Bay EvidenceInvestigative research · Bay Area public systemsA New Homelessness Strategy With Roots in the South Bay Is Sweeping California ↗
Santa Clara County; California
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Journalism · 2016–2026
How the crisis—and the public understanding of it—changed
Accountability reporting, explanatory journalism, legal coverage, fiscal scrutiny, encampment reporting, and regional trend analysis across the Bay Area.
54 articles and reporting projects
2026
Civil Grand Jury Finds San Francisco Homelessness System Puts Vulnerable Residents at Risk ↗
San Francisco
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San José Spotlight
Local News Matters
Oakland’s Homeless Count Is Down 20% ↗
Oakland; Alameda County
San Francisco Chronicle
This Affluent Bay Area Region Is Booming. So Is Its Homelessness Crisis ↗
Tri-Valley; Alameda County
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
2025
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San Francisco Agrees to $2.8 Million Settlement and Plans Reform of Encampment Sweeps ↗
San Francisco
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CalMatters
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San José Spotlight
Local News Matters
Local News Matters
2024
State Program to Clear Encampments Shows Mixed Results With Many Still Unhoused ↗
California; Bay Area
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California Audit Questions State Homelessness Spending and San José ↗
California; San José
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Supreme Court to Hear Case on When Cities Can Clear Encampments ↗
United States; California
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How a Pivotal Case on Homelessness Could Redefine Policy ↗
United States; California
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Reuters
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U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Will Worsen Homelessness Crisis, Groups Warn ↗
United States; California
Reuters
2023
The End of Wood Street ↗
Oakland
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How California’s Cities Are Addressing Homeless Encampments ↗
California; Bay Area
KQED Forum
2022
San Francisco Chronicle
Explosive Growth of Homelessness in East Bay Suburbs ↗
Alameda County; East Bay
San Francisco Chronicle
Local News Matters
Silicon Valley Homeless Count Breaches 10,000 ↗
Santa Clara County; San José
San José Spotlight
Marin County Homeless Population Rising ↗
Marin County
Local News Matters
San Francisco Public Press
San Francisco Public Press
California Wanted to End Homeless Shelters. COVID Reinvented Them ↗
California; Bay Area
San Francisco Chronicle
California Programs Struggle to Reach Goals ↗
Oakland; California
CalMatters
2021
San Francisco Chronicle
2019
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24 Hours Inside the City's Crisis ↗
San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
97 Answers to Your Questions About Homelessness ↗
San Francisco; Bay Area
San Francisco Chronicle
KQED
San Francisco Chronicle
KTVU
Bay Area Has Third Largest Homeless Population in U.S., New Report Says ↗
Bay Area; Santa Clara County
San José Spotlight
2018
2016
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How Many People Live on Our Streets? ↗
San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
To Have and Have Not: The Early Days of Bay Area Homelessness ↗
San Francisco; Bay Area
KQED
Techies and the Homeless: Frenemies Forever? ↗
San Francisco
WIRED