SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nearly $200 million in grant money will go to California cities and counties to move homeless people from encampments into housing, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday while also pledging increased oversight of efforts by local governments to reduce homelessness. The Democratic governor said he will move 22 state personnel from a housing enforcement unit to help cities and counties deliver on projects to reduce homelessness — and to crack down if they do not. He also said local governments will have to plan to build new housing for homeless residents or face potential legal action from the attorney general’s office. “I’m not interested in funding failure any longer,” he said at a virtual news conference. “Encampments, what’s happening on the streets, has to be a top priority. People have to see and feel the progress and the change. And if they’re not, or counties are turning their back ... I’m not interested in continuing the status quo.” |
China renews highest alert for cold waveInside MollyChina to build pilot zones for special needs education reformChina shortens infectious disease reporting time to four hoursNew productive forces play key role in growthPush for more parental care leave gathers paceTaiwan students can apply for mainland universities from March 1China commits to establishing regionHow to tackle crime in Indian Country? Empower tribal justice, exHKSAR LegCo unanimously passes national security bill