders to stay home amid the coronavirus crisis, it’s an impossible feat for the country’s homeless population. In New York City, more than 78,000 people, including children, are homeless.
April 22, 2020 Los Angeles converting rec centers into homeless shelters during coronavirus crisis, despite outbreak worries The temporary shelter at the Cheviot Hills Recreation Center is not unique in Los Angeles, as the city has set up 20 temporary housing facilities for the homeless across the sprawl of the United States' second largest city since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, with at least four more planned.