Gavin Newsom: The governor of Los Angeles
5 months, 2 weeks 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 Medical Center as the site to sign his plan to transform the state’s mental health and substance abuse treatment system in October, two issues inextricably interwoven with homelessness. The governor chose Los Angeles General Medical Center as the site to sign his plan to transform the state’s mental health and substance abuse treatment system.

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Newsom heads to D.C. to lobby for California’s wish list before Trump takes over
1 month, 1 week ago

Newsom heads to D.C. to lobby for California’s wish list before Trump takes over

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom is involved in a highly visible effort to shield California from the second edition of the Trump presidency. Gavin Newsom is heading to Washington this week to push for the Biden administration to safeguard some marquee California programs on the environment and disaster funding. The move is the latest in the governor’s highly visible effort to shield California …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Gavin Newsom is called out for dodging questions after blowing $24bn
7 months, 1 week 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 …

‘Universal frustration’: In California, a crisis so dire Republicans and Democrats are working together
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Universal frustration’: In California, a crisis so dire Republicans and Democrats are working together

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom has an unusual ally in his Proposition 1 ballot measure to boost funding for mental health: an outspoken Donald Trump supporter and Kern County lawmaker who co-chaired the committee that led the failed 2021 recall effort against the governor. She recently wrote an opinion piece arguing in favor of his proposal to address the state’s mental health crisis …

Column: Gov. Gavin Newsom needs to focus on his day job
1 year, 1 month ago

Column: Gov. Gavin Newsom needs to focus on his day job

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom walks up a section of the Mutianyu Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing in October. DiCamillo elaborated in his poll report, writing: “Newsom’s recent actions in taking a much more active role in national Democratic politics appear to be related to his recent decline…. One turnoff for me is the governor’s press office promoting Newsom group meetings …

Newsom campaigns for Biden in Idaho, building his own base in red states
1 year, 5 months ago

Newsom campaigns for Biden in Idaho, building his own base in red states

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom stumps for President Biden in Boise, Idaho, while simultaneously building a national profile for himself. Hello, it’s Wednesday, July 5, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES Newsom hits the road to campaign for Biden in Idaho, building his own base in red states At a time when states such as Idaho, where registered …

Gov. Newsom unveils sweeping plan to speed up California infrastructure projects
1 year, 7 months ago

Gov. Newsom unveils sweeping plan to speed up California infrastructure projects

LA Times  

A worker walks through the Claude “Bud” Lewis Desalination Plant in Carlsbad. Newsom’s proposal aims to shorten the contracting process for bridge and water projects, limit timelines for environmental litigation and simplify permitting for complicated developments in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and elsewhere. “We look forward to working with our colleagues in the Assembly and administration to ensure we …

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 …

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

Column: Newsom said ‘It’s time to stop pointing fingers and join hands’ on homelessness. That means him too
2 years, 1 month 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, 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’s Newsom goes to Washington; 2024 chatter follows
2 years, 5 months ago

California’s Newsom goes to Washington; 2024 chatter follows

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — As California Democratic Gov. “This is Gavin Newsom building his national brand for whatever opportunities might come up in the future,” said Thad Kousser, a political science professor at the University of California, San Diego. Newsom spokesperson Erin Mellon said that “what is happening on the education front reflects what we’re seeing across the country – restricting …

Endorsement: Give Newsom a second term
2 years, 7 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 …

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 …

Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox proposes plan on California homelessness
3 years, 5 months ago

Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox proposes plan on California homelessness

LA Times  

Businessman John Cox, who lost to Gavin Newsom in the 2018 California gubernatorial race, is among several candidates who will face Newsom in a recall election this year. Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox is revealing his plan to reduce homelessness as he launches a statewide bus tour Monday in Los Angeles. “That’s what John’s plan does and why we’ll cut …

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 …

Political storms swirl around California’s Newsom amid virus
3 years, 10 months ago

Political storms swirl around California’s Newsom amid virus

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In the year since California saw its first coronavirus case, Democratic Gov. It all provided fresh fodder for a recall petition that’s circulating — started by Republicans before the pandemic — and on Monday former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, a Republican, launched a bid against Newsom. Mike Trujillo, a Los Angeles strategist who worked for one …

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