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Encampment Resolution Guide
September 12, 2024
Encampment resolution is a strategic approach focused on connecting unsheltered individuals to stable housing rather than displacing them through sweeps. This method employs evidence-based practices t...
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Novel Methods to Construct a Representative Sample for Surveying California’s Unhoused Population: The California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness
American Journal of Epidemiology
September 11, 2024
Existing literature on people experiencing homelessness (PEH) draws on non-representative samples from service providers, populations with comorbidities, or areas with disproportionately high sheltere...
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Some Employed Homeless Americans Live in Their Cars
Fox Business
September 5, 2024
The gap between wages and housing prices has pushed more workers into homelessness. Increasing the number of affordable housing units is key. Margot Kushel, MD, director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessne...
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Emboldened by Supreme Court, California Turns to Police in Homeless Crisis
Reuters
September 5, 2024
Since the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson on June 28th loosed clearance rules, 12 California cities or counties have passed camping bans, while another nine are consi...
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Association of Homelessness with Before Medically Advised Discharge After Surgery
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
September 1, 2024
Before medically advised (BMA) discharge is associated with higher rates of readmission and death in other settings. In this study, researchers used multivariable logistic regression to evaluate the a...
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Homelessness Experts Weigh In on Newsom’s Executive Order on Encampments
KTLA
August 26, 2024
Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order allowing state and local officials to dismantle homeless encampments has drawn mixed reactions from homelessness experts within California. he executive order c...
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California's Homeless Crisis: Uncovering the Truth
Invisible People
August 23, 2024
California’s homeless crisis is reaching unprecedented levels. In this podcast episode of Invisible People, Margot Kushel, MD, Division Chief of the UCSF Action Research Center for Health Equity, and ...
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Continued Homelessness and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults
JAMA Network Open
August 15, 2024
Depression is common in adults experiencing homelessness. In this cohort study, researchers examined the association between residential status and depressive symptoms in adults 50 years or older expe...
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Unraveling the Misinformation about Homelessness in California
KPFA Letters & Politics
August 12, 2024
In this episode of KPFA Letters and Politics, host Mitch Jeserich spoke with Margot Kushel, MD, director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, about the myths and misinformation abo...
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‘No More Excuses’ on Homelessness, Newsom Warns Counties. Has California Done All It Can?
Sacramento Bee
August 9, 2024
As the number of people experiencing homelessness in California has grown, so has the pressure on state and local leaders to improve the situation. On July 25th, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an ...
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Newsom Threatens to Take Money From Counties That Don’t Reduce Homelessness
Los Angeles Times
August 8, 2024
Governor Newsom of California and advocates agree that the homelessness crisis is decades in the making, but opinions differ over whether Governor Newsom's conservative policy approach will help fix t...
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Thousands of Senior Citizens Are Dying Homeless in Los Angeles, Records Reveal
The Guardian
August 8, 2024
More than 3,000 of the 11,500 people who died while unhoused in Los Angeles County between 2014 and 2023 were 60 and older. This crisis has grown over time. In a groundbreaking study on homelessness i...
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Supreme Court’s Homelessness Ruling Could Compound the Problem
UCSF News
August 5, 2024
On June 28, 2024, the US Supreme Court ruled in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, that arresting and fining people experiencing homelessness who are camping and sleeping in public spaces does no...
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The Tight Link Between Domestic Violence and Homelessness
Orange County Register
August 5, 2024
The UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative released a special report on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and homelessness. The report found that 8 percent of the unhoused experienced IPV, a m...
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S.F. Doesn’t Really Know How Many People Are Homeless in the City. Here’s What Experts Say Could Help
San Francisco Chronicle
August 1, 2024
How many people are experiencing homelessness in San Francisco? The annual one-night tally, or point-in-time count (PIT), counted about 8,300 people experiencing homelessness. However, there is anothe...
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Part 2: 1 In 4 People Living On The Streets Are 55 And Older: Where Do We Go From Here?
Viewpoints Radio
July 28, 2024
American adults 50 and older are the fastest growing group falling into homelessness. In part 1 of this story, Viewpoints Radio covered the factors fueling this rise. In part  2 – host Gary Price talk...
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More of America’s Homeless Are Clocking Into Jobs Each Day
Washington Post
July 28, 2024
The new, unlikely face of homelessness: Working Americans with decent-paying jobs who cannot afford a place to live. Years of rising rents and a shortage of affordable housing have created a situation...
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Newsom’s Order to Clear Encampments Could Backfire
Los Angeles Times
July 26, 2024
On July 25th, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order directing state agencies to clear "dangerous" homeless encampments from state land. State agencies will assess encampments to identi...