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Governor Newsom Announces $1 Billion in Homelessness Funding, Launches State’s Largest Mobilization of Small Homes
Sacramento, CA...Last week in Sacramento, Governor Gavin Newsom joined state and local leaders, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, advocates and other partners to announce the release of $1 billion in Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Round 4 funding to support communities across the state stepping up their work to reduce homelessness.
Last year, Governor Newsom paused this funding to local governments and demanded greater ambition when they collectively proposed only a 2 percent reduction in unsheltered homelessness. Local governments have since revised their homelessness plans, now targeting a 15 percent reduction in homelessness statewide by 2025.
Additionally, the Governor today announced the state’s largest mobilization of small homes to serve people experiencing homelessness, especially those living in encampments. The California National Guard will assist in the preparation and delivery of 1,200 small homes to Los Angeles, San Diego County, San Jose and Sacramento, free of charge and ready for occupancy.
WHAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAID: “In California, we are using every tool in our toolbox – including the largest-ever deployment of small homes in the state – to move people off the streets and into housing. The crisis of homelessness will never be solved without first solving the crisis of housing – the two issues are inextricably linked. We are tackling this issue at the root of the problem by addressing the need to create more housing, faster in California.”
WHY THIS MATTERS: Governor Newsom is challenging the status quo and implementing new approaches to solve the dual crises of housing and homelessness, with a focus on greater accountability. Small homes are cost-effective and can be quickly deployed to move people from homeless encampments into housing.
Locations for placement of these small homes will be the responsibility of local jurisdictions. However, when needed and when available, the state will provide surplus land to use as an option for small homes. Local governments will own the units and provide all services, including recruiting residents, leveraging previously provided state funding. The following communities are set to receive small homes:
Los Angeles: 500 units
Sacramento: 350 units
San Jose: 200 units
San Diego County: 150 units
“Thank you to Governor Gavin Newsom for being innovative in his approach and a great partner in this effort. No one body of government will solve homelessness alone, and it will take local, state, and federal partnerships to ensure that we are collectively addressing this humanitarian crisis,” said Supervisor Nora Vargas, Chairwoman of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. “These small homes are one important step to solving a bigger problem and will provide shelter and access to resources for our unhoused residents in San Diego County. Our Board is committed to prioritizing transformative policies to ensure our families, children, veterans, and seniors experiencing homelessness have a roof over their heads.”
“All different types of housing — small homes, motels, hotels, and more — are needed to urgently confront this crisis,” said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. “This housing will help us bring more people inside, which is what our city needs right now. Thank you Governor Newsom for locking arms with Los Angeles.”
“The magnitude of the homelessness crisis in California requires a coordinated response by all levels of government, and I commend Governor Newsom’s ongoing commitment to partnering with cities and counties,” said Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg. “The addition of these small homes will get us one step closer to having the supply of emergency housing actually required to humanely clean up our streets.”
“We have a moral obligation to take urgent action to reduce the human suffering on our streets,” said San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan. “This mass mobilization of small homes accelerates the innovative approaches needed to solve our state’s homelessness crisis. As Mayor of San Jose, I am challenging our city to move 1,000 unsheltered neighbors out of unmanaged encampments and into safer alternatives by the end of this calendar year. This initiative will help us get there.”
The addition of small homes is another tool the state is using to create more housing, faster in California. Since taking office, Governor Newsom has signed over 70 bills to kick-start and streamline the building process, including 20 CEQA reform measures.
Along with an unprecedented $15.3 billion investment, Governor Newsom has demanded more accountability at the local level when it comes to addressing housing and homelessness. The Administration has focused on working with local jurisdictions to meet their housing requirements, clean up encampments and get more vulnerable Californians off the streets and into housing.
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Too funny!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted on: 2023-03-21 22:56:14By: Anonymous
Horse*bleep*. Hahaha money will never come close to homelessness. How about all the homeless camps I cleaned up that closed the drains around the gay bay and sac a fagamento. They invited criminals and reap what you sow up in the foothills you will destroy this state.
Re: Too funny!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted on: 2023-03-21 23:01:07By: Anonymous
To add. My gas pickup and diesel pickup will never destroy these this state more than a liberal batteries and a homeless person with something called hope. You gave broken promises.
Re: Too funny!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted on: 2023-03-21 23:55:25By: Anonymous
Only thing a liberal democrat gets up for is transgender boy to girl. Transgender Girl to boy. And Don stab a woman. Just like Bill. Wonder if if Joey can find his pickle.
Re: Too funny!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted on: 2023-03-22 00:14:14By: Anonymous
Sick and tired of a 10 to 20 years living in Murphys above telling me how they love the gay bay life. Go back. You have destroyed this once nice place. Ruined California.
No Subject Posted on: 2023-03-22 05:45:46By: Anonymous
California massively in the red. Correct. That is total bull sh—. We are sorry you don’t like Murphy’s. About your pick up truck. Try taking those stupid flags off it to help your gas mileage.
For those who don't understand being in the red is not a political side, the author is referring to money in the state budget, in the red means over budget (out of money) and being in the black means the state has a surplus of funds
Re: Too funny!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted on: 2023-03-22 10:12:28By: Anonymous
Reparations won't happen because we'll never be able to determine just how black many of us are. (Those original slave owners did get around.) However, it's past time to acknowledge systemic racism and your mostly legible commentary a prime example.
Re: Too funny!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted on: 2023-03-22 08:32:53By: Anonymous
Who do you guys think is better looking? Anti, the Sniveler or the Pence Fly. Even though that’s a good looking fly. We need to give this one to the girls.
No Subject Posted on: 2023-03-22 08:50:46By: Anonymous
If the homophobic, racist comments made here are an indication, what we are truly smelling is fear. The fear of the uneducated good ol' white boy membership being left behind in an evolving world. Feel free to head to Florida, Nevada or Texas and see in real time just how lovely life is in a red state.
^ A libtard admitting they have sexual isssues including gay sex and beastyality! Not surprising the “men” in the Democratic Party sit down to pee and take it in the ass from the other so called “men” in the Democratic Party! It’s the democratic way!
So did a couple of friends for Florida. They thought it would be a great life to have a mobile home along the coast. Wiped out in recent storms and because their state is so regulatory-free, they didn't feel a need for home insurance. Sometimes the law is there to save you from your own lack of judgment.
No Subject Posted on: 2023-03-22 11:56:06By: Anonymous
The Mennonites on the way to San Andreas have been building these sheds for years, bet they could make them cheaper than Gavy’s uncle, Clem, who got the contract to build these, better put wheels on them, they can tow them to any city, or county they like, y the way mine is used for a chicken coop!
No Subject Posted on: 2023-03-22 12:00:13By: Anonymous
Put a towing mechanism on the front and hire an illegal to pull you around, they need work just like us, you know, the next nuclear physicists, brain surgeons, cow milkers!
