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NEW: California is pumping money into homeless shelters as cities clear tents.
Our year-long investigation found it's not working:
- <1 in 4 go onto permanent housing
- Widespread violence + misconduct
- 2,007 deaths since 2018 (2x as many as jails)
calmatters.org/housing/2025/0…
Our year-long investigation found it's not working:
- <1 in 4 go onto permanent housing
- Widespread violence + misconduct
- 2,007 deaths since 2018 (2x as many as jails)
calmatters.org/housing/2025/0…
calmatters.org ‘A volunteer jail': Inside the scandals and abuse pushing California’s homeless out of shelters A hidden epidemic of death lurks in California's homeless shelters, where violence and unhealthy conditions drive people back on the streets. 
