While Democrats may seem in retreat around the country, the new mayor of San Francisco, Daniel Lurie, is off to a promising ...

When I arrived in Santa Barbara in 1983 to begin graduate studies in sociology at UC Santa Barbara, the only professor I knew by name was Richard Flacks.

Sara Fenske Bahat led San Francisco’s largest mayoral transition with no guide, creating systems, structure, and funding from ...

It's among the stricter anti-encampment deterrents proposed by elected officials since the Supreme Court in 2023 made it ...

The proposal comes almost a year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled cities could create ordinances that ban people from sleeping outside.

On a quiet, industrial street in San Francisco’s Hunters Point neighborhood, Marvin Velasquez and Ingrid Lopez had finally found an affordable place to live in the city — inside a travel trailer. The ...

Penner's plans would represent a departure for a state that has been led by left-leaning policies in recent years.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will end statewide housing and homelessness investments in California by 2026, drawing ...

Gavin Newsom has blamed California's homelessness crisis on everyone but himself. A 2028 White House bid could open him and ...

This episode contains explicit language. Next week, San Jose City Council will vote on a controversial plan that would ...

Chris Larsen, the co-founder of cryptocurrency platform Ripple, is offering a $10 million gift to the city to create a ...