Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging California’s local governments to begin clearing homeless encampments, escalating the state’s efforts to ban makeshift camps that line streets up and down the state.

As frustration intensifies over street homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging local governments across California to ...

Local leaders and advocates look to figure out how to effectively help people get off the streets amid an urgent push from Gov. Gavin Newsom to end encampments.

In February and April, BPD participated in several joint-operations, one of which removed 31 encampments from riverbeds and ...