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An intense manhunt to find the man suspected of shooting five homeless men, two fatally, has been identified at 30-year-old Gerald Brevard.

Crime and homelessness are among the top concerns of California voters — but Democrats ignored them at their recent statewide convention, preferring instead to focus on what they called Republican-led attacks on “democracy.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a new proposal to allow counties to intervene with homeless individuals and remove them from the streets into a system called the “CARE Court” that would refer them to mental health services.

An NYC man, who allegedly slashed a man in the face after yelling racial and homophobic slurs, appeared in court on hate crime charges Tuesday.  

NYC workers have seemingly paid no mind to a homeless man who has been siphoning electricity to his tent in a Manhattan park, per a report. 

Four people were stabbed in the New York City subway system on Saturday, just a day after Mayor Adams unveiled his plan to address subway safety.

The landlord of a women who was stabbed to death in her New York City apartment slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for tying rising crime to the expiration of the child tax credit.

A Venice community association is warning LA officials of potential lawsuits if the city does not adequately address homeless encampments.

Landlords and residents in California’s Bay Area are being asked to take in vagrants as homelessness continues to spiral out of control. 

A Los Angeles city councilman has introduced a ballot measure that would dock salaries of city officials if goals to address homelessness included in the measure are not reached.

A homeless woman allegedly tried to steal an infant girl from her grandmother in Venice, CA, before hurling coffee in the baby’s face.

Shawn Laval Smith, the suspect in the murder of UCLA grad student Brianna Kupfer, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in Pasadena.

Controversial left-wing Los Angeles City Council member Mike Bonin appears to have escaped a recall election after the city clerk disqualified over 13,000 signatures, leaving proponents 1,350 short of the number needed.

Former UFC/MMA champion Jake Shields said that if the intro to Full House were to be filmed today, the park in front of the home headed by the recently deceased Bob Saget would be filled with “Heroin needles and human shit and is a hot spot for robberies and car theft.”

The UK will offer accommodation to homeless people on the condition that they come forward to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra blasted left-wing, anti-gun nut David Hogg Sunday after the youngster tweeted about the homeless.

A 13-year-old Jacksonville girl is hosting her second coat drive for homeless folks and she wants “to host job fairs’ in the future.

New York City police have arrested Anthonia Egegbara, 29, on an attempted murder charge after a surveillance video allegedly showed Egegbara pushing another woman into an oncoming train at a subway stop in Times Square. The attack occurred on Monday,

Adding to the troubles already facing disgraced New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), a homeless man was just rescued after being trapped in a broken elevator for four days at a shelter run by the former governor’s sister. 

Gavin Newsom failed California in managing the cost of living, crime, education, energy, homelessness, and wildfires, Kevin Faulconer said.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is slamming officials in his city who have failed to address the crisis of an estimated 80,000 people living on the streets.

The city of Denver, which Democrat mayors have governed since 1963, spends at least double on homelessness than it does on K-12 students.

John Cox, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in California, said Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is “the worst governor in the country,” highlighting the Golden State’s rising costs of living, increasing rates of crime, and growing numbers of homeless persons. “[California] is unaffordable,

At least 600 homeless people, most of them migrants, were evacuated from the Place des Vosges in central Paris after forming a makeshift tent camp in a protest.

“What I’m hearing all across the state is that people want to be freed from government, not have government be the solution,” Le Roux said.

“I want to be the first good governor we’ve had in a very long period of time,” said Larry Elder of his campaign for governor in California.

The D.C. city council advanced on Tuesday an amendment that would increase the marginal tax rate for residents who earn $250,000 or more.

San Francisco’s homelessness department is reportedly asking for $20 million in funds to extend the encampment program that already pays for tents costing $60,000 a year.

A large encampment of homeless people has forced the relocation of an LPGA tournament from Portland, Oregon, to West Linn, Oregon.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva wrote to the L.A. Board of Supervisors on Wednesday to ask them to declare a “state of emergency” on the local homeless crisis, saying that “failed policies” were causing death on the streets.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) during his visit to downtown Oakland, authorities said Friday.

Residents of the 11th District of the City of Los Angeles served notice on City Council member Mike Bonin on Tuesday that he is the subject of a recall effort, after growing backlash against his proposal to move homeless people to the beach.

Los Angeles residents have launched an effort to recall City Council member Nithya Raman after just six months in office, after her support for squatters at a local park and her alleged refusal to respond to constituents about their concerns.

Homeless people have taken over an underground pedestrian walkway in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Los Feliz, and some residents want it to be filled with concrete.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva declared Monday that his department would clear out growing homeless encampments from Venice Beach by July 4 — to the delight of local residents and the horror of City Council member Mike Bonin.

Los Angeles residents are signing petitions for the recall of city council member Mike Bonin, as public outrage against his efforts to house the city’s homeless at the beach continues to grow.