Previously blocked homelessness funds are expected to flow to the Bay Area and beyond starting this week.
After freezing $1 billion in much-needed state funds and chastising local leaders for doing far too little to address the homelessness crisis, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office says cities and counties have agreed to step up — and therefore the money will start flowing this week.— which is supposed to fund everything from shelter beds to case management services in the Bay Area and throughout the state — until local officials produced more ambitious plans to reduce homelessness in their communities.
“This was an important conversation that allowed us to speak with candor and to share some good ideas with one another,” Newsom said in a news release. San Jose, which asked for $29 million and pledged to reduce the number of people on its streets 4% by 2024, doesn’t plan to change its current goals, said Ragan Henninger, deputy director of the city’s housing department.
“Now we can comfortably project greater outcomes,” he said. “We hope those reflect what the state is looking for and are able to be accepted.”
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