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Cut loose at 18 and struggling into adulthood : Young people land in foster care through no fault of their own. For many who age out of state care ...
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Cut loose at 18 and struggling into adulthood
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Opinion: Californians passed Proposition 1. How does the state make it work? : Gov. Newsom touts the $6.4-billion measure as a way to curb homelessness and ...
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Opinion: Californians passed Proposition 1. How does the state make it ...
Quick Glance: California Voters Approve Measure to Combat Homelessness
  • California voters have approved measures that mandate counties to allocate funds for housing and drug rehabilitation programs to address the homelessness crisis.

  • Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, successfully advocated for the measure, which represents an update to the state's health system and required significant financial backing.

  • The measure gives the state more control over a voter-approved tax enacted in 2004 for mental health services and obligates counties to spend about two-thirds of the funds on housing and programs for homeless individuals with severe mental illnesses or substance abuse issues.

  • Opponents argued that the change jeopardizes programs not solely focused on housing or drug rehabilitation, but on preventing individuals from becoming homeless in the first place.
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In LA, Gov. Newsom celebrates narrow win for Prop. 1 mental health measure: "I've never been associated with something I'm more proud of ...
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In LA, Gov. Newsom celebrates narrow win for Prop. 1 mental health measure
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Tribune editorial: Utah’s government, private sector and predominant faith can pull together for our unsheltered population
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Tribune editorial: Utah’s government, private sector and predominant faith ...
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L.A.'s infamous Cecil Hotel, now housing homeless, for sale: The notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, which was converted in recent years into ...
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L.A.'s infamous Cecil Hotel, now housing homeless, for sale
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Sisters of St. Joseph plan 140 affordable apartments in Brentwood with nonprofit developer
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Sisters of St. Joseph plan 140 affordable apartments in Brentwood with ...
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Prop 1: Voters favoring California mental health ballot measure by a tiny margin: Proposition 1 -- which needs a simple majority to pass -- would authorize the ...
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Prop 1: Voters favoring California mental health ballot measure by a tiny ...
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Corroded connection forces firefighters to use truck water on Victoria blaze: Victoria Cool Aid Society, which manages the Swift Street supportive-housing ...
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Corroded connection forces firefighters to use truck water on Victoria ...
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Proposition 1: How California plans to overhaul its mental health system: Gov. Newsom is pushing to shift the state's focus to the most severe cases of chronic ...
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Proposition 1: How California plans to overhaul its mental health system
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Nanaimo residents frustrated by long wait for supportive, affordable housing: A temporary supportive-housing facility established on Terminal Avenue after a ...
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Nanaimo residents frustrated by long wait for supportive, affordable ...
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Sen. Padilla rekindles Housing for All Act, tackling homelessness and housing affordability
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Sen. Padilla rekindles Housing for All Act, tackling homelessness and ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson pushes plan to borrow $1.25 billion for housing, development and climate goals
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Mayor Brandon Johnson pushes plan to borrow $1.25 billion for housing ...
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Nonprofit proposes more supportive housing in Richmond: A nonprofit that aims to help people with disabilities live independently plans to add 83 more apartments ...
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Nonprofit proposes more supportive housing in Richmond
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Saanich to cover property taxes for Nigel House site after tax-policy change: The site is not eligible for an exemption while it’s not being used for supportive ...
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Saanich to cover property taxes for Nigel House site after tax-policy ...
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Here are the candidates for San Jose City Council in District 10: Arjun Batra will fight to defend his seat from Mayor Matt Mahan's ally George Casey and ...
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Here are the candidates for San Jose City Council in District 10
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Newsom visits Oakland to announce $14 million homeless housing grant: Newsom announced a $14 million homeless housing grant in Oakland.
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Newsom visits Oakland to announce $14 million homeless housing grant
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Homeless housing in Dorchester may spark new lawsuit against BPDA: The lawsuit will contend that the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s approval of the ...
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Homeless housing in Dorchester may spark new lawsuit against BPDA
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Councillors pitch partnering with agency to build supportive housing project for 'complex-needs' individuals
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Councillors pitch partnering with agency to build supportive housing ...
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Dorchester affordable housing fight is in need of a compromise: Last month, the Epiphany School and some neighbors filed lawsuits in an attempt to derail a ...
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Dorchester affordable housing fight is in need of a compromise
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Can a $6.4 billion mental health ballot measure solve California homelessness?: $6.4 billion mental health ballot measure target's California's ...
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Can a $6.4 billion mental health ballot measure solve California ...
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Hillview Court Apartments in Milpitas helps homeless stay housed: Supportive housing development provides affordable rents, on-site services.
