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Los Angeles Council Removes Select 41.18 No‑Camping Zones in Soto‑Martínez District

The change is meant to let outreach teams focus on getting people into housing instead of enforcing site bans near schools and daycares.

City Council Splits Homelessness Panel and Removes Nithya Raman as Chair

St. Paul Clears Pig's Eye Park Encampment as Residents Move to Randolph Bridge

Bass Outraises Raman in First Post‑Primary Fundraising Snapshot

Seattle and King County Retake Control of Troubled Homelessness Authority

Judge Clears Way for NYC to Move Men’s Intake From Bellevue to East Village

Texts Show Newsom’s Office Pressed Oakland to Address Encampment Outside Marshawn Lynch’s Family Home

Judge Blocks East Village Homeless Intake Plan, Sets May 7 Hearing

Audit Faults King County Homelessness Authority, Prompts Calls To Dismantle

Judge Halts East Village Shelter Intake Plan, Sets May 7 Hearing

Oakland Council Approves Policy to Clear Encampments and RVs Without Guaranteed Shelter

Bensonhurst Protesters Block Planned Homeless Shelter Site as City Reaffirms 2027 Timeline

Venice Encampment Reappears at Rose and Hampton After Inside Safe Sweep

Loveland Council Removes Shelter Requirement in Camping Law, Approves Purchase of Site for 24/7 Shelter

TikToker Handing Machetes and Alcohol to Unhoused People Plans Las Vegas, L.A. and New York Stops

Austin Details First-Week Results of Encampment Cleanup as State Conducts Separate Sweeps

Houston Council Delays Vote on $16 Million Homeless ‘Superhub’ to Oct. 29

Loveland Activates Temporary Overnight Site as City Reviews Mayor’s City Hall Decision

Police Seize Suspected Stolen Bikes at Station Walks Encampment

San Francisco Expands Encampment Cleanups to Freeways as SoMa Sweeps Continue