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Veteran's Row, a homeless encampment composed of military veterans, in Los Angeles. Photo by Zaydee Sanchez for KCRW

Gimme Shelter: Homeless veterans in Los Angeles offer statewide insights

by Richard Procter February 23, 2023February 22, 2023

In the first of an eight-part series, Anna Scott of KCRW takes listeners through the story of Veterans Row, a homeless encampment in Los Angeles.

Homes and residential buildings in San Francisco on March 4, 2020. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo

Gimme Shelter: Can an obscure law unleash a lot more housing in California?

by Manuela Tobias February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

Karen Bass speaks at her inauguration ceremony as Mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles on Dec. 11, 2022. Photo by Ted Soqui/SIPA USA via Reuters

Gimme Shelter: Mayor Karen Bass on homelessness and the California housing crisis

by Richard Procter January 12, 2023January 11, 2023

A mountain lion sits in a tree in the Santa Cruz mountains on Jan. 11, 2010. Photo courtesy of Bay Area Puma Project/Felidae Conservation Fund

California’s wildest housing story of 2022: Mountain lions versus duplexes

by Manuela Tobias December 2, 2022December 2, 2022

The Riverview Hall student housing complex at California State University in Sacramento — one of countless campuses struggling to meet the housing needs of California students. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

How California’s housing crisis hurts college students

by Manuela Tobias November 17, 2022November 16, 2022

Parking lot of a strip mall just off of Blackstone Avenue in central Fresno on Oct. 4, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

Gimme Shelter: How California’s new parking law could lower housing costs

by Manuela Tobias October 7, 2022October 7, 2022

Mitchell Friedeck stands outside the apartment complex where he and his three children live in Nipomo on Aug. 2, 2022. Photo by Julie Leopo for CalMatters

Gimme Shelter: The limits of emergency housing vouchers in California

by Manuela Tobias August 16, 2022August 16, 2022

A rental sign in front of an apartment complex in central Fresno on June 28, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

How bad is California’s housing crisis for renters?

by Manuela Tobias July 27, 2022July 26, 2022

New housing construction in Elk Grove on July 8, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

Gimme Shelter: Can California build millions of new homes amid drought?

by Manuela Tobias July 12, 2022July 11, 2022

A refrigerator in a home in California on June 15, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr.

Gimme Shelter: Why L.A. apartments don’t come with fridges

by Manuela Tobias June 16, 2022June 16, 2022