Unhoused and unequal: a California crisis
The pandemic brought money, political will and public support to tackle California’s longstanding homelessness crisis. Instead, things got worse. In a new series, the Guardian’s west coast team reports from across the state, exploring what it would take to address a seemingly intractable problem
At least 14 unhoused people froze to death in LA last year, records reveal
Hypothermia deaths rose sharply in 2021, according to data obtained by the Guardian, as part of an overall surge
Homeless in California: the Americans forced to camp in the desert
In the richest state of the richest country in the world, unhoused people are camping in the Mojave desert. Sam Levin reports
As police crack down on homelessness, unhoused end up in Mojave desert
On the edge of northern Los Angeles county, at least 200 people are living in tents and trailers on remote, harsh terrain. ‘They treat us like we’re a lost cause,’ one resident said
The town at the center of California’s climate refugee crisis
When the Camp fire raged through the Sierra Nevada foothills, it turned an existing housing crisis into a growing emergency
‘We hurt those already hurting’: why Los Angeles is failing on homelessness
After her dramatic resignation, a top official discusses systemic flaws in the response to one of the country’s worst humanitarian crises
‘Where do they expect us to go?’ Life at one Bay Area encampment before eviction
For many unhoused Californians, disabilities make life at a temporary shelter nearly impossible
The daily battle to keep people alive as fentanyl ravages San Francisco’s Tenderloin
Street teams focused on harm reduction offer Narcan, meals and other support to those experiencing homelessness and addiction
‘A metastasizing crisis’: can Karen Bass end street encampments in LA?
The mayoral candidate tells the Guardian she will treat homelessness as a ‘natural disaster’ but critics are skeptical her plans will solve our vast emergency
How the homelessness crisis hit one of California’s most affordable cities
Fresno considered itself a success story in the fight against homelessness. By 2019, things had changed drastically
‘My car is my home’: the California students with nowhere to live
In a state marked by inequality and staggering housing prices, nearly 20% of community college students report experiencing homelessness
One year after LA evicted the unhoused from a park, few are in stable housing
Revealed: county data and interviews with displaced residents of Echo Park Lake suggest that many ended up back on the streets in worse conditions
‘We have failed’: how California’s homelessness catastrophe is worsening
A new Guardian US series reports on a seemingly intractable crisis, and hears from those living on the edge in one of America’s richest states
