As frustration intensifies over street homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging local governments across California to effectively ban public camping and move faster to close dangerous encampments.

Gavin Newsom has introduced a model ordinance, calling on state municipalities to ban tent encampments on public property.

Gavin Newsom on Monday released a model ordinance ... for sleeping outside "when they have nowhere else to go", that encampment policies must prioritize shelter and services and that policies ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order banning homeless encampments on state property and urged local jurisdictions to do the same.

Gavin Newsom, a Democrat ... Studies have shown that encampment bans and other punitive measures make it even harder for people to find stable housing and work, said Alex Visotzky with the ...

We’ve studied encampment sweeps in the Bay Area; our fieldwork shows what homeless people need to move off the streets.

Millbrae, with an estimated homeless population of fewer than two dozen people, has joined a growing list of Bay Area cities ...

Gavin Newsom on Monday urged California ... parks and streets up and down the state. Newsom’s administration unveiled a blueprint for a camping ban that counties, cities and towns can directly ...

Gavin Newsom, a Democrat ... Studies have shown that encampment bans and other punitive measures make it even harder for people to find stable housing and work, said Alex Visotzky with the ...

Gavin Newsom on Monday urged California cities ... Democratic governor to offer a statewide blueprint for local encampment bans. The state accounts for a quarter of the U.S. homeless population ...