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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.

A program in Humboldt County to provide homeless people with a safe place to park their cars and sleep will be extended for two years.

Police can鈥檛 force homeless people from encampments unless the city in question has 鈥渁dequate shelter鈥� to offer the people getting forced off the street, according to courts. Now everyone involved wants to know what 鈥渁dequate shelter鈥� is.

On Tuesday night, Ashland City Council approved the acquisition. Located east of downtown, the property at 2200 Ashland Street will be converted into a shelter.

California cities of every size lack shelter beds for the state鈥檚 growing homeless population. A new bill would force local governments to do more, and punish ones that don鈥檛 plan housing for homeless Californians.

Portland is moving forward with a plan to create several massive outdoor homeless encampments. The idea is partly based on outdoor shelters run by Urban Alchemy in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Ashland's first 24-hour homeless shelter is finalizing renovations this summer. Organizers want to ensure its stability by raising the money they need.

Towns along the I-5 corridor have opened severe weather shelters in response to snow and temperatures dropping into the teens this week.

Gov. Kate Brown joined lawmakers, local elected officials and dozens of agency staff at the grand opening of The ARCHES Inn, a former hotel repurposed as an emergency shelter for Marion County鈥檚 most vulnerable residents.

The city of Eugene is finally getting a "rest stop"鈥� but not the kind where travelers pull off the freeway for a few minutes. "Rest stop" in this context鈥