Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom demanded results from California cities receiving state homelessness funds.
During his budget presentation, the governor said lawmakers were “lighting (him) up” to author legislation aligning state and local homelessness goals and setting criteria to measure the progress of programs addressing the state’s unhoused population.
But as the Friday bill introduction deadline loomed, Newsom has yet to champion the kind of measure he pushed.
On Thursday, he declined to take a position on a bill introduced by Assemblywoman Luz Rivas, D-San Fernando Valley, creating an accountability framework for cities, counties and organizations receiving state Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) funds.
Under the bill, introduced Monday, those that fail to meet a certain portion of their goals could lose funding to another entity in the same region.
Newsom, meeting with reporters after a school tour in Sacramento, said he “tends to be careful and cautious about bills (he) hasn’t read.”
NEWSOM SEEKS HOMELESSNESS RESULTS
The governor has grown increasingly indignant about the amount of money California has spent to address homelessness, even as the problem has grown on his watch.
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