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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is under fire for neglecting the homelessness crisis festering in his state.

Sacramento salon owner Elizabeth Novak addressed an irate video to California Governor Gavin Newsom over the state’s homeless crisis.

San Francisco saw its homeless population rise by 17% in the last two years, but the rise in many surrounding counties has been worse.

Dr. Drew Pinsky said Friday that Los Angeles faces an imminent outbreak of bubonic plague because of the growth of the homeless population and the failure of state and local authorities to deal with rodent problems.

Rap powerhouse and fashion mogul Kanye West is reportedly masterminding the design of low-income housing units — reminiscent of Luke Skywalker’s home in Star Wars — part of an effort to address the homeless epidemic in cities like San Francisco.

Los Angeles residents and businesses are placing boxes often filled with prickly plants in front of their homes to deter the homeless from sleeping on the streets.

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti have pushed back against President Donald Trump’s criticism of the state and its major cities over a rise in homelessness that local leaders have failed to contain.

The homelessness epidemic in Los Angeles is worsening, with the number of individuals living in cars rising to 16,000, according to a recent report in the Los Angeles Times.

The number of homeless people in Los Angeles County jumped 12 percent over the last year to nearly 59,000 living on the streets, according to a report released Tuesday.

The city of San Francisco will consider a proposal to provide free mental health care and substance abuse treatment to all residents in a referendum in November.

San Francisco continues to struggle with homelessness, with a population count revealing last week that the local homeless population had risen by 17% since 2017 — though youth and veteran homelessness had dropped.

On Monday, New York State Supreme Court Justice Alexander Tisch ruled that city officials may build a homeless shelter in the affluent neighborhood known as “Billionaire’s Row.”

Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten isn’t afraid to buck the establishment and sound the alarm over L.A.’s homeless epidemic, which has literally landed at his front door.

Sanctuary cities across the United States are responding to President Donald Trump’s threat to bus border crossers and illegal aliens to their jurisdictions, saying they plan to welcome all illegal immigration with “open arms” despite soaring homelessness problems.

A new poll reveals that 53% of California residents are considering leaving the Golden State because of the high cost of living.

After months of speculation, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti put rumors to rest and announced Tuesday that he will not run for president. “I have decided not to throw my hat into the ring to run for president in 2020,”

HUD Secretary Ben Carson announced on Friday that his agency would provide $2 billion in grants for homeless programs across the country.

A homeless man who became a media darling over Christmas when he blamed Brexit for his predicament and earned Jeremy Corbyn’s sympathy is a sex offender who tried to rape an 87-year-old widow, according to reports.

California State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has introduced a bill that would guarantee a “right to shelter” and provide housing for every homeless person in the state.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was heckled off a stage at the University of Southern California on Monday evening as he attempted to deliver a speech marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff celebrated the victory of the controversial “Proposition C” homelessness tax in San Francisco, which tore Silicon Valley leaders apart leading up to election day.

Republican businessman John Cox is taking on the problem of homelessness in California — one of the most pressing problems facing the state, and one that Democratic leaders statewide have been unable to solve.

San Francisco’s streets are reportedly littered with plastic hypodermic needle caps from the free syringes provided by the city as officials ban the use of plastic straws.

Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti, who is considering a run for president on the Democratic Party ticket in 2020, says that it is now time to talk about impeaching President Donald Trump.

The Los Angeles City Council is teaming up with tenant unions for a new right-to-counsel entitlement that would provide free lawyers for any L.A. residents being evicted.

A professor at Wilfrid Laurier University has accused homeless men of perpetuating dangerous gender stereotypes.

A homeless man snagged a job at McDonald’s after a Tallahassee, Florida, police officer assisted him in shaving his beard before his interview.

Mayor Eric Garcetti, a Democratic contender for president in 2020, is hiring a tourism consultant to advise on managing traffic, housing, and homelessness as Los Angeles prepares for 50 million visitors a year by 2020.

A new poll released Sunday found that nearly half of California’s Bay Area residents want to exit the area within a few years over the cost of living and unaffordable housing prices.

The Los Angeles Metro may put showers for homeless people near some of its stations, after the board of directors approved a resolution last Thursday to study the issue over the next four months.

Dr. Ben Carson, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), toured a homeless women’s center on Los Angeles’s infamous Skid Row Tuesday as part of a fact-finding mission aimed at tackling homelessness and providing job training for inner-city communities throughout the United States.

Fresh off a two-day “pre-presidential” trip to Iowa, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti delivered a State of the City address at City Hall on Monday where he touted Los Angeles as being central to America’s future.

A 50-year-old Christian has become the 19th homicide victim in Sadiq Khan’s London this month.

A 40-year-old illegal migrant living in France has been arrested in Montpellier after being suspected of murdering a 45-year-old homeless Romanian and was found wearing the murder victim’s shoes.

The Los Angeles Times has posed a question that may haunt Mayor Eric Garcetti’s presidential ambitions: “How can a city with 58,000 homeless people continue to function?”

One of the most expensive U.S. cities to live in is on track to become one of the dirtiest cities in the world, an investigation revealed.