Marisa Kendall
CalMattersMarisa Kendall covers California鈥檚 homelessness crisis for CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics, and a JPR news partner.
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Gov. Newsom launched an ambitious program that uses Medi-Cal to help Californians access housing, healthy food and more. Now, its fate is in the hands of President-Elect Trump. -
Many California cities offer their homeless residents one-way bus tickets to other places. -
Prop. 34 is about healthcare spending. But it will also likely quash the controversial AIDS Healthcare Foundation鈥檚 fight for rent control. -
Homeless Californians face many barriers to casting a ballot, even in elections that affect their lives. Some counties and nonprofits are trying to boost turnout. -
More than two-dozen California cities passed, strengthened or are considering ordinances that penalize people for sleeping outside, after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed cities to crack down. -
Taking advantage of new state funds, some California healthcare providers are starting to offer what their homeless patients really need: housing. -
Doctors on the front lines of California鈥檚 homelessness and mental health crises are using monthly injections to treat psychosis in their most vulnerable patients. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he鈥檇 send tiny homes to San Jose, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego County. Why haven鈥檛 any materialized yet? -
Backers of a tough-on-crime California ballot measure put homelessness at the forefront of their campaign to roll back Prop. 47. But would the measure actually help get people housed? -
Two new bills would allow state funding to support sober housing for homeless residents, a significant departure from California鈥檚 current 鈥榟ousing first鈥� law. -
The U.S. Supreme Court is about to hear a case that will have major implications on homelessness policy in California. Find out where your leaders stand on the issue. -
A bill to ban homeless encampments statewide near parks, schools and transit hubs failed to get out of the same legislative committee as last year.
