Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that the state will provide nearly $300 million in funding to close homeless encampments across California. Half of this funding will be used to close encampments near state and Interstate highways ..read more

This story originally aired in December 7, 2016 and most recently aired in the November 3, 2022 episode of Crosscurrents. UCSF is conducting one of the ..read more

In the third month of shelter in place, some people are anxious to go outside and see friends. Others have to think about where they’ll park their home ..read more

The city is opening its first so-called “safe-sleeping-site" nearly eight weeks after Mayor London Breed announced San Francisco’s shelter-in-place ..read more

Local governments across California are competing for financial support from the state to build more housing for people experiencing homelessness ..read more

Ten years after Don't Ask Don't Tell's repeal, we hear from writer Lauren Hough, who grew up in the infamous Christian free-love and -sex cult The Family, formerly The Children of God. At 18, she joined the US Air Force, where she got death threats and her car was set ablaze because she’s lesbian ..read more

In September, federal funding runs out for San Francisco’s shelter-in-place hotels. These are the spots the city rented when the pandemic was surging, and there was a huge push to create safe spaces for people experiencing homelessness. For some unhoused people, it was the first time they had their own bed and bathroom in years. So now, the city is gradually transitioning around 2,000 people still living in these rooms into housing ..read more

Essayist Lauren Hough grew up in the infamous Christian free-love and -sex cult The Family, formerly The Children of God. At 18, she joined the US Air Force, where she got death threats and her car was set ablaze because she’s lesbian ..read more

SF School Board Travails, Solutions to the Homeless Crisis and Artist Jenifer K Wofford ..read more

On tonight's Out in the Bay (10 pm Tuesday) San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman says his passion for politics goes back to age 5 and his passion for ..read more