{"id":2330377,"date":"2024-08-24T05:14:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T09:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-considers-cutting-funding-for-cities-refusing-to-clear-encampments-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-24T05:21:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T09:21:45","slug":"newsom-considers-cutting-funding-for-cities-refusing-to-clear-encampments-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-considers-cutting-funding-for-cities-refusing-to-clear-encampments-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom considers cutting funding for cities refusing to clear encampments &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fnewsom-considers-cutting-funding-for-cities-refusing-to-clear-encampments-washington-examiner%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=2330377&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>California Governor Gavin Newsom is contemplating cutting\u200b funding for\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">local governments<\/a> that fail to effectively manage and clear homelessness encampments. This potential funding reduction is being considered as a response \u2062to the significant \u2062numbers of homeless individuals in the state, which exceeds 180,000, with around 123,000 unsheltered on any given \u200dnight. Newsom&#8217;s \u2064administration has reportedly spent $27 billion since 2018 to\u2064 tackle \u2062homelessness, but an audit has raised concerns about the efficacy \u200dand\u200c transparency\u2063 of these expenditures.<\/p>\n<p>The governor&#8217;s plan to implement funding \u200bcuts comes in the\u200c wake \u2062of\u2063 a Supreme Court decision allowing cities \u2063to enforce bans on public camping, \u2062which has led to a more aggressive \u2062stance towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-releases-plan-to-teach-emergency-shelters-how-to-provide-gender-affirming-care-to-the-homeless\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Releases Plan to Teach Emergency Shelters How to Provide &quot;Gender Affirming Care&quot; to the Homeless\">clearing encampments<\/a> across California. Some Democratic-led localities have adopted similar \u200capproaches, actively removing encampments more forcefully. \u200cNewsom&#8217;s recent \u2063actions emphasize accountability, with \u2064a \u2064focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-heads-to-wisconsin-neck-and-neck-with-trump\/\" title=\"Biden and Trump tied in Wisconsin race.\">achieving tangible results<\/a> \u200bin addressing \u2062homelessness.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Newsom considers cutting funding for cities refusing to clear encampments<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1713799\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Local governments in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"California \">California <\/a>could have their funding&nbsp;for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"California \">homelessness<\/a> slashed next year if they fail to use what is left in this year&rsquo;s budget to sweep encampments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Gov. Gavin Newsom\">Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) is purportedly weighing the funding cut for cities and counties dragging their feet on clearing large encampments that have dotted the state, <em>Bloomberg <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-08-23\/newsom-mulls-cuts-for-cities-with-unspent-homelessness-funds-amid-la-county-spat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) greets people on July 8, 2024, near the Common Man Roadside Market and Deli in Hooksett, New Hampshire. Newsom issued an executive order Thursday, July 25, for the removal of homeless encampments in his state. (AP Photo\/Steven Senne)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The cuts could come as soon as next year, though it is not clear just how much money Newsom&rsquo;s administration is ready to withhold or which counties and cities are at the top of the list.&nbsp;There are more than 180,000 homeless people in the state.<\/p>\n<p>About 123,000 Californians are unsheltered on any given night, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-officials-challenge-latest-homeless-count-that-found-zero-homeless-in-venice-beach\/\" title=\"Los Angeles Officials Challenge Latest Homeless Count That Found Zero Homeless In Venice Beach\">recent count<\/a>. Unlike New York City, which guarantees people the right to housing, California does not.<\/p>\n<p>Since Newsom was elected governor in 2018, the state has spent $27 billion to address homelessness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/information.auditor.ca.gov\/reports\/2023-102.1\/index.html#section1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"audit \">audit <\/a>released earlier this year called California&rsquo;s ability to track and analyze its spending on homeless services into question. <\/p>\n<p>The state does not have up-to-date information on the costs or results of its many homelessness programs because the agency tasked with gathering and tracking program success stopped analyzing spending in 2021, according to the report by State Auditor Grant Parks.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the five state programs the audit reviewed failed to produce enough data for Parks to determine whether they were effective. One of the programs was California&rsquo;s main homelessness funding source.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Newsom has gotten tougher on homelessness. He was further emboldened after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"U.S. Supreme Court\">Supreme Court<\/a> ruled 6-3 in June that cities could begin to ban people from sleeping and camping in public areas. The ruling overturned a lower court decision that called it cruel and usual under the Eighth Amendment to punish those sleeping outside if they had nowhere else to go.<\/p>\n<p>A month later, Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3099125\/gavin-newsom-order-dismantle-homeless-encampments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"issued an order \">issued an order <\/a>for officials to start dismantling hundreds of homeless encampments around California.