As significantly reducing state’s homelessness appears an impossible task, officials are moving to protect themselves.
in the latest federal census. It’s not only the most of any state but the highest ratio vis-a-vis population, and 28% of the national total.
When Newsom was running for governor six years ago, he promised to appoint a “czar” who would wage a frontal assault on homelessness. A year into his governorship, reporters pestered him about making good on the promise. Obviously irritated, at a budget news conference and snapped, “You want to know who’s the homeless czar? I’m the homeless czar in the state of California.”
Both Newsom and local officials complain about a federal appellate court ruling that homeless encampments cannot be cleared unless their occupants have access to housing. That issue is “Until Cal ICH takes these critical steps, the state will lack up‑to‑date information that it can use to make data‑driven policy decisions on how to effectively reduce homelessness,” the report declared.
“The long and short of it is we have to stop measuring success by how many dollars we’re spending,” Assembymember Josh Hoover, a Republican from Folsom, chimed in. “I am frustrated by the lack of urgency that I see today and the lack of data.”
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