Residents of the Sacramento County Safe Stay shelter on Stockton Boulevard on Jan. 15, 2025, talk about what it's like to live in the community, which features sleeping cabins to house the homeless.

Homeless has "progressively picked up and gotten worse over the years," according to Pastor David Powers, who runs a shelter in Columbia.

The governor of Massachusetts has proposed that at least one member of a family staying in emergency shelters be in the country legally, hardening her stance at a time when concerns were raised about ...