Homelessness

Though these ballot initiatives address the state's homelessness problem, many homeless people won't be able to vote on them.

• By Ben Rowen

Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, has pitted himself against Jack Dorsey, the chief executive of Twitter and Square, by spending millions of dollars to fund campaigns promoting the passage of a homelessness benefits initiative in the city.

• By Sarah Holder

New research finds it's an effective way to step into the shoes of someone less fortunate.

• By Tom Jacobs

A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a feature on California's troubling oil industry to a look at how Hurricane Florence could have destroyed important historical records.

• By Pacific Standard Staff
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Pacific Standard writer Jack Denton speaks with a childhood friend about the daily realities of living without a home.

• By Jack Denton

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• By Pacific Standard Staff
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Despite a federal court ruling that reinforces the rights of the homeless, Skid Row residents live in fear of losing what little they have.

• By Jack Denton

A plan under consideration by the Los Angeles Police Department would toss out warrants for homeless people who don't show up in court for minor offenses.

• By Max Ufberg

Critics in the city argue that the repeal of a tax that would help fund housing and homelessness initiatives is a capitulation to business interests.

• By Sarah Holder

Operating out of a remodeled shipping container at a busy traffic junction, Signal School is making education more accessible for homeless children in India.

• By Puja Changoiwala

Workers in several Bay Area counties would need to earn four times the minimum wage to pay the median rent for an apartment, a new report finds.

• By Rebecca Worby

A U.S. district court judge attempted to mitigate a political standstill regarding Orange County's growing homeless population.

• By Ashley Hackett

Blame the lack of affordable housing options in the Los Angeles area.

• By Candace Butera

Managed alcohol programs, which provide homeless alcoholics with housing and small amounts of booze, may seem counterintuitive, but they fit squarely within a philosophy of addiction treatment known as harm reduction—and they're working.

• By Sasha Chapin

A new book argues that America uses digital tools to sequester and punish its poorest citizens. But can we really blame technology?

• By Peter C. Baker

Ventura and Santa Barbara County schools must prepare to help students who have been pushed into housing instability as a result of the wildfire.

• By Elena Gooray

As Southern California's firestorm continues to grow and air quality plummets, what happens to one of the largest unsheltered homeless populations in the nation?

• By Kate Wheeling & John Upton

To battle an outbreak, officials in San Diego have had to rethink the way they provide housing for the homeless.

• By Emily Moon

Only a broken system locks up homeless people to keep them safe.

• By David M. Perry

In an age of employment uncertainty and a growing income gap, urban America needs to find new ways to infuse equity into the equation.

• By Brooks Rainwater

Residents can get up to $75,000 to build a "granny flat"—if they open it up to a homeless family.

• By Linda Poon

All along the California coastline, city officials are playing a cat-and-mouse game with RV dwellers, crafting legislation that effectively forces them out of town—and continues the eternal quest for a parking place to call home.

• By Kate Wheeling

Colleges are beginning to address food insecurity on campus, but byzantine government regulations and impossible criteria are making it difficult for hungry students to get ahead.

• By Kimberly Yavorski

The state's homeless population is falling thanks to Housing First strategies, but low-cost apartments can only go so far.

• By Kate Wheeling