Natalie and Dustin Raschke lost their jobs during the pandemic and bought an RV to move their family back to San Diego. Now they’re homeless.

Property managers of a Rolando affordable-housing complex asked the city to clean a stormwater channel four months ago. The city told them it was a low priority. Now 57 families are displaced.  

County officials have announced that Omar Passons, an experienced health care policy and land use attorney, is joining the County of San Diego’s Health and Human Services Agency.

In the frantic early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, government officials tried practically everything they could think of to protect the public.Hundreds of billions of dollars were directed to fami…

Street homelessness and despair appear to be rising on city streets and partial county data shows drug overdose deaths also spiked among homeless residents last year, ushering in renewed calls for...

If the San Diego City Council approves a proposed ordinance next week, camping will be banned on most public property only if shelter beds are available, though it will be banned at all times in...

Homeless residents are pouring into local hospitals often ill-equipped to address their complex needs and help them find safe places to recover.

In a single week in June 2019, MTS officers wrote nearly 1,500 fare evasion citations. A VOSD analysis found 86 percent remain unpaid and unresolved almost a year later – and virtually all of those...

For many living in an encampment on National Avenue, the camping ban passed by the San Diego City Council brings uncertainty. 

The Regional Task Force on Homelessness reports that more than 15,000 people sought homeless services in San Diego County for the first time in the past year, far outpacing the nearly 12,000 formerly...

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY — After six years of homelessness, Edward Honore has had it with life on the street.”I was just stabbed the other day, in my own neighborhood,” he said,…

We pulled this post from the March 15 Morning Report. County supervisors on Tuesday signed off on District Attorney Summer Stephan’s push to create a phone app to link homeless San Diegans with...

Since 2013, SDPD officers have issued 83 tickets for seditious language. One man says he was cited for singing rap lyrics; another was ticketed inside his own home.

A proposed ordinance aiming to ban camping at all times near homeless shelters could dramatically shift East Village, San Diego County’s longtime homeless service hub.

SAN DIEGO — A city proposal to buy two hotels to house up to 400 homeless people cleared a hurdle Wednesday with unanimous approval from the San Diego Public Safety and Livable Neig…

A growing population of unsheltered seniors and people with disabilities will be forced to move if a proposed camping ban passes, but it’s not clear they’ll find shelter that can meet their needs.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to "modernize" how billions of dollars for mental health are spent, but Los Angeles County officials and others have raised concerns about his proposal.

As a record number of people die on America’s streets, Abdul Curry fights to stay alive.

We pull back the curtain on factors that increased costs for five forthcoming affordable housing complexes in San Diego. 

San Diego officials have made it clear that the conditions on public property won’t be allowed to continue. They’re now trying to ban encampments and offer shelter as an alternative.  That’s coming...

City-backed shelters are struggling to connect those moving into them with permanent homes.

Four individuals gave Voice of San Diego an inside look at their household budgets to show just how much it costs to live in this county.

A man named Blue made a habit of sitting on the sidewalk with his legs outstretched, taking every inch he needed to be comfortable. “Dude, you’re blocking the sidewalk,” a passerby would say. “I live...

San Diego County’s latest annual census shows the region’s already devastating homelessness crisis has gotten dramatically worse. 

San Diego City Councilman Stephen Whitburn is pitching plans to offer shelter and camping options to hundreds of homeless residents and to pave the way for stepped up enforcement. 

The Raschke family featured in Voice of San Diego, were finally able to move into a three bedroom apartment all their own last week.

By Adriana Rios, Rebekah O’Donnell & 2 more. To assess public restroom access along transit lines, we first developed an inventory and web map of transit-adjacent restrooms, then assessed each...

Coleen Cusack, a pro-bono attorney who has long opposed the city crackdowns on homeless residents, is seeking the District 3 City Council seat. 

Within the ongoing debate about homelessness in San Diego lies a multitude of assumptions about homeless people.

Another recuperative care center for unhoused residents and a new training initiative for local behavioral health workers are initiatives under consideration for quick action by the San Diego Count…

The city’s housing agency has ordered the region’s largest and most prominent homeless shelter provider to address a series of issues.  

At Mayor Todd Gloria's direction, enforcement tied to homelessness surged to pre-pandemic levels in June. Many tents returned when the enforcement decreased, but the impacts of the spike in ticketing...

Eight communities are receiving grants to fund comprehensive efforts to serve unsheltered people living in encampments and support their pathway to safe and stable housing SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin…