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09/22/2026

2026 Homeless Count Results Recently Released by a Large Majority of California Continuums of Care Reveal a Collective Statewide Decrease of 4.1%

• Unsheltered Homelessness Decreased Statewide by 7.2%
• Sheltered Homelessness Increased Statewide by 1.4%

09/09/2025

2025 Homeless Count Results Recently Released by a Majority of CA Continuums of Care Reveal a Collective Statewide Decrease of 4.3%, by Joe Colletti - learn more:

Email from Hub for Urban Initiatives 2025 Homeless Count Results Recently Released by a Majority of CA Continuums of Care Reveal a Collective Statewide Decrease of 4.3% Joe Colletti, PhD Hub for Urban

12/30/2024

Three States Account for Two-Thirds of the Significant Increase in Nationwide Homelessness. Read more: https://conta.cc/49Zf6i3

10/03/2024

Many Legislative Bills Concerning Homelessness Were Passed by the Legislature and Approved by the Governor in 2024 and Many Were Not. Learn more:

Governor Approved Many Legislative Bills Concerning Homelessness During the 2024 California Legislative Session: What’s in the Legislation? Also Many Legislative Bills Concerning Homelessness did

02/13/2024

Ash Cake, Ash Socks, Ash Wednesday, and Frederick Douglass by Joe Colletti - Read more:

View as Webpage    Ash Cake, Ash Socks, Ash Wednesday and Frederick Douglass Joe Colletti, PhD Society of Urban Monks February 2024 Social reformer Frederick Douglass (c. February 1818 – February 20,

02/02/2024

Proposed 2024 California Legislation Concerning Homelessness is Beginning to Advance. Click here to read the report:

Proposed 2024 California Legislation Concerning Homelessness is Beginning to Advance Bills Introduced in January Reveal the Kind of Actions That Legislators Want to Become Law During the 2024 Legislat

01/10/2024

The Number of Persons Counted by California’s 44 Continuums of Care (CoCs) as Chronically Homeless, Chronic Substance Users, and Severely Mentally Ill Continues to Increase Throughout the State - read more:

The Number of Persons Counted by California’s 44 Continuums of Care (CoCs) as Chronically Homeless, Chronic Substance Users, and Severely Mentally Ill Continues to Increase Throughout the State A 2023

10/04/2023

California Assembly Bill 271 Authorizes Counties to Establish a Homeless Death Review Committee California Assembly Bill 271 Authorizes Counties to Establish a Homeless Death Review Committee - read more:

California Assembly Bill 271 Authorizes Counties to Establish a Homeless Death Review Committee National Health Care for the Homeless Council Provides Guidance to Establish a Homeless Death Review Com

08/10/2023

Read Urban Initiatives report: 2023 Homeless Count Results Reveal a Total Increase of Approximately 11% Among Three-Fourths of Continuums of Care (CoCs) That Counted 3,000 or More Persons in 2022. Click on the following link:

2023 Homeless Count Results Reveal a Total Increase of Approximately 11% Among Three-Fourths of Continuums of Care (CoCs) That Counted 3,000 or More Persons in 2022 One-fourth of these CoCs have not y

01/31/2023

Proposed 2023 California Legislation
Concerning Homelessness Continues to Evolve

Bills Introduced in January Reveal the Kind of Actions That
Legislators Want to Become Law During the 2023 Legislative
Session to Help Mitigate the Statewide Homelessness Crisis
Read more:

Proposed 2023 California Legislation Concerning Homelessness Continues to Evolve Bills Introduced in January Reveal the Kind of Actions That Legislators Want to Become Law During the 2023 Legislative