FALSE CLAIM: $24 billion for homelessness went missing, no one knows where it went.
Claim
$24 billion for homelessness went missing, no one knows where it went.
Fact
That’s flat-out false.
The state distributed $24 billion to local governments to address homelessness through numerous state programs — all the money is accounted for.
- The audit showed that previously not all state programs required locals to report how those dollars improved homelessness for the most recent years and lacked data to compare the effectiveness of one program versus another. That’s been fixed.
- The state has added strong accountability and reporting requirements for local governments that receive state funding.
- Any notion that the state doesn’t know where the money went is preposterous, and that’s not what the audit by the State Auditor reported.
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False Claim: ‘Governor Newsom has done little to solve the homelessness problem’
Since Governor Newsom took office through 2023, 471,372 housing units have been completed in the state.
FALSE CLAIM: Homelessness is growing faster under the Newsom Administration
In California, unsheltered population grew almost 4x faster from 2014-2019 (before Newsom Admin) than during the Newsom Administration.
Homelessness is NOT increasing in California faster than anywhere else in the country.
Homelessness in California increased just 3.13%, while the nation saw a 18.13% increase.