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom&rsquo;s move is by far the most sweeping response to date following that decision.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the state&rsquo;s largest Democratic-led localities have embraced the governor&rsquo;s crackdown including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/london-breed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"San Francisco Mayor London Breed\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed<\/a>, who has stepped up encampment removals. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oakland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Oakland\">Oakland<\/a>, police evicted dozens of homeless people from a site, and Fresno recently enacted penalties for violating its camping bans in public areas with steep $500 fines or six<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/malaysians-protest-six-month-jail-sentences-for-not-wearing-coronavirus-mask\/\" title=\"Malaysians Protest Six-Month Jail Sentences for Not Wearing Coronavirus Mask\">-month jail sentences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Newsom rolled up his sleeves at an event in the San Fernando Valley, where he helped pick up trash from an encampment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we don&rsquo;t see demonstrable results, I&rsquo;ll start to&nbsp;redirect money,&rdquo; Newsom told reporters, adding, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be candid with you. This is more broadly an indictment of counties. &hellip; Counties need to do more.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County has been the most vocal against Newsom&rsquo;s demands.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles area itself has about 75,000 unhoused people, or about 40% of the state total.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" \"> <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the past three years, the state has doled out about&nbsp;$3 billion for homelessness and affordable housing programs in Los Angeles city and county.<\/p>\n<p>Christina Villacorte, a spokeswoman for LA County&rsquo;s Homeless Initiative, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-08-23\/newsom-mulls-cuts-for-cities-with-unspent-homelessness-funds-amid-la-county-spat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> <em>Bloomberg <\/em>that &ldquo;any loss of funding that has already been allotted for a variety of housing and homeless services would derail Los Angeles County&rsquo;s emergency response to homelessness,&rdquo; adding that it would &ldquo;hurt the momentum that has taken new strategies, extensive recruiting, and exhaustive work to build.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1713799\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1713799\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsom is contemplating reducing funding for cities that do not clear homeless encampments. California local governments may face cuts to their homelessness budgets next year if they do not utilize remaining funds from this year&#8217;s budget to address encampments. According to a Bloomberg report, Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is considering these funding reductions for municipalities that are slow to act on clearing large encampments throughout the state. <\/p>\n<p>As of now, there are over 180,000 homeless individuals in California, with approximately 123,000 unsheltered each night. Unlike New York City, which guarantees housing rights, California does not have such provisions. Since Newsom took office in 2018, the state has allocated $27 billion towards tackling homelessness; however, an audit released earlier this year raised concerns about the state&#8217;s ability to track and analyze its spending on homeless services.<\/p>\n<p>The audit revealed that the agency responsible for monitoring program success ceased analyzing expenditures in 2021 and found insufficient data from three out of five reviewed programs to assess their effectiveness. Following a Supreme Court ruling in June allowing cities to prohibit sleeping and camping in public spaces\u2014overturning a previous decision deemed unconstitutional\u2014Newsom has intensified his approach toward homelessness by ordering officials to dismantle numerous encampments statewide.<\/p>\n<p>Some major Democratic-led cities have supported this initiative; San Francisco&#8217;s Mayor London Breed has increased removals of encampments while Oakland police have evicted many unhoused individuals from certain locations. Fresno has also implemented strict penalties for camping violations.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month at an event in San Fernando Valley, Newsom participated in cleaning up an encampment and stated that he would redirect funds if there were no visible improvements: &#8220;This is more broadly an indictment of counties&#8230; Counties need to do more.&#8221; Los Angeles County has been particularly resistant to his demands as it houses around 75,000 unhoused people\u2014about 40% of the state&#8217;s total.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, California allocated roughly $3 billion for homelessness and affordable housing initiatives within Los Angeles city and county. Christina Villacorte from LA County\u2019s Homeless Initiative expressed concerns that any loss of already designated funding could undermine emergency responses and disrupt progress made through new strategies and extensive efforts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2330378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gavin-newsom-oakland.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39174,11862,39173,11561,3678],"class_list":["post-2330377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-city-policy","tag-encampments","tag-funding-cuts","tag-homelessness","tag-newsom"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gavin-newsom-oakland.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330377","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\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}