Overview

• The California Legislature’s $325 billion preliminary budget for 2025-26 eliminates the Homelessness Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program, risking $760 million in unallocated grants.
• Santa Clara County’s Point-in-Time count tallied 10,711 unhoused residents this January, an 8.2% rise since 2023 despite $446 million directed toward homeless solutions in 2024-25.
• Sonoma County recorded its lowest homeless count since 2007 at 1,952 individuals, a 23% decline after adding about 400 permanent supportive housing beds.
• The number of homeless families in Sonoma County rose 37% to 78 and chronic homelessness climbed 20%, highlighting uneven progress even as overall counts fall.
• San Jose faces the loss of roughly 550 temporary housing beds and $30 million in state funding for shelter operations without alternative revenue, as federal cuts to housing vouchers loom.