homelessness

U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled Friday that homeless rights activist group First They Came for the Homeless can sue the city of Berkeley for allegedly punishing and silencing the group for criticizing city policy.

Though my sister and I were raised in the same house with the same parents in the same Chicago suburb, our childhoods were immeasurably different. I have to wonder if that is what made us so different or if it was inevitable from the beginning that our life paths would split so drastically.

As the temperature drops and the days grow shorter, about 1,000 homeless Berkeley residents will struggle to find a place to stay the night this winter.

UC Berkeley transfer student Begonia Herbert was only five years old when her mother left because of her father’s physical abuse, setting a haunting precedent of familial strife.

In his first state of the city address, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín called on the city to “get serious” about addressing local homelessness and affordable housing.

At a meeting on Tuesday, June 27 City Council passed the 2018 budget, unanimously voting on about $425 million in net appropriations.

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín’s proposed budget for the fiscal years 2018-19 prioritizes funding for homelessness, affordable housing and a number of other city initiatives, according to an office press release issued Tuesday.

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In the face of the demands of the growing homeless community in Berkeley, the city seems to finally be stepping up to bat for its homeless communities.