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Texts Show Newsom Aides Pressed Oakland Over Encampment Outside Marshawn Lynch’s Family Home

The release spotlights how high-level pull can collide with local rules on clearing homeless camps.

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

Arlington Heights Weighs Public-Space Sleeping Restrictions After Bench Complaints

Council Abseils Onto Madeira Terrace to Clear Homeless Encampment Under Court Order

LA Barbershop Uses 'Baby Shark' to Deter Homeless Encampments

Two Found Dead in Westlake Tent as Calls for Encampment Action Intensify

California Unveils Model Ordinance and $3.3 Billion Funding to Address Homeless Encampments

Escaped Mental Health Patient Jailed for Life for Murder of Homeless Man