California big city mayors chat homelessness with Newsom
4 years, 10 months ago

California big city mayors chat homelessness with Newsom

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The mayors of California’s biggest cities had a “robust” discussion with Gov. He said “spending decisions have been relatively unrestricted and locally driven,” calling for a new approach because: “The results speak for themselves.” This year, instead of dividing the $750 million among the state’s local governments, Newsom wants to divide it based on 10 geographic regions of the state. San Jose Mayor Sam Licarrdo said the group had a “robust conversation” about the issue with Newsom, who told the group his comments during the State of the State address “was not a criticism of how cities are engaging with this problem.” Oakland Mayor LIbby Schaaf said the mayors “delivered a clear message, an unequivocal message, that cities deserve this investment and must lead the solutions to this vexing problem.” “We are on the ground, we are accountable to our communities. Newsom has said he wants to find more money the state can spend on homelessness every year, but he hasn’t said where that money would come from. Monday, nine of the mayors of California’s 13 largest cities endorsed a proposal that would generate $500 million a year for homelessness programs by raising taxes on some homeowners.

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Joining Beverly Hills and Coronado in rebelling against state housing rules: this blue collar city
2 months, 1 week ago

Joining Beverly Hills and Coronado in rebelling against state housing rules: this blue collar city

LA Times  

People living along the riverbed in Norwalk near the 105/605 freeway interchange. We’ve decided to stand up for ourselves.” Norwalk City Councilmember Rick Ramirez, a supporter of shelter ban, stands in front of a future site for supportive housing. “It’s beyond cruel that Norwalk would ban the building of shelters while people are living on the city’s streets,” Newsom said …

Gov. Newsom joins local officials in unveiling a new round of homeless funding
2 months, 1 week ago

Gov. Newsom joins local officials in unveiling a new round of homeless funding

LA Times  

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, right, joins California Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference at the Downtown Women’s Center to announce new state funding to confront the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles. Gavin Newsom came to Skid Row Tuesday to announce new state funding that will bring $380 million to the Los Angeles region for homeless housing, shelter, rental …

More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents means fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco
3 months, 2 weeks ago

More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents means fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco

The Independent  

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Everyone agrees there’s a homeless crisis in the US. Plans to address it vary among mayor candidates
5 months ago

Everyone agrees there’s a homeless crisis in the US. Plans to address it vary among mayor candidates

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor London Breed has launched a new crackdown on people sleeping outside in a campaign to clear the sidewalks of homeless encampments that have come to define the city. “You can truly change the reputation of San Francisco from a place that today people believe they can come to our city, pitch a tent and …

California Governor threatens funding cuts for counties that don't remove homeless encampments
5 months ago

California Governor threatens funding cuts for counties that don't remove homeless encampments

NPR  

California Governor threatens funding cuts for counties that don't remove homeless encampments California Governor Gavin Newsom has threatened local county governments with funding cuts if they don't do enough to get people off the street. PIEN HUANG, HOST: Two weeks ago, California Governor Gavin Newsom put out an executive order. HUANG: So, Anna, the governor said that he would cut …

California governor vows to take away funding from cities and counties for not clearing encampments
5 months ago

California governor vows to take away funding from cities and counties for not clearing encampments

The Independent  

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Editorial: Newsom and San Francisco take a wrong turn on homelessness
5 months ago

Editorial: Newsom and San Francisco take a wrong turn on homelessness

LA Times  

Homeless people collect personal items as San Francisco city workers remove an encampment in the Bayview neighborhood on Aug. 1. This ignores the fact that there are 8,300 homeless people in San Francisco, but the city’s 3,600 shelter beds are nearly at capacity. He created Project Roomkey, the program that cities and counties used to move vulnerable homeless people into …

Newsom threatens to take money from counties that don’t reduce homelessness
5 months ago

Newsom threatens to take money from counties that don’t reduce homelessness

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom and Caltrans workers clean up an encampment site near Paxton Street and Remick Avenue in Los Angeles on Thursday. Mayor Karen Bass said “strategies that just move people along from one neighborhood to the next or give citations instead of housing do not work.” Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said the county is already doing “urgent and …

As San Francisco cracks down on homeless encampments, a question rises: Where will people go?
5 months, 1 week ago

As San Francisco cracks down on homeless encampments, a question rises: Where will people go?

