CapRadio is joining nearly 100 news organizations across the country to focus on stories about our homeless community.
This U.S. Homeless Project started two years ago in the San Francisco Bay Area, and now includes journalists from as far away as Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
Listen to our stories on June 28 at 90.9 FM, stream them at capradio.org, and listen to Insight With Beth Ruyak for special interviews.
Learn more or check out reporting by our partner journalists at @BayAreaHomelessness on Twitter and S.F. Homeless Project on Facebook.
June 28, 2018 | Chris Nichols
What’s fact and fiction about California’s homeless? PolitiFact California debunks several myths, including the idea that the homeless are always "from somewhere else" and "they want to be homeless."
June 28, 2018 | Bob Moffitt
The prohibition against pets in homeless shelters has been a common reason that those on the streets say they stay outside even when help is available. But some shelters are allowing animals.
June 28, 2018 | Andrew Nixon
The homeless shelter opened in December with a million-dollar budget for four months — and the hope that removing barriers to housing would help people who had been untreated for mental illness and addiction.
June 28, 2018 | Bob Moffitt
There are about 2,000 people who sleep outside every night in Sacramento County. A new triage shelter between Del Paso Boulevard and the American River has provided a look at what's possible when caregivers are allowed time and resources to help.
June 28, 2018 | Rich Ibarra
It began 60 years ago by feeding homeless people. Today, it continues that tradition — but also puts clothes on people’s backs, tends to guests’ health, and helps folks get back on their feet.
June 28, 2018 | Cody Drabble
Poet Danté Péläyō shares his experience living in men's shelters and running a pop up book shop in Oak Park.
June 28, 2018 | Cody Drabble
Homelessness doesn’t just happen in the city. We look at how one rural county — Amador — is responding to its own homelessness crisis in the foothills.
June 28, 2018 | Bert Johnson
PolitiFact reporter Chris Nichols discusses some of the common stereotypes and myths about homelessness in California.
.jpg&width=480 "Myles Gould (middle) and Derek Anderson (right) stand next to their belongings stacked in plastic containers after breaking down their campsite on 20th Street in Sacramento's Midtown neighborhood.")
June 27, 2018 | Randol White
This summer, Sacramento’s homeless community will lean on public transit to beat the heat — but some homeless riders say they don’t always feel welcome.
June 27, 2018 | Sammy Caiola
When homeless women are struggling to find food and stay safe, regular reproductive health screenings aren’t usually at the top of the list. But a Sacramento street medicine team wants to make those services easier to access.
October 18, 2021
Caltrans stopped encampment clean-ups in order to find solutions to help homeless people relocate.
October 5, 2021
Since even before the pandemic began in 2020, the unhoused population in the state has grown. The city of Sacramento is working on using social workers instead of police for crisis calls.
August 24, 2021
Sacramento County supervisors voted Tuesday to accept $5.3 million in state funds to extend Project Roomkey for three months. The program was set to end this month, but about 360 homeless residents remain at the motels.
August 13, 2021
It greenlights 20 sites for various housing options meant to serve Sacramento’s unhoused population. But Sacramento community members want the plan to emphasize safety and prioritization of affordable housing.