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Hillview Court Apartments in Milpitas helps homeless stay housed
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Charlestown residents sue BPDA over Navy Yard affordable housing project: Charlestown residents are demanding the BPDA to rescind approval of an affordable ...
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Charlestown residents sue BPDA over Navy Yard affordable housing project
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Here's what’s in Katie Porter’s plan to address the housing crisis: Rep. Katie Porter wants to increase housing supply, make purchasing a home possible for more ...
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Here's what’s in Katie Porter’s plan to address the housing crisis
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Endorsement: Serena Oberstein for Los Angeles City Council District 12: Incumbent John Lee has a history of protecting the status quo and quashing housing for ...
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Endorsement: Serena Oberstein for Los Angeles City Council District 12
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Denver’s first homelessness bond didn’t reduce deaths, but can the second?: A study found that the housed group received more outpatient care and had fewer ...
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Denver’s first homelessness bond didn’t reduce deaths, but can the second?
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Meeting people’s mental health needs: As New Yorkers, we’re all too familiar with images of our neighbors in need of care and support ...
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Meeting people’s mental health needs
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Kenmore’s canceled affordable housing project draws sharp criticism: The city of Kenmore invested millions of dollars into affordable housing ...
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Kenmore’s canceled affordable housing project draws sharp criticism
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California Assembly District 53 primary election voter guide: Four Democrats and one Republican are running to represent the heavily Democratic district that ...
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California Assembly District 53 primary election voter guide
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Opinion: Denver’s mayor didn’t actually “house” 1,000, but he still could: The mayor knew his plan relied on bringing most people into private rooms that were ...
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Opinion: Denver’s mayor didn’t actually “house” 1,000, but he still could
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Will the Supreme Court decide that criminalizing homelessness is constitutional? | Opinion
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Will the Supreme Court decide that criminalizing homelessness is ...
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Nanaimo to get 100 new supportive-housing units: A memorandum of understanding between the province and city was signed Monday in Nanaimo ...
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Nanaimo to get 100 new supportive-housing units
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ER discharge process at Island hospitals under review after complaints: Neighbours have complained about vulnerable unhoused patients being dumped at bus stops
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ER discharge process at Island hospitals under review after complaints
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Miguel Santiago for Los Angeles City Council District 14: The Times' recommendation for Los Angeles City Council District 14
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Miguel Santiago for Los Angeles City Council District 14
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Willis Dady Homeless Services opens new supportive apartment building in Cedar Rapids
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Willis Dady Homeless Services opens new supportive apartment building in ...
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Dallas homeless camps have brought us to desperate times: Dallas needs better options to empty, close, clean and secure homeless encampments
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Dallas homeless camps have brought us to desperate times
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New supportive housing regulations get mixed reaction from providers: Changes allow staff to control who enters housing facilities, and to enter a unit to check ...
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New supportive housing regulations get mixed reaction from providers
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Endorsement: California needs mental health beds. Prop. 1 helps: California is short thousands of mental health beds at all levels of care ...
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Endorsement: California needs mental health beds. Prop. 1 helps
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Boston’s Pine Street Inn uses $15 million gift to keep pace with demand during housing crisis
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Boston’s Pine Street Inn uses $15 million gift to keep pace with demand ...
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Read S.L. County Mayor Jenny Wilson’s full 2024 State of the County speech: "As we plan and look to the challenges and opportunities of 2024 ...
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Read S.L. County Mayor Jenny Wilson’s full 2024 State of the County speech
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Dallas should sell city-owned hospital, residents and officials say: The former University General Hospital has been owned by the city since 2022 ...
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Dallas should sell city-owned hospital, residents and officials say
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LA hires occupational therapists to help formerly homeless: Los Angeles County is deploying a small team of occupational therapists to help newly housed people ...
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LA hires occupational therapists to help formerly homeless
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San Jose: 93-unit affordable complex opens for formerly homeless seniors: A 93-unit homeless housing project has opened in San Jose.
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San Jose: 93-unit affordable complex opens for formerly homeless seniors
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Edmonton police escalating teardown of homeless encampments, Alberta launches city reception centre
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Edmonton police escalating teardown of homeless encampments ...
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Here's how People’s Park would change under UC Berkeley's project: People’s Park is the focus of a prolonged battle between UC Berkeley and protestors ...
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Here's how People’s Park would change under UC Berkeley's project
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LA reaches tentative agreement to pay city workers 24% raises over several years: Thousands of workers could receive cumulative pay raises of 22% over the next ...
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LA reaches tentative agreement to pay city workers 24% raises over several ...
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Letter from Berkeley: Requiem for People’s Park: People’s Park – Berkeley’s iconic gathering spot, founded in the 1960s – sits on valuable real estate in the ...
