Alameda County recently released results on homeless rates, and Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín says they are on the right path to success. 

“What these numbers indicate is that our approach is working, and I want the Berkeley community to know that I have no intention of taking my foot off the gas,” Arreguín said.  

Mayor Arreguín credits much of the recent success to the city’s efforts to build more housing.

In 2017, Arreguin and city officials created the Pathways Project, a project aimed to tackle Berkeley homelessness by first building temporary shelters and later finding more permanent solutions. Despite homelessness only majorly improving in the past two years, Arreguín and other city leaders believe the Pathways project laid the “groundwork” for future regional efforts. 

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