LA Times  

Outreach workers, backed by law enforcement officers, have fanned out across San Francisco in recent days in targeted efforts to dismantle some of the city’s most visible encampments. A week into what Mayor London Breed has called a “very aggressive” effort to clear homeless encampments across San Francisco, a key question looms: Where will the people living in those tents …

Gavin Newsom Issues Executive Order On Removal Of Homeless Encampments
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Gavin Newsom Issues Executive Order On Removal Of Homeless Encampments

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday to direct state agencies on how to remove homeless encampments, a month after a Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public spaces. The timing of the executive order is “curious,” said California political analyst Brian Sobel, but he doubts …

Newsom orders California state agencies to start clearing homeless encampments
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Newsom orders California state agencies to start clearing homeless encampments

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies Thursday to start removing homeless encampments on state land in his boldest action yet following a Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public spaces. Newsom’s decision garnered praise from some local elected officials and business groups, who said they were left with no options …

Newsom orders California agencies to clear homeless camps, but the impact remains a question
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Newsom orders California agencies to clear homeless camps, but the impact remains a question

LA Times  

Homeless people and their tents on 5th Street in Los Angeles’ Skid Row on June 28. Citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling that lessened restrictions on the enforcement of anti-camping laws, the order said there is “no longer any barrier to local governments utilizing the substantial resources provided by the State, in tandem with federal and local resources, to …

Gavin Newsom: The governor of Los Angeles
6 months ago

Gavin Newsom: The governor of Los Angeles

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom’s legacy as California governor and maybe even his future viability in politics are tied tightly to the problems plaguing the state’s largest city. Newsom has made homelessness his top policy priority for his final three years in the office and nowhere is the crisis as critical as it is in Los Angeles. The governor chose Los Angeles General …

Gavin Newsom is called out for dodging questions after blowing $24bn
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Gavin Newsom is called out for dodging questions after blowing $24bn

Daily Mail  

California Governor Gavin Newsom was called out by a reporter after he continued to dodge questions about blowing the state's $24 billion spending on the homeless. California spent $24 billion tackling homelessness over five years but didn't track if the money was helping the state's growing number of unhoused people, a damning report says. The audit slams the state's homelessness …

How effective are California's homelessness programs? State hasn't been tracking
9 months ago

How effective are California's homelessness programs? State hasn't been tracking

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy California spent $24 billion to …

Opinion: Why is California behind Texas and other states in curbing homelessness?
9 months ago

Opinion: Why is California behind Texas and other states in curbing homelessness?

LA Times  

Rent is surging nationwide. Texas cities also stand out: Last year, the Houston metropolitan area achieved the lowest rate of homelessness of any major U.S. city, with just 52 people per 100,000 residents experiencing homelessness. Meanwhile, five of the top 10 major cities with the highest rates of homelessness nationally are in California: San Francisco, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland …

California voters pass measure pushed by governor to tackle homelessness crisis in razor-thin win
9 months, 3 weeks ago

California voters pass measure pushed by governor to tackle homelessness crisis in razor-thin win

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters have approved a measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis, in a tissue-thin win for Gov. Democrats outnumber Republicans by a staggering 2-to-1 in California, and the borderline vote — coming more than two weeks after election day — signaled …

One year on, has the mayor of LA finally put a dent in homelessness?
1 year ago

One year on, has the mayor of LA finally put a dent in homelessness?

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Cities crack down on homeless encampments. Advocates say that’s not the answer
1 year, 1 month ago

Cities crack down on homeless encampments. Advocates say that’s not the answer

The Independent  

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Newsom says California will intervene in court case blocking San Francisco from clearing encampments
1 year, 3 months ago

Newsom says California will intervene in court case blocking San Francisco from clearing encampments

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday the state will intervene in an ongoing federal court case that’s barred San Francisco from cleaning up homeless encampments until more shelter beds are available, saying the judge has gone too far and is preventing the state from solving a critical problem. Newsom, the former San Francisco mayor, said he’s personally …

Editorial: If California cities want homeless funding, they better stop blocking housing
1 year, 8 months ago

