The governor and San Francisco are taking a hard line to empty encampments. That's not the way solve to solve homelessness.
It’s been disappointing to see Gov. Gavin Newsom take a hard line on homelessness by directing state agencies and departments to clear encampments on state-owned land, such as freeway embankments, and encouraging local governments to do the same. Meanwhile Los Angeles city and county leaders continue to do the hard but effective work of reaching out to people in encampments and getting them into temporary and permanent housing even when it takes weeks or months to do so.
He created Project Roomkey, the program that cities and counties used to move vulnerable homeless people into empty hotel and motel rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic using federal emergency relief funds. He started the Homekey program that funds acquisition of housing for homeless people. And he made $1.3 billion available in federal funds through the Housing and Homelessness Incentive Program to encourage Medi-Cal healthcare providers to invest in local homelessness programs.
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