CALIFORNIA - Without a Home

Note that just one contributing factor to the size of the homeless is the weather.  This 'winter' we in Southern California haven't really experienced a winter, weather in the mid-50's to mid-70's is not 'winter' in common terms.  So if you're homeless, this is the place to be.

"Can California figure out a way to house its growing homeless population?" PBS NewsHour 2/20/2020

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Roughly a quarter of all homeless Americans live in California, where the rate of homelessness has increased 16 percent in the past year.  Facing pressure from his constituents and President Trump, Gov. Gavin Newsom has made the issue his top priority and proposed an array of potential policy solutions.  John Yang sits down with Anita Chabria of the Los Angeles Times to discuss the details.