Tag Archives: homeless crisis

Nashville’s homeless population has drastically risen as the city continues to grow along with the cost of living and housing prices. The number of people experiencing chronic homelessness in Nashville has increased nearly 77% over the past year, according to Nashville’s Homeless Management Information System. Last month there were 1,525 people in the city experiencing chronic homelessness compared to 863 …

Some California Democrats are turning on their Golden State leader after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s homelessness council failed to track whether billions of dollars spent on curbing the homelessness crisis were successful in the last five years. “You come to a budget committee, and there’s no numbers,” Democratic Assemblymember Phil Ting said to Newsom’s housing and homelessness officials during Monday’s budget …

A Michigan woman was found living inside a sign on top of a grocery store recently in a case that a local police officer said “makes you scratch your head.” The unidentified 34-year-old woman, who police said was homeless, had not only been living inside the grocery store sign for a year, she also had a desk, a coffee maker, …

A whopping 70% of Portland area voters disapprove of their city’s progressive leadership in city council members and Mayor Ted Wheeler, according to a new poll. “I’ve seen Portland change dramatically in the last six or seven years and I hate to say it’s not been for the better,” one participant told The Oregonian. “I’m very dissatisfied with our government, …

Homeless people who camp on public property in Portland, Oregon, and reject offers of shelter could be fined up to $100 or sentenced to up to seven days in jail under new rules approved unanimously by the City Council on Wednesday. When shelter is not available, the same penalties apply for blocking sidewalks, using gas heaters or starting fires, or …

A deadly outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) has occurred inside a California hotel housing homeless people, leading to the death of one person and forcing city health officials to declare a public health emergency. The alarming outbreak at the unnamed hotel infected 14 people, resulting in nine people being hospitalized, the Department of Health and Human Services for Long Beach announced …

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a motion to evaluate the creation of a Department of Homelessness in a 13-0 vote. Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez introduced the motion in March and had called on her colleagues to support the measure, according to Fox 11 Los Angeles. “As Los Angeles continues to grapple with the growing numbers of homeless individuals, …

A homeless man in Seattle was caught on camera causing a disturbance in an ice cream and coffee shop, and the small business’s owner says police officers were not dispatched when his workers called 911. The incident took place around 7 p.m. April 24 in the Pike Place Market area near Seattle’s famous Gum Wall, according to Baxter & Frost …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked for the public’s help in designing a new $1 coin to honor the state’s innovations, but many of the responses pointed to anything but positive accomplishments for which the state was once proudly known. When people outside California think of innovation, they think of things like Silicon Valley and the tech boom as …

In a Supreme Court showdown Monday over whether the homeless have a “right” to camp in public, almost no one mentioned the actual victims of that crazy idea. Homeless advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, told the court that living on the streets is a “victimless” crime. Victimless? Everyone who has to step over needles and human poop and …