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Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital ChronicleIn June, the nation鈥檚 highest court ruled in favor of the City of Grants Pass, deciding that cities could impose criminal penalties without running afoul of constitutional provisions against cruel and unusual punishment. -
Kristian Foden-Vencil/OPBCity leaders around the state want more authority to remove encampments they deem problematic. Homeless advocates say it鈥檚 a distraction from real solutions.
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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. -
This year, a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court gave cities the power to clear homeless encampments. In Yreka, authorities decided to wait until those removed had a place to go. They鈥檙e still waiting. -
Thousands of people statewide have been at least temporarily housed through Project Turnkey, an Oregon program that turned $125 million into nearly 1,400 new shelter beds, mostly by buying and converting existing hotels and other vacant buildings into shelters. -
Dan Cano is now the executive director of Opportunities for Housing, Resources, and Assistance, known as OHRA. -
Many California cities offer their homeless residents one-way bus tickets to other places. -
Hunger rates plummeted in Oregon in the years leading up to the pandemic, but then COVID hit and during the following two years, the number of Oregonians struggling to put food on the table rose, a recently released Oregon State University study found. -
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. -
The site near downtown will house 17 small buildings, ranging from 64 to 100 square feet, where homeless people can live. -
Portland-based Disability Rights Oregon has sent two letters to Grants Pass officials, saying its new rules on homeless campsites violate federal and state law. -
The city鈥檚 solution of two campsites has received criticism from a variety of groups. -
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. -
More Oregonians were food insecure, couldn鈥檛 afford groceries or outright skipped meals in 2023, compared to 2020. That鈥檚 according to an annual U.S. Department of Agriculture household food security report released Wednesday.
