November 4, 2019 As homeless camps continue to spring up in Austin, Gov. Abbott orders cleanup effort State agencies are moving in to initiate a cleanup of Austin, Texas after the city became a magnet for homeless vagrants due to laws allowing people to camp out on the streets.Â
November 1, 2019 California's Prop 47 leads to rise in shoplifting, thefts, criminal activity across state In a lighted garage on one of San Francisco's busiest streets, a young man in baggy trousers and messy brown hair pulled down his pants. He had been hiding two pairs of stolen jeans with the tags still on them. He handed them to another man waiting nearby, took some money, pulled up his pants and headed back into another store on Market Street - home to the city's high-end designers and big-chain retail shops. The incident wasn't a one-off.
October 31, 2019 Homeless encampment near site of Easy Fire visited by California arson inspectors: report As the battle continues against a wind-driven wildfire northwest of Los Angeles that sent tens of thousands fleeing their homes, arson inspectors in California have visited a homeless encampment near the area where the blaze started.Â
October 31, 2019 Homeless death rate in Los Angeles County jumps by more than a third, 'sobering' report says It's becoming deadlier to be homeless on the streets of the second-largest city in the country, according to a newly released report by California officials.Â
October 30, 2019 Homeless encampments under Austin highway overpasses to be cleared out, Texas governor says Officials in Texas' capital city will begin clearing homeless encampments from underpasses on state highways early next week after the homelessness crisis came to a head this year when the city repealed a camping ban that allowed people to sleep or camp in any public area.Â
October 28, 2019 People who interfere with homeless mental health treatment are 'murderers,' says Dr. Drew Pinsky People who don't recognize America's homelessness crisis as a mental health problem, and get in the way of providing proper treatment, are murderers, said Dr. Drew Pinsky, Monday on "Fox & Friends."Â
October 24, 2019 Homeless crisis in Portland spurs deployment of mobile hygiene stations to encampments As the homeless crisis continues to simmer in Oregon's largest city, local officials working with nonprofit groups have deployed mobile hygiene stations in a bid to clean up some of the largest encampments.
October 23, 2019 Attorney blasts California Gov. Newsom for using homeless crisis to overturn will of voters Attorney Jim Breslo said Wednesday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom overturned the will of California voters by using the homeless crisis as an excuse to impose statewide rent control in an attempt to address a housing shortage.
October 22, 2019 Nevada camping ban not the answer to homeless 'crisis,' experts say As the nation continues to grapple with homelessness, local officials in Nevada hope to curb the number of people living on the streets with a controversial ordinance that is drawing backlash from activists who claim it will have the exact opposite effect.
October 22, 2019 Las Vegas among cities with highest homeless rates as shelters face capacity issues Is Sin City in danger of being overrun by tent cities?