HOMELESSNESS

S.F. Chronicle: San Francisco faces a budget crisis. Its homelessness fund is flush with cash

By Maggie Angst [5-27-26] // The Our City, Our Home Fund — financed by a voter-approved tax on large businesses — has exceeded forecasts and is expected to bring in more than $900 million over the next two years.

L.A. Times: Forced treatment and jail: Spencer Pratt’s pledges to end homelessness stir up mayor’s race

By Andrew Khouri & Doug Smith [5-19-26] // Reality TV figure Spencer Pratt is jolting L.A.’s mayoral race with vows to clear encampments through arrests and mandatory treatment, rejecting the city’s largely voluntary approach embraced by Karen Bass and Nithya Raman.

LAist: Hollywood unhoused count finds no reductions in street homelessness, but recent uptick in tents

By Aaron Schrank [5-27-26] // Findings released Wednesday by Hollywood 4WRD…found in May that more people were living in tents and fewer in cars than RAND had observed in January, a surprising reversal of the recent overall trend.

Los Angeles Daily News: LA Council adds new anti-camping zones in San Fernando Valley

[5-19-26] // The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday added more anti-camping zones around parks, underpasses, streets and other areas in the San Fernando Valley.