Emergency shelters are supposed to be a safe haven, but records show they’re ineffective — and rife with abuse and scandal.

Many of the new bills in Sacramento aim to remedy the flaws exposed in the audit. The League of California Cities has thrown ...

The man who killed Brandon Yates was known to be violent, and was already classified as “keep separate” — not to be placed in ...

As Los Angeles looks to recover from historic wildfires, previously unsheltered and chronically homeless people are facing ...

Rewards for sobriety aren’t new, but the drug treatment strategy is scaling up in the Bay Area and California.