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Judge orders city of Sacramento to pay almost $800,000 to lawyers for homeless

Sacramento Police Department break down homeless camp

By Cynthia Hubert - Updated: Wednesday, March 27 2013 - 9:55 am

The city of Sacramento is on the hook for nearly $800,000 in fees for attorneys who represented homeless people in a lawsuit charging police with violating their constitutional rights by failing to protect their belongings.

Homeless receive checks in Sacramento settlement over police cleanup

Sacramento program for homeless moms now gives kids a nice, big lawn

By Dan Hill - Updated: Tuesday, March 19 2013 - 12:39 pm

The new location of the Women's Empowerment homeless program is three times larger, and the featured attraction is the enclosed yard that gives homeless kids a chance to play on the lawn.

$14 million grant to aid area homeless programs

By Bill Lindelof - Updated: Sunday, March 17 2013 - 10:19 am

A private-public partnership that helps homeless people announced the renewal of $14 million in federal money for homeless programs in the Sacramento area.

Vegas mental hospital goofed on patient's discharge to Sacramento, official concedes

By Cynthia Hubert - Updated: Friday, March 22 2013 - 5:48 pm

A state psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas "blew it" by discharging a mentally ill patient to a Greyhound bus bound for Sacramento last month without ensuring he had care and housing in California, Nevada health officials admitted Thursday.

From a mental hospital in Las Vegas, he's dispatched by bus to Sacramento

By Cynthia Hubert - Updated: Friday, March 22 2013 - 5:48 pm

James Flavy Coy Brown arrived at Loaves & Fishes carrying his walking papers from a Nevada state mental hospital and a schedule detailing his 15-hour bus ride from Las Vegas to Sacramento.