Editorial: If California cities want homeless funding, they better stop blocking housing

LA Times  

The Dolores Huerta apartments, a 40-unit permanent supportive housing complex, along the 5200 block of South Figueroa Street on Oct. 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. Last week, city and county officials from across the state rallied in Sacramento to demand $3 billion in annual state funding to ease homelessness and build affordable housing. The homelessness crisis in California is a …

California Politics: Newsom scores political win in fight with Big Oil
1 year, 9 months ago

California Politics: Newsom scores political win in fight with Big Oil

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom signs a bill aimed at addressing gas price gouging while surrounded by legislators and state officials in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. “There’s a new sheriff in town in California, where we brought Big Oil to their knees,” Newsom said during this week’s bill-signing ceremony. I’m Laurel Rosenhall, The Times’ Sacramento bureau chief, here to share the biggest …

Newsom pledges 1,200 tiny homes for California’s homeless
1 year, 9 months ago

Newsom pledges 1,200 tiny homes for California’s homeless

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will spend about $30 million to build 1,200 small homes across the state this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday, part of a plan to help house the nation’s largest homeless population and to address an issue that has persistently plagued the state during the governor’s time in office. Newsom said the homes can create space …

Newsom says the state is on track to cut unsheltered homelessness by 15%
1 year, 9 months ago

Newsom says the state is on track to cut unsheltered homelessness by 15%

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom discusses his plans to build 1,200 small homes across the state to reduce homelessness during a State of the State tour address Thursday in Sacramento. During his first tour stop in Sacramento, Newsom acknowledged “how angry we are as Californians about what’s going on in the streets and sidewalks in our state.” But he said the state has …

Editorial: Yes, it really will take billions of dollars a year to solve homelessness in California
1 year, 11 months ago

Editorial: Yes, it really will take billions of dollars a year to solve homelessness in California

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom has said that addressing homelessness is his top priority. The Corporation for Supportive Housing put out a report last month estimating that the state needed to invest $8.1 billion a year over 12 years to solve homelessness in California. The League of California Cities last month wrote a letter to the governor asking for “a permanent funding stream …

California budget: More for homelessness, less for climate
2 years ago

California budget: More for homelessness, less for climate

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed a $297 billion budget, prioritizing money to address homelessness and education while cutting some climate spending amid a projected $22.5 billion budget deficit. The proposed budget, which would take effect July 1, is about $9 billion less than the current fiscal year, when Newsom had a massive surplus. That would …

Long Beach’s new mayor calls for state of emergency to tackle homelessness
2 years ago

Long Beach’s new mayor calls for state of emergency to tackle homelessness

LA Times  

Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson’s call on Wednesday for city officials to draft an emergency declaration on homelessness is in lockstep with Los Angeles, where newly elected Mayor Karen Bass made a similar declaration last week. Just hours after being sworn in, Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson asked city officials Wednesday to draft an emergency declaration on homelessness, a move …

Column: Newsom talked tough with mayors and supervisors on homelessness. Did it work?
2 years, 1 month ago

Column: Newsom talked tough with mayors and supervisors on homelessness. Did it work?

LA Times  

A few weeks ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom made headline-grabbing news by rejecting every homeless action plan in the state — holding up hundreds of millions in funding with a demand that local leaders do more to move people off our streets. Across the state, two people fall into homelessness for every one we help into housing, an alarming reality that …

California governor set to release $1B for homelessness
2 years, 1 month ago

California governor set to release $1B for homelessness

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. He stunned the state when he announced two weeks ago that he would withhold $1 billion in spending until cities and counties came up with more robust plans, calling submitted plans “simply unacceptable” as they would collectively reduce the state’s homeless population by just 2% over the next four years. Newsom said he had no …

Column: Newsom and mayors meet to discuss homelessness. Have we hit rock bottom?
2 years, 1 month ago

Column: Newsom and mayors meet to discuss homelessness. Have we hit rock bottom?

