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The San Diego City Attorney's Office announced Friday that it will not pursue criminal charges against a homeless Black man who was tackled, repeatedly punched and arrested by San Diego police officers in La Jolla last month after he was accused of public urination. -
KPBS Midday EditionBreakfast Block, a grassroots San Diego group founded early this year by a woman who lost her job amid the pandemic, works to feed, clothe and provide other essential items to San Diego's growing unsheltered population. -
A Southern California family files a wrongful death claim after an inmate at San Diego County's Donovan State Prison died from COVID-19, conflict of interest investigations shake up operations for Volunteers of America and the San Diego Housing Commission, and a conversation on the role of statues and public building names in the ongoing social justice movement. -
Humanity Showers, a North County organization, brings mobile showers to people experiencing homelessness throughout San Diego County. -
The San Diego Housing Commission will receive 470 federal Emergency Housing Vouchers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help pay rent for San Diegans experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless, it was announced Wednesday. -
Does the governor’s tax rebate plan follow California’s constitution? His finance director says yes, but an anti-tax activist isn’t so sure. -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $12 billion in new funding to get more people experiencing homelessness in the state into housing and to “functionally end family homelessness” within five years. -
If approved, the record-breaking funds would come from the state budget over the next five years. -
The latest report from the Regional Task Force on the Homeless shows the number of people entering homelessness for the first time nearly doubled from 2,326 in 2019 to 4,152 in 2020.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe Regional Task Force on the Homeless estimates the number of people experiencing homelessness for the first time last year nearly doubled — from 2,300 in 2019 to 4,100 in 2020.
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