Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and other members of the California Big City Mayors Coalition are set to meet with Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders in Sacramento, where they will seek funding for homeless services.
ByLos Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and other members of the California Big City Mayors Coalition are set to meet Tuesday with Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders in Sacramento, where they will seek more funding forThe mayors will be advocating for more funding for the state's Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention grant program, or HHAP.
Tuesday's meeting comes after Bass proposed a $12.8 billion city budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year -- a decrease from this fiscal year's $242 million spending plan. Of this funding, about $70 million would be used to pay for motel rooms and other interim housing, while another $60 million would cover social- services at these sites, including health care, meals, case management, housing navigation and substance-use programs. About $28 million would be allocated for permanent housing and time-limited subsidies, and $24 million for housing acquisition.
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