LA Times  

Reyvon Hill takes cover from the rain in a homeless encampment along the Joe Rodota Trail in Santa Rosa, Calif., in 2019. But he knows that no matter how much or how fast his city reacts to the linked crises of housing and homelessness, success is “dependent upon other jurisdictions that don’t share San Diego’s opinion that more housing is …

Homelessness: Oregon’s next governor focuses on vexing issue
2 years, 1 month ago

Homelessness: Oregon’s next governor focuses on vexing issue

Associated Press  

SALEM, Ore. — Signs of the housing crisis in Oregon are widespread: cluttered tent encampments in city parks, and along bike trails and sidewalks, as well as people living in parked recreational vehicles. He will meet with local officials on Friday to “review the state’s collective approach to homelessness.” On Nov. 3, the city council of Portland, Oregon, voted to …

Column: Newsom said ‘It’s time to stop pointing fingers and join hands’ on homelessness. That means him too
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: Newsom said ‘It’s time to stop pointing fingers and join hands’ on homelessness. That means him too

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom speaks at the inauguration last month of a unified command center in Fullerton for healthcare workers, community organizations and law enforcement to address homelessness collaboratively. “It’s like an orchestra when no one has the sheet music,” says Graham Knaus, executive director of the California State Assn. But around that time, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office reported that a …

‘Do better': Newsom pauses $1B in homelessness spending
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Do better': Newsom pauses $1B in homelessness spending

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s plans to reduce the nation’s largest homeless population aren’t good enough, Democratic Gov. California’s counties, 13 largest cities and groups of homeless service providers were in line to receive about $1 billion in state homelessness spending, but only if they submitted plans on how they would use the money to reduce the number of unsheltered homeless …

'Do better': Newsom pauses $1B in homelessness spending
2 years, 2 months ago

'Do better': Newsom pauses $1B in homelessness spending

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Together, Newsom said the collective plans by local governments …

Column: Newsom rejects every local homeless plan in state, demanding more ambition
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: Newsom rejects every local homeless plan in state, demanding more ambition

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom speaks at the inauguration of a unified command center in Orange County for healthcare workers, community groups and local law enforcement to address homelessness collaboratively at HOPE Center in Fullerton on Oct. 27, 2022. “Walk in any community in the state and tell me where we’re at the level we need to be.” On Thursday, Newsom hopes to …

‘Gimme Shelter’: Newsom falls far short on his big housing promises
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Gimme Shelter’: Newsom falls far short on his big housing promises

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom came into office four years ago with some of the biggest promises on housing imaginable. The state would build 3.5 million new homes by 2025, a quintupling of California’s average annual housing production. And his effort to address the state’s housing affordability crisis would be akin to the Marshall Plan, the U.S.’ multibillion-dollar campaign to rebuild Western Europe …

Lawsuit demands San Francisco stop homeless camp sweeps
2 years, 3 months ago

Lawsuit demands San Francisco stop homeless camp sweeps

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Homeless people and their advocates sued the city of San Francisco on Tuesday, demanding that it stop harassing and destroying the belongings of people living on the streets with nowhere to go, and with the goal of forcing the city to spend billions of dollars on affordable homes that will keep residents housed. Not only has the …

Endorsement: Give Newsom a second term
2 years, 8 months ago

Endorsement: Give Newsom a second term

LA Times  

Between managing California’s response to a once-in-a-century pandemic and fighting off a recall seeking to oust him from office, Gov. In other areas, Californians are already benefiting from policies Newsom enacted with the state’s booming budget: two additional weeks of paid family leave, allowing workers to take eight weeks off to bond with a new baby or care for a …

In governor’s race, challengers attack Newsom’s record on homelessness
2 years, 8 months ago

In governor’s race, challengers attack Newsom’s record on homelessness

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom joins a cleanup effort on May 11, 2021, in Los Angeles. Two of Newsom’s most vocal challengers — Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle of Bieber in Lassen County and Bay Area energy and homeless policy activist Michael Shellenberger, a Democrat turned independent — hope to tap into festering voter anger over homelessness, crime and other quality-of-life issues as …

Liberal U.S. cities change course, now clearing homeless camps
2 years, 9 months ago

Liberal U.S. cities change course, now clearing homeless camps

LA Times  

Makeshift shelters abut busy roadways, tent cities line sidewalks, tarps cover broken-down cars, and sleeping bags are tucked in storefront doorways. Wheeler has now used emergency powers to ban camping along certain roadways and says homelessness is the “most important issue facing our community, bar none.” Increasingly in liberal cities across the country — where people living in tents in …

