Oakland is home to a quarter of Alameda ... and leniency The new report dispels a persistent myth that homeless people flock to the East Bay, seeking laissez-faire policies and warmer weather.

After a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer granted local governments broad new authority to clear homeless camps, the mayors of the Bay Area’s three major cities vowed to ramp up sweeps.

Federal and state reports on homelessness in Michigan differ because they are based on different counting methods.

One man sleeping in a Mercedes was interested in shelter. Another man on a sidewalk outside Chick-fil-A said he was “home-free, not homeless.” Three women living in a 20-year-old Toyota Camry ...

In a statement Monday the agency said, “Our objective is to prevent the return of homeless ... unhoused people from one sidewalk to another, we encourage the City of Oakland to collaborate ...

Kushel has conducted research following 350 people over the age of 50 who were homeless in Oakland in 2015 ... a lawyer with the East Bay Community Law Center who specializes in homelessness.

(KGO) -- Oakland parents are raising concerns about homeless encampments near four East Oakland schools ... one child asked her recently. "'Why do people live there? Why do those girls dress ...