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Our reports analyze the need for investment and policy reforms in housing and supportive services for Californians and propose solutions needed now and in the future.
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Q&A: Preparing for California’s Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA)
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Fact Sheet
Policymakers’ Inaction Will Force Thousands of Formerly Unhoused Californians to Lose Their Homes
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Protecting Progress: State Housing and Homelessness Funding Must Continue
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Understanding Proposition 1
California voters will decide on March 5th, 2024, whether to pass Proposition 1, a two-part initiative aiming to improve access to behavioral health services. This includes funding for treatment facilities, housing support, and changes to the Mental Health Services Act.Ballot PropositionsHealth & Safety NetHousing & Homelessness -
Issue Brief
Homelessness in California: A Statewide Challenge
In February 2022, there were 437 unhoused Californians per 100,000 Californians statewide — the Los Angeles and South Coast region and the San Francisco Bay Area having the highest shares of unhoused individuals in California.Housing & Homelessness
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Nearly 17 million Californians — 44% of all state residents — live in homes that are rented.
Racial disparities in California’s unhoused population are significant as Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Californians disproportionately experience homelessness.
Eight in 10 households with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty line had unaffordable housing costs before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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