In San Mateo County, officials last year made it illegal for homeless people in unincorporated areas to repeatedly refuse shelter. Months later, Berkeley updated its encampment policy to allow authorities to sweep camps without offering a bed.

The problem of homelessness has been an issue that has plagued Governor Newsom's administration for years. So, on Monday, he offered help to get local governments on the same page when it comes to managing encampments.

Family members are devastated after a missing woman was one of two people found dead at a homeless encampment.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging California’s local governments to begin clearing homeless encampments, escalating the state’s efforts to ban makeshift camps that line streets up and down the state.