{"id":156552,"date":"2024-05-11T09:08:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T13:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=156552"},"modified":"2024-05-11T09:08:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T13:08:07","slug":"governor-gavin-newsoms-homelessness-council-lost-track-of-20-billion-in-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=156552","title":{"rendered":"Governor Gavin Newsom’s Homelessness Council lost track of $20 billion in spending"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A representative from the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (CICH) was unable to answer questions related to the $20 billion spent since the council was set up. The representative said that CICH was dealing with quality issues, so they did not have the metrics available that could detail how the $20 billion was spent. He assured the California Assembly Budget Committee, that they, CICH, was working expeditiously to address this issue.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“You come to a budget committee, and there’s no numbers,” Democratic Assemblymember Phil Ting said to Newsom’s housing and homelessness officials during Monday’s budget committee hearing. “How many people have we helped? How many people are off the street?”<\/p>\n

“Because that’s what people want to know,” he added.<\/p>\n

A California Interagency Council on Homelessness (CICH) executive responded that they’re dealing with “data quality issues,” so metrics are not yet available for how more than $20 billion was spent since the council’s inception.<\/p>\n

“We’re working expeditiously,” executive officer Meghan Marshall said.<\/p>\n

“What does that mean though? We spent billions of dollars, and you can’t tell us at all how many people we’ve helped,” Tang said.<\/p>\n

Megan Kirkeby, deputy director for the California Department of Housing and Community Development, told lawmakers in the committee that the state didn’t previously require them to track its progress on spending or the viability of its programs, adding it’s not “something to be proud of.”<\/p>\n

CICH, the blue state’s hub for coordinating the state’s homeless programs, shifted blame to local cities last month in an emailed response to Fox News Digital’s inquiry about the failure to track the money. A senior spokesperson said municipalities “are primarily responsible for implementing these programs and collecting data on outcomes that the state can use to evaluate program effectiveness.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joseph, J. (2024, May 10). Blue state Dems turn on Governor as homeless council can’t account for 20 billion in spending. Fox News<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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