Bay Area homelessness

Residents barely noticed during Tuesday morning's commute that a homeless person lay dead on the sidewalk from exposure to the elements.

Sonoma County officials are working on ideas for an already-approved indoor-outdoor shelter that they hope will address some of their safety concerns about a growing homeless encampment along a Santa Rosa trail.

On Santa Rosa's Joe Rodota Trail, a mile-long homeless encampment has swelled to an estimated 200 people. Now the encampment is dealing with a series of fires that have broken out, according to the fire department and neighbors.

Oakland City Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan and Nikki Fortunato Bas on Thursday demanded that Wedgewood Properties negotiate to sell or give the property to the women.

Comcast partnered with the Peralta Colleges Foundation to assist students facing unforeseen financial circumstances that impact their ability to attend classes.

A group that helps at-risk youth find jobs is asking the women who are living in a West Oakland home illegally to leave so the property can be renovated and sold. 

HomeFirst, a local shelter and homeless advocacy organization, hosted a memorial Friday where the names of all those lost were read aloud.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a rental subsidy for residents living with HIV.

Christmas came early for hundreds of low-income folks in Oakland. They are moving into a new affordable housing complex right next to the Fruitvale BART station.

After nearly six-years of providing showers for the homeless population in San Francisco and other Bay Area cities, nonprofit Lava Mae is scaling back service.

One of the solutions discussed includes re-use of vacant buildings.

A judge granted them a 15-day reprieve and ordered them to appear in court on Dec. 30.

Approximately 900 students at Oakland Unified School District are homeless. two of those students, Robert and his sister Saundra, are among those who are struggling. However they've managed to make the honor roll.

San Francisco unveiled its sixth homeless navigation center to temporarily house up to 200 people in need. The site for the center was strongly opposed by a neighborhood advocacy group who feared for the neighborhood's safety.

The project has been controversial from the start. 

The proposal is a way to provide housing to a lot of people quickly, possibly on a cruise ship docked at the port of Oakland.