Newsom’s latest housing fix: More Californians living downtown
2 years, 11 months ago

Newsom’s latest housing fix: More Californians living downtown

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom wants to shift home construction in California away from rural, wildfire-prone areas and toward urban cores as part of his $286.4-billion budget plan that aims to align the state’s housing strategy with its climate goals. The budget blueprint Newsom detailed this week includes $2 billion over two years in grants and tax credits to incentivize housing development closer …

California budget confronts climate change, homeless, crime
3 years ago

California budget confronts climate change, homeless, crime

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Another $2 billion would boost clean energy development and storage, along with another $465 million over three years to create new jobs and training centers for displaced oil industry workers. The governor also proposes spending $100 million a year to strengthen the state’s public health infrastructure and complement local funding. As more leave San Quentin …

Editorial: What Gov. Newsom is doing right on homelessness — and how he could do better
3 years, 3 months ago

Editorial: What Gov. Newsom is doing right on homelessness — and how he could do better

LA Times  

More than any of his recent predecessors as governor, Gavin Newsom has approached the state’s homelessness crisis with the seriousness it deserves — and has taken the right approach by embracing the Housing First concept that people should be in stable housing before they tackle their substance abuse needs. The governor’s budget also provides $2 billion in state Homeless Housing, …

Newsom, in recall fight, says it’s ‘not acceptable’ for homeless to camp on streets
3 years, 5 months ago

Newsom, in recall fight, says it’s ‘not acceptable’ for homeless to camp on streets

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom, shoulder to the camera, speaks to James and Debra Scovone, who are homeless and were being told to move from their encampment near a freeway in Stockton on Thursday. “You got to be honest, this is not acceptable,” Newsom said, staring at Caltrans workers cleaning up the remnants of a couple’s shelter on an embankment wedged between Interstate …

California will spend a record amount on homelessness. Here’s where it’s going
3 years, 5 months ago

California will spend a record amount on homelessness. Here’s where it’s going

LA Times  

A homeless encampment encroaches on the sidewalk at Wilshire Boulevard and Alvarado Street in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. In a deal reached last month, Newsom and lawmakers agreed to expand last year’s program to convert former hotels into permanent housing with federal coronavirus relief dollars and provide an additional $2 billion over two years to local governments. “We are …

California governor proposes $12B to house state’s homeless
3 years, 7 months ago

California governor proposes $12B to house state’s homeless

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — Buoyed by a large budget surplus and swimming in federal pandemic recovery money, California Gov. Newsom’s proposal includes $8.75 billion over two years to create an estimated 46,000 housing units, expanding on a program he launched last year to convert motels and other properties into housing. I don’t want to talk about this for a decade,” Newsom …

Gov. Newsom proposes $12 billion to house California’s homeless
3 years, 8 months ago

Gov. Newsom proposes $12 billion to house California’s homeless

LA Times  

A woman eats at her tent at the Echo Park homeless encampment on March 24. Newsom made the announcement at the Kearny Vista Apartments, one of two former San Diego hotels that were purchased and converted into housing with funding from the state’s Project Homekey program introduced by the governor last year. Newsom said last year’s $1-billion Project Homekey program …

California Governor's State Of The State Speech Is Almost All About Homelessness
4 years, 10 months ago

California Governor's State Of The State Speech Is Almost All About Homelessness

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING California Gov. After kicking off his remarks to lawmakers at the state Capitol in Sacramento by celebrating several wins for the state — including an increase in jobs and providing two years of free community college — Newsom said, “No amount of progress can camouflage the most pernicious crisis in our midst, the ultimate manifestation of poverty: …

California governor makes homelessness top issue in 2020
4 years, 10 months ago

California governor makes homelessness top issue in 2020

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tossing aside tradition, California’s governor on Wednesday devoted his biggest platform to a single issue: solving a homelessness crisis that has overwhelmed the nation’s most populous state in an era of unprecedented prosperity. Gavin Newsom called the state’s homeless problem “a disgrace,” saying the state can no longer treat it as “someone else’s problem, buried below other …

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