• California tenants rise up, demand rent caps and more protections from city councils

    California tenants rise up, demand rent caps and more protections from city councils

    Nov 05, 2022 03:56 PM EDT

    ... Weisberg, legal director for the advocacy group Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, says local officials can no longer pretend supply and demand works when so many families are facing homelessness. In June, 1.3 million California households reported being behind on rent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

  • Portland’s citizens to vote on government changes in 2022 midterms

    Portland’s citizens to vote on government changes in 2022 midterms

    Nov 02, 2022 09:40 PM EDT

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland's official slogan is "The City That Works," but after a tumultuous few years, many residents feel the city is anything but that. Homelessness and gun violence are surging and parts of downtown are struggling, unable to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and the racial justice ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on the final days of the midterm campaign

    Brooks and Capehart on the final days of the midterm campaign

    Oct 28, 2022 10:35 PM EDT

    ... should care about, democracy and Dobbs. These are the major issues. And a lot of people said, no, actually, we care about crime, inflation, and homelessness. And a lot of Democrats, I think, for too long said, no, you shouldn't care about those things. You should care about these ...

  • Low-wage workers bear financial burden of denied abortions

    Low-wage workers bear financial burden of denied abortions

    Oct 26, 2022 07:30 PM EDT

    A Texas mother of a toddler, scraping by on her husband's income, was desperate to return to work but struggling to afford child care. A young Florida warehouse worker had barely left behind a turbulent past of homelessness and abuse only to be mired in debt. When both women ...

  • Oregon mayor to ban homeless camps on Portland streets, designate campsites

    Oregon mayor to ban homeless camps on Portland streets, designate campsites

    Oct 22, 2022 12:27 AM EDT

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon mayor plans to ban camping on Portland streets and move unhoused people to campsites designated by the city, as the growing homelessness population has become the top concern for the vast majority of residents. “The magnitude and the depth of the homeless crisis in our ...

  • Brooks and Marcus on issues that could decide the midterms and politics in the UK

    Brooks and Marcus on issues that could decide the midterms and politics in the UK

    Oct 21, 2022 10:35 PM EDT

    ... got to be a priority one. And then the final issue that I think is undercounted, and the Republicans are talking about a lot, is homelessness, and homelessness allegedly just rampant on the streets of the cities. What do we do with the homeless? And so those are issues about ...

  • Critical gubernatorial campaigns and the contentious issues that could decide them

    Critical gubernatorial campaigns and the contentious issues that could decide them

    Oct 19, 2022 10:45 PM EDT

    ... think cost of living consistently polls on the top of voters' concerns this year. But it also is just linked, as I mentioned, with the homelessness crisis that is continuing and is often debated as one and the same, with the candidates talking about increasing the amount of housing production ...

  • Pressure mounts on Los Angeles city leaders following leaked audio of racist remarks

    Pressure mounts on Los Angeles city leaders following leaked audio of racist remarks

    Oct 11, 2022 10:35 PM EDT

    ... recognizes it intellectually. And I think there have been several efforts to kind of draw both communities together to address everything from housing prices, to homelessness, to public safety. But there's also the sense here in Los Angeles, where Latinos make up more than 50 percent of the population ...

  • Oklahoma City works to reform police force after Black Lives Matter protests

    Oklahoma City works to reform police force after Black Lives Matter protests

    Sep 29, 2022 10:25 PM EDT

    ... be pointing in the right direction, Oklahoma City Council is accepting proposals right now for an alternative response team to 911 calls for those experiencing homelessness. And they just recently reestablished their Human Rights Commission to better hear citizen concerns. Amna Nawaz: And we know it's a story you ...

  • California Gov. Newsom signs laws to boost housing production

    California Gov. Newsom signs laws to boost housing production

    Sep 28, 2022 08:44 PM EDT

    ... nation's most populous state with just over 39 million residents, has a housing shortage that has driven up home prices and contributed to a homelessness crisis. State officials say California needs to build about 310,000 new housing units each year over the next eight years, more than 2 ...