Housing & homelessness

State will help California cities prepare for heat

State will help California cities prepare for heat

Cities like Chico are under pressure to protect the unhoused
How City sidelined the "quickest and simplest option" for unhoused people

How City sidelined the “quickest and simplest option” for unhoused people

Winslow: "the government owes safety and security to everyone"
Cities advised to prepare for extreme heat, climate crisis

Cities advised to prepare for extreme heat, climate crisis

With no plan in place, heat waves become another threat to Chico's homeless
State sends Chico back to the drawing board – again

State sends Chico back to the drawing board – again

Revisions underway on City's eight-year housing plan
An open letter to Chico City Council

An open letter to Chico City Council

Eileen Robinson comments on City's new campsites for unhoused people
City must open more alternate camping space prior to evicting

City must open more alternate camping space prior to evicting

Pallet shelter admittance procedures cause confusion
Homeless people in Chico victimized

Homeless people in Chico victimized

Should violent acts targeting unhoused be treated as hate crimes?
Valley's Edge opponents worry about environmental impacts

Valley’s Edge opponents worry about environmental impacts

Fight over foothill development has wracked Chico for decades
Will Valley's Edge provide the housing Chico needs?

Will Valley’s Edge provide the housing Chico needs?

Environmental organizations file lawsuit to stop the project
Bill Mash always had a project going

Bill Mash always had a project going

Chico loses an activist and story-teller who gave the unhoused a voice
Bona charged again with hate graffiti

Bona charged again with hate graffiti

Chico conundrum: how to stop the vandalism
Shootings at Teichert Ponds encampment alarm activists

Shootings at Teichert Ponds encampment alarm activists

DA: Self defense "difficult thing" to overcome