""We're seeing something different than what's happening nationally and what's happening among the general population in California," Tureck Lee said. "We really attribute those changes to these major state investments that came after years of lack of investment.""
""This is going to have catastrophic ripple effects for every single community in the country, absolutely here in California, where we have not only the Bay Area, but also the Los Angeles area, which has some of the highest rates of specifically chronic and unsheltered homelessness.""
A youth mentor in East Palo Alto oversees a vegetable garden and chicken den at a youth-run community center that serves young people with housing instability. The mentor previously experienced homelessness and cycled through multiple shelters before finding a youth-led supportive community. Dedicated state funding contributed to a 24% decline in youth homelessness in California between 2019 and 2024. Proposed or enacted federal cuts to permanent supportive housing funding are creating uncertainty for organizations and advocates. Experts warn that those cuts could produce catastrophic ripple effects across California communities, including the Bay Area and Los Angeles, where unsheltered and chronic homelessness rates remain high.
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