A recent report estimated that 20,000 San Franciscans may experience homelessness at some point this year and the homeless population is surging in Sacramento, Los Angeles and many other parts of California. 

Meanwhile, Governor Newsom is in Los Angeles right now, to announce the largest allotment yet of state money to build more apartments to help people get off the street, 2,500 new units as part of Project Homekey. 

 But even as the state pours unprecedented billions into the homeless crisis, nothing seems to be enough, and we see more and more encampments and tent cities spilling across our streets and neighborhoods, with their populations disproportionately Black and Brown, and the economic inequality that has plagued California seemingly getting even worse. And even when the unhoused find a place to put up a tent, they can get evicted from that, as we’ve seen in the ongoing fight between Oakland and the state of California over the sprawling Wood Street encampment.

For more on this, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising, Bret Burkhart, and Doug Sovern are joined by Kevin Zwick, CEO of The United Way Bay Area, which has been prioritizing this issue through its Housing Justice Initiative.