Gov. Newsom has made record investments to ease homelessness. But ending the humanitarian crisis will require more money over a longer period of time.
Weeks into her tenure as Los Angeles mayor, Karen Bass talks about her focus on homelessness and affordable housing.The Corporation for Supportive Housing put out alast month estimating that the state needed to invest $8.1 billion a year over 12 years to solve homelessness in California.
Newsom has expressed concern that homelessness has increased and encampments have proliferated even as the money invested goes up. He’s right to demand accountability from cities and counties to use this money effectively. If Bass and her staff can keep up this pace and speed up permanent housing projects, then the city could see a transformation on the streets.
more aggressive goals. Local officials take that to mean significantly reducing the number of homeless people.
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