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Minneapolis police taking a different approach to homelessness

Davonte Lambert stared at the crowd gathering nearby as he plucked another empty plastic bottle from the grass. “We have absolutely nowhere to go. They know,” he said Wednesday, motioning to the group ... read more

Candidates for Costa Mesa council and mayor find common ground on homelessness and public safety

“We need to take care of our own here. Every city needs to step up to the plate.” Mayor Sandy Genis — who is running for that position against Councilwoman Katrina Foley — said she favors a carrot-and ... read more

Oklahoma City police's new homeless outreach team represents a new approach to homelessness

They offer to take them to homeless shelters or help them get other services. People are generally reluctant to speak with officers or accept help at first, Thompkins said. Many of them don’t trust po... read more

Punched, urinated on and humiliated: The shocking wave of cruelty happening every day to Hull's rough sleepers

Now, three homeless people, who have been forced to take to the streets of Hull for very different reasons ... and have no plans in reducing the police presence at all, as we want to keep a constant a... read more

Social service workers and police join forces to aid homeless

As they have once a month since May, Honolulu police officers in street clothes joined with social service outreach workers Friday to try a different approach to helping the homeless get off ... offic... read more

Street medicine crews bring health care to growing Minneapolis homeless camp

A trio of health professionals surrounded her, taking ... woman until police arrived, according to people who witnessed the incident. Also last week, teams of nurses and health workers with a mobile h... read more

Hawaii lawmaker pounded for taking sledgehammer to homelessness

A Hawaii lawmaker whose solution to dealing with the state's homeless problem was to take a sledgehammer to shopping carts ... The state Department of Human Services tried a different approach earlier ... read more

Cops crack down, put crusties under the spotlight, literally

He called that view an “unpopular” position — even in New York City under liberal Mayor Bill de Blasio, where cops are now taking a “lighter approach” toward the homeless ... East Village police preci... read more

Three candidates for Oakland mayor address top issues in the city

Brooks is taking a different approach and wants to see empty city-owned business used to house the homeless. “We can partition them ... Both Price and Brooks say more transparency in the police depart... read more

Don: In Pierce County, they still use handcuffs

Pierce County is taking a very different approach ... With King County now owning the third largest homeless population in the county, maybe it is time for a different approach. I was recently talking ... read more

This City Criminalized Homelessness, So The Homeless Are Fighting Back

At the time, the city’s police chief, Nick Obligacion ... a city that also doesn’t have any publicly funded homeless shelters. Some places are taking a different approach. A number of cities and a cou... read more

'Tiny homes' in backyards — finally, an innovative solution to homelessness in L.A.

Currently, with a few others, I am building an experimental "tiny house" that will take a somewhat different approach ... police and Metro security staff. They have been clean; in fact, I see Metro cl... read more