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Letter from Berkeley: Requiem for People’s Park
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Matching people in need with shelter: A breakdown of the number of spaces in Edmonton, the homeless population and city shelter policy
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Matching people in need with shelter: A breakdown of the number of spaces ...
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Edmonton looks to stop homeless encampment lawsuit before injunction request is heard
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Edmonton looks to stop homeless encampment lawsuit before injunction ...
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UC Berkeley makes dead-of-night push to wall off storied People's Park: UC Berkeley officials hope a makeshift barrier of stacked cargo containers will keep ...
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UC Berkeley makes dead-of-night push to wall off storied People's Park
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Homelessness is down in South L.A. But 13,000 remain unhoused: Officials and service providers attributed the drop to hard work they have put in for years ...
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Homelessness is down in South L.A. But 13,000 remain unhoused
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Police clear Berkeley’s historic People’s Park in surprise midnight operation: In latest move by University of California, Berkeley, law enforcement agencies ...
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Police clear Berkeley’s historic People’s Park in surprise midnight ...
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NC man and woman vanish on different days. What to know about these missing people.
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NC man and woman vanish on different days. What to know about these ...
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Opinion: Three simple ways to help the homeless in Edmonton: Some practical steps to address homelessness in 2024.
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Opinion: Three simple ways to help the homeless in Edmonton
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City focusing attention on growing tent city at Clarence Square Park: The city of Toronto says it is being responsive to the needs of people who live and visit ...
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City focusing attention on growing tent city at Clarence Square Park
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A year in, San Jose’s mayor doubts he can hit his homeless housing goals — even with an extension
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A year in, San Jose’s mayor doubts he can hit his homeless housing goals — ...
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Redondo Beach to more than double Pallet Shelters for those who are homeless: The City Council this week approved expanding its Pallet Shelters by 25 units ...
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Redondo Beach to more than double Pallet Shelters for those who are ...
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Shattuck Hospital update: State calls it 'far too large': The Healey administration and Boston Medical Center are in talks to downsize the development.
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Shattuck Hospital update: State calls it 'far too large'
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Data shows what happens in Houston after homelessness: While the region does not track how often people are evicted from permanent housing ...
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Data shows what happens in Houston after homelessness
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Housing for those who have been homeless going up in Harbor City: Harbor City will soon have a new affordable housing development.
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Housing for those who have been homeless going up in Harbor City
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Senior housing in Wilmington geared toward those who have been homeless: SagePointe, a 56-home supportive housing community geared toward those 55 and older who ...
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Senior housing in Wilmington geared toward those who have been homeless
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'Frustration all across the board.' A day with homelessness outreach workers in L.A.
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'Frustration all across the board.' A day with homelessness outreach ...
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| Montreal Gazette: "It is more and more difficult — actually I'd say it's impossible, at this point, to get people housing."
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 | Montreal Gazette
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CalOptima Health awards grants for construction of permanent housing units: Grant funding will go toward the construction of 706 permanent housing units for ...
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CalOptima Health awards grants for construction of permanent housing units
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NYC says it has helped 54 chronically homeless people off the streets in year since controversial policy was implemented
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NYC says it has helped 54 chronically homeless people off the streets in ...
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Orange OKs new rental assistance program to aid with security and utility deposits
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Orange OKs new rental assistance program to aid with security and utility ...
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Mass. and Cass update: One man’s fight to overcome addiction: Miguel Pagan is determined to fulfill a promise he made to his mother to get off heroin ...
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Mass. and Cass update: One man’s fight to overcome addiction
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Veterans in VA supportive housing celebrate first Thanksgiving together: 'A lot of us are humbled that we’re in a situation where we don’t have to be put ...
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Veterans in VA supportive housing celebrate first Thanksgiving together
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43-unit housing project for homeless youth coming to San Jose: San Jose: 40-unit housing project for homeless youth under construction
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43-unit housing project for homeless youth coming to San Jose
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3 East Bay homeless housing projects move forward with millions in state Homekey grants
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3 East Bay homeless housing projects move forward with millions in state ...
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Redondo Beach could more than double Pallet Shelters for those who are homeless: The city could increase the number of tiny Pallet Shelters by 25 ...
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Redondo Beach could more than double Pallet Shelters for those who are ...
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Our vets need housing and jobs: On Veterans Day, New Yorkers have a special responsibility to examine how our public policies are helping the heroic men and ...
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Our vets need housing and jobs
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Dan Dugan: Let’s take care of our people and our planet, Salt Lake City: “My message to Salt Lake City as the District 6 council member running for re-election ...
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Dan Dugan: Let’s take care of our people and our planet, Salt Lake City
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Ninety-nine percent of the people Multnomah County helped move into permanent supportive housing from summer 2021 to summer 2022 using proceeds from the voter ... Show more