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Transgender folks face discrimination at homeless shelters and encampments nationally and regionally.

Amanda Jenkins hopes officials will rely on her firsthand experience as they attempt to tackle one of the Bay Area’s most persistent problems.

Amanda Jenkins hopes officials will rely on her firsthand experience as they attempt to tackle one of the Bay Area’s most persistent problems.

Here's a political dirty trick we haven’t seen before, though it’s drawing comparisons to Ron DeSantis’s Martha’s Vineyard stunt; the mayor of Richmond revealed the home addresses of city councilmembers, and told RV dwellers to set up camp in front of those officials’ houses.

Dozens of unhoused people in Richmond are about to lose the place they call home, as their encampment is scheduled to be cleared in a matter of weeks.

Richmond saw a jump from 333 unhoused people in 2019 to 632 people in 2022. The data...

Skip to main content Currently Reading East Bay city wants to open a homeless RV site at a mostly vacant mall. Neighbors arent happy FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 Jim Hauso, 71, and dog Bud visit with a friend at an RV encampment along Rydin Road in Richmond.Photos by Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of11 Cmichael Viewins, 40, organizes items at the Rydin Road camp. He says the city’s proposal would be an “opportunity to have somewhere to live.”Jessica Christian / The Chr...

By Mike Kinney A proposed, one-year pilot program providing safe haven for RV dwellers in a portion of the Hilltop Mall parking lot is receiving staunch opposition from neighbors. The Safe Parking Pilot Program has been a goal of the city’s for several years, and officials say the need for it has only grown amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, as the city has seen an exponential growth in people living in their vehicles. On Feb. 2, city staff presented to council three of what they considered the mo...