Newsom orders California state agencies to start clearing homeless encampments
4 months, 4 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 to address homeless encampments before the Supreme Court’s ruling. “I applaud Governor Newsom’s emphasis on urgency,” Kathryn Barger, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors said in a statement. “Where she needs to do well on issues like this are in swing states.” Rather, the order is a logical step for Newsom, who called himself the state’s “homeless czar,” said Wesley Hussey, a political science professor at California State University, Sacramento.

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Opinion: On homelessness, liberal California and the ultraconservative Supreme Court largely agree
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Opinion: On homelessness, liberal California and the ultraconservative Supreme Court largely agree

LA Times  

What does a small, solidly Republican city in Oregon have in common with California’s largest liberal enclaves? California’s response to the ruling has become a vivid reminder of not just the intractability of the homelessness epidemic but also the tension between national liberal politics and local policy in Democratic-dominated states and cities. Roughly 84% of the state’s voters believe homelessness …

Joining Beverly Hills and Coronado in rebelling against state housing rules: this blue collar city
1 month, 3 weeks 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
1 month, 3 weeks 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 …

Newsom decries SoCal city that’s banning homeless shelters
3 months ago

Newsom decries SoCal city that’s banning homeless shelters

LA Times  

Luis Tortes, 28, talks about his past year and a half of living homeless underneath State Route 118 in Pacoima in August. Gavin Newsom is threatening legal action against the city of Norwalk unless it reverses a ban on homeless shelters and other housing. “It is unfathomable that as our state grapples with a homelessness crisis, Norwalk would pass an …

Gov. Newsom signs bills to make it easier to provide shelter beds, build more ADUs
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Gov. Newsom signs bills to make it easier to provide shelter beds, build more ADUs

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom signed two bills that aim to boost numbers of of shelter beds and ADUs. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed two bills that tweak existing shelter and ADU laws in an attempt to boost supply and make a dent in the state’s housing and homelessness crisis. One of the bills, Assembly Bill 3057, focuses on something called junior ADUs …

California Governor threatens funding cuts for counties that don't remove homeless encampments
4 months, 1 week 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
4 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. I want to see it.” Thursday’s announcement was part of Newsom’s escalating campaign to push local governments into doing more homeless encampment sweeps. Newsom’s administration wrote in support of cities’ arguments that previous rulings, including one that barred San Francisco from clearing encampments, have prevented the state from solving a critical problem. Newsom on Thursday …

Editorial: Newsom and San Francisco take a wrong turn on homelessness
4 months, 2 weeks 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
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Opinion: I was homeless. Gov. Newsom’s order to dismantle encampments is outrageous
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: I was homeless. Gov. Newsom’s order to dismantle encampments is outrageous

LA Times  

It’s outrageous that the Supreme Court is allowing states and cities to criminalize homelessness and that Gov. Gavin Newsom is ordering encampments dismantled, especially when there’s not enough housing or shelter space for those who need it. At one campground’s entrance, a school bus picked up a homeless family’s child every morning. California A life comes out of storage The …

San Francisco police and street cleaners take aggressive approach to clearing homeless encampments
4 months, 3 weeks ago

San Francisco police and street cleaners take aggressive approach to clearing homeless encampments

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Police in San Francisco will start clearing out homeless residents living in public areas under new policies announced Tuesday by the office of Mayor London Breed, who has pledged a more aggressive approach to tent encampments following a key U.S. Supreme Court decision. In a memo, Breed’s office said city workers will continue offering housing and services …

L.A. County supervisors reaffirm policy against jailing homeless people after anticamping high court ruling
4 months, 3 weeks ago

L.A. County supervisors reaffirm policy against jailing homeless people after anticamping high court ruling

LA Times  

Tents along Grand Canal Street in Venice a block from where the Venice Dell Project is to be built as housing for homeless people on July 10. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to support a motion affirming that its jails won’t be used to hold homeless people arrested in the enforcement of anticamping ordinances. …

Homeless people say they will likely return to sites if California clears them under Newsom’s order
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Homeless people say they will likely return to sites if California clears them under Newsom’s order

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Three years ago, Joel Hernandez built a small wooden shack under the 405 freeway cutting through Los Angeles. Gavin Newsom on Thursday issued an executive order directing state agencies to start clearing homeless encampments on state land, including lots under freeways. Newsom’s order directs state agencies to act soon and follow the lead of the California Department …

Gavin Newsom Issues Executive Order On Removal Of Homeless Encampments
4 months, 4 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 issues executive order for removal of homeless encampments in California
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Newsom issues executive order for removal of homeless encampments in California

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. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday for the …

California's governor issues executive order for cities to clear homeless encampments
4 months, 4 weeks ago

California's governor issues executive order for cities to clear homeless encampments

NPR  

California's governor issues executive order for cities to clear homeless encampments ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: At the end of the Supreme Court's term, the justices made it easier for authorities to clear homeless encampments. So the first part says agencies that report to the governor - state agencies - have to come up with protocols for clearing homeless encampments. He's not …

Newsom orders California agencies to clear homeless camps, but the impact remains a question
4 months, 4 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 …

How will Supreme Court ruling on homeless camps affect California? Cities across state weigh in
5 months, 3 weeks ago

How will Supreme Court ruling on homeless camps affect California? Cities across state weigh in

LA Times  

A woman gathers possessions to take with her before a homeless encampment was cleaned up in San Francisco last August. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass slammed the Supreme Court’s ruling, calling it “disappointing” and arguing that it should not be used to jail homeless residents or drive them from city to city. In a phone interview, Lancaster Mayor R. Rex …

Homeless encampments are on the ballot in Arizona. Could California, other states follow?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Homeless encampments are on the ballot in Arizona. Could California, other states follow?

LA Times  

From their modest apartment buildings alongside a block-long strip of gravel and scrub grass, the residents can see the tents and tarps and empty Mountain Dew bottles, hear the late-night fights and occasional gunshots, and smell the stringent, slightly sweet odor of burning fentanyl. A campus in Phoenix provides services to homeless people, but “the Zone” outside it created issues …

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

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday the state will intervene …

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 …

Federal judge says California’s capital city can’t clear homeless camps during extreme heat
1 year, 4 months ago

Federal judge says California’s capital city can’t clear homeless camps during extreme heat

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge has temporarily banned Sacramento from clearing homeless encampments for at least 14 days, citing the extreme heat forecast this month in California’s capital city. Advocates said clearing the camps in such weather puts homeless people in “obvious danger.” Sacramento defines temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit as being “excessive heat” in its protocols, the complaint …

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 …

Federal judge says San Francisco can’t clear homeless camps
1 year, 11 months ago

Federal judge says San Francisco can’t clear homeless camps

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has temporarily banned San Francisco from clearing homeless encampments, saying the city violated its own policies by failing to offer other shelter. The move came in a lawsuit filed on behalf of homeless plaintiffs that sought to stop San Francisco from dismantling homeless encampments until it has thousands of additional shelter beds. Now we …

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

California judges could order help for homeless Californians under Newsom’s new plan
2 years, 9 months ago

California judges could order help for homeless Californians under Newsom’s new plan

LA Times  

As California cities struggle to address a homelessness and mental health crisis on their streets, Gov. The Newsom administration said CARE Court instead would emphasize “individualized interventions” through a “client-centered approach,” and participants would have access to a public defender and a care team throughout the process. “CARE Court is really not a replacement for conservatorship,” said Jason Elliott, Newsom’s …

Newsom, in recall fight, says it’s ‘not acceptable’ for homeless to camp on streets
3 years, 4 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 …

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