{"id":2246746,"date":"2024-05-17T10:13:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-roundly-mocked-after-saying-california-is-a-national-model-for-solving-homelessness\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T10:15:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:15:49","slug":"gavin-newsom-roundly-mocked-after-saying-california-is-a-national-model-for-solving-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-roundly-mocked-after-saying-california-is-a-national-model-for-solving-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom Faces Ridicule Claiming California as Homelessness Solution Model"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgavin-newsom-roundly-mocked-after-saying-california-is-a-national-model-for-solving-homelessness%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246746&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Governor Gavin Newsom of California faced ridicule for\u2064 declaring the state a \u2063&#8221;national \u2063model&#8221; for addressing homelessness, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-records-largest-number-of-january-homicides-in-four-years\/\" title=\"Chicago Records Largest Number Of January Homicides In Four Years\">statistics showing<\/a> otherwise.\u2064 Although \u2064California saw \u2064a \u200cdecline in veteran homelessness, a federal report revealed the\u200d state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-is-in-the-bottom-10-states-for-percentage-of-residents-who-have-received-their-first-covid-vaccine-dose\/\" title=\"New York Is In The Bottom 10 States For Percentage Of Residents Who Have Received Their First COVID Vaccine Dose\">high percentage<\/a>\u2063 of \u200bhomeless individuals. Critics highlighted\u200c the challenges, including \u200dhigh rates of homelessness in\u2064 cities like Los\u2064 Angeles\u2063 and concerns over costly\u200b propositions risking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/months-after-closing-beaches-newsom-smugly-suggests-people-hit-the-sand-for-their-mental-health\/\" title=\"Months After Closing Beaches, Newsom Smugly Suggests People Hit the Sand for Their Mental Health\">mental health<\/a> funding.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) was mocked after he claimed California was the \u201cnational model\u201d for dealing with homelessness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Announcing a $3.3 billion fund to combat homelessness in his state on Tuesday, Newson boasted, \u201cThe state of California saw a decline in veteran\u2019s homelessness,\u201d adding that \u201cwe have a national model.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although California has seen a 30% drop in veteran homeless since 2012, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huduser.gov\/portal\/sites\/default\/files\/pdf\/2023-AHAR-Part-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.huduser.gov\/portal\/sites\/default\/files\/pdf\/2023-AHAR-Part-1.pdf&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716036458134000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0jGsoP-ymTZ6qqRWloKdX1\">2023 federal report<\/a> determined that 28% of the nation\u2019s homeless live in California and people sleeping on the streets in the state accounted for roughly half of the entire nation\u2019s total.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13427395\/gavin-newsom-california-national-model-homelessness.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13427395\/gavin-newsom-california-national-model-homelessness.html&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716036458135000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1BUrCIjlwKW3dXk4ItB_rm\">noted<\/a>, \u201cLos Angeles, which has more homeless people than any other US city at a staggering 65,111 people, saw its homelessness rate increase by nine percent in 2023 compared to the previous year.\u201d California\u2019s number of unsheltered homeless, 123,000, is eight times higher than that of Florida, which has just 15,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">California barely passed Newsom\u2019s $6.4 billion Proposition 1 in March, 50.2 to 49.8 percent, a proposition for which Newsom had raised over $13 million; opponents of the proposition argued that it was far too costly and would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-bystander-as-house-speakership-battle-rages-across-pennsylvania-avenue\/\" title=\"Biden watches as House speakership battle unfolds nearby.\">jeopardize funding<\/a>\u00a0for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">mental health services<\/a> and some small mental health agencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">CalMatters <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/elections\/2024\/03\/election-result-proposition-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/elections\/2024\/03\/election-result-proposition-1\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716036458135000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3DTlyRH7ZfdfJFRVV6GU65\">described<\/a> the proposition: \u201cIt includes a bond to build treatment facilities and\u00a0permanent supportive housing for people with mental health\u00a0and addiction challenges. It also proposes changes to a longstanding tax on personal incomes over $1 million, known as the Mental Health Services Act, by requiring counties to spend 30% of that revenue on housing instead of other services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1715966858845000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0CjpKbgEgpCXchCtotzUFs\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat Proposition 1 did is that it reinforced that model, provided more resources to advance that model, and we\u2019re very excited to get those dollars to work,\u201d Newsom declared.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Newsom was roundly criticized on social media with comments such as, \u201cThe model: We don\u2019t know what we did or where the money went,\u201d \u201cNewsom is right, we are a national model, but in the negative sense. Let the nation see us as a dire warning of how not to handle homelessness,\u201d and \u201cNewsom is right. The homeless crisis in California has made several nonprofit executives millionaires.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) simply posted on X, \u201cThis is the height of delusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the height of delusion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vjiag9IiMg\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vjiag9IiMg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Kiley (@KevinKileyCA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinKileyCA\/status\/1790813313871249659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom faced ridicule for proclaiming California as a &#8220;national model&#8221; for addressing homelessness. Despite announcing a $3.3 billion fund to tackle homelessness and citing a decline in veteran&#8217;s homelessness, critics mocked his assertion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2246747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/01\/gN-1-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/01\/gN-1-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}