While Democrats may seem in retreat around the country, the new mayor of San Francisco, Daniel Lurie, is off to a promising ...

When I arrived in Santa Barbara in 1983 to begin graduate studies in sociology at UC Santa Barbara, the only professor I knew by name was Richard Flacks.

A bill asking educators to adopt the "science of reading" emphasizes phonics. Will enough California teachers respond?

Sara Fenske Bahat led San Francisco’s largest mayoral transition with no guide, creating systems, structure, and funding from ...

It's among the stricter anti-encampment deterrents proposed by elected officials since the Supreme Court in 2023 made it ...

The number of rough sleepers has risen dramatically since 2010, from 1,768 people thought to be sleeping rough on an average ...

Homeless people who reject three offers of shelter could be arrested under a controversial proposal before the city council ...

The proposal comes almost a year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled cities could create ordinances that ban people from sleeping outside.

On a quiet, industrial street in San Francisco’s Hunters Point neighborhood, Marvin Velasquez and Ingrid Lopez had finally found an affordable place to live in the city — inside a travel trailer. The ...

Penner's plans would represent a departure for a state that has been led by left-leaning policies in recent years.