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Stories related to: homelessness

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State Government

California Agencies Charged With Combating Homelessness Lack Oversight And Coordination, State Audit Finds

February 12, 2021 | Chris Nichols

The report found the state’s Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council has yet to set priorities or a timeline for achieving its 18 statutory goals despite being established more than three years ago.

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‘We Really Want To Figure This Out.’ Sacramento City, County Government Divided In Struggle To Confront Homelessness Crisis

February 12, 2021 | Chris Nichols | Ed Fletcher

Advocates for Sacramento’s homeless residents say city and county officials failed to provide adequate emergency shelter before last month’s powerful storm. Only now are city officials taking more aggressive steps.

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Sacramento To Open Homeless Warming Center, But Only For A Night

December 29, 2020 | Kris Hooks

It’s unclear how many people will be allowed into the center. The city has previously said that the library galleria would hold up to 60 unhoused people with social distancing.

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Homeless Sacramento County Residents Who Died In 2020 Remembered At Vigil

December 22, 2020 | Chris Nichols

Advocates read the names of more than 90 homeless people who died on the streets and in homeless shelters this year during a ceremony.

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Sacramento To Expand Efforts To Bring Homeless Residents Indoors During Winter, Mayor Says

December 15, 2020 | Chris Nichols

Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s announcement follows repeated calls to ease the criteria for opening warming centers in the city and county.

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State Government

‘It Is Inhumane’: Advocates For Sacramento Homeless Say Criteria For Opening Warming Centers Must Change

November 17, 2020 | Chris Nichols

Temperatures must hit 32 degrees or less for three consecutive nights before warming centers open in the Sacramento region. Advocates say the threshold should be less stringent.

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Health Care

Triple-Digit Heat Poses Major Health Risk, Especially to Sacramento’s Most Vulnerable

August 18, 2020 | Sammy Caiola

In Sacramento, people who are unhoused or who live in neighborhoods with fewer trees face a higher risk of heat-related illness and death.

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Mayor Steinberg Unveils $62 Million Plan to Address Sacramento’s Homeless Crisis

August 17, 2020 | Sarah Mizes-Tan

The majority of Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s $62.6 million plan will go towards providing permanent housing for the 1,100 people currently living in motels as well as help for low-income residents in danger of eviction.

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As Sacramento County Homeless Deaths Rise, African-Americans Are Overrepresented

August 5, 2020 | Sarah Mizes-Tan

Unhoused African Americans made up a disproportionate number of homeless deaths last year, according to a yearly report from the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness.

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'Someone Will Contract The Virus Here:' Meet Homeless Californians Trying To Survive A Pandemic

May 3, 2020

People who are homeless in California share their stories of being unhoused during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

 

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