State Senator Angelique Ashby authorized a bill that would reshape the region's approach to homelessness. But city and county officials argue her plan would do more harm than good, adding unnecessary bureaucracy and taking away local efforts already underway.

Los Angeles officials say homelessness is down for a second consecutive year, crediting programs to move people from encampments into housing for the city’s largest sustained decline in street homelessness in two decades.

California state Sen. Angelique Ashby unveiled Senate Bill 802 last month to create the Sacramento Housing and Homelessness Agency, but area leaders are split.

Los Angeles has seen a 17.5% reduction in street homelessness in the past year, with the city's Inside Safe initiative and other efforts being credited for the progress, but advocacy groups caution that the crisis remains severe and systemic change is still needed.

This means their experience of homelessness has persisted for years, and even decades.

Despite recording the second consecutive decline in homelessness since 2016, the Spokane City Council’s conservative minority questioned that data on Monday – one of the two members had participated in the Point-in-Time Count last January,

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A proposal sponsored by Fayetteville Mayor Molly Rawn to allow the appropriation of up to $450,000 for programs addressing homelessness passed unanimously on July 15.

HOUSTON — A city ordinance aimed at addressing homelessness in Houston is one step closer to expanding into more neighborhoods. Known as the city’s Civility Ordinance, the proposal is part of the Whitmire administration’s broader push to increase efforts to manage homelessness in popular parts of the city.