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Posted by: thepinetree on 07/25/2024 02:28 PM
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Governor Newsom Orders Agencies to Address Encampments in their Communities with Urgency and Diignity
Sacramento, CA...What you need to know: Governor Newsom today issued an executive order directing state agencies to urgently address homeless encampments while respecting the dignity and safety of Californians experiencing homelessness. The Governor’s order, which follows the Supreme Court’s decision in Grants Pass, also urges local governments to use substantial funding provided by the state to take similar action.
Building on California’s ongoing work and unprecedented investments to address the decades-long issue of homelessness, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order today ordering state agencies and departments to adopt clear policies that urgently address homeless encampments while respecting the dignity and well-being of all Californians. With the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Grants Pass v Johnson, local governments now have the tools and authority to address dangerous encampments and help provide those residing in encampments with the resources they need.
“This executive order directs state agencies to move urgently to address dangerous encampments while supporting and assisting the individuals living in them — and provides guidance for cities and counties to do the same. The state has been hard at work to address this crisis on our streets. There are simply no more excuses. It’s time for everyone to do their part.”
Governor Newsom’s executive order directs state agencies and departments to adopt humane and dignified policies to urgently address encampments on state property, including by taking necessary and deliberate steps to notify and support the people inhabiting the encampment prior to removal. Governor Newsom has made record-level investments to address the housing crisis, investing over $24 billion across multiple state agencies and departments, including billions of dollars in funding to assist local jurisdictions in providing services and wrap-around support to people living in encampments. In Fiscal Year 2022-2023, these investments helped lift more than 165,000 people out of homelessness and into interim or permanent housing.
California blueprint
Governor Newsom’s order directs state agencies and departments to adopt policies and plans consistent with the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) existing encampment policy. Since July 2021, California has resolved more than 11,000 encampments, and has removed 248,275 cubic yards of debris from encampments along the state right of way in preparation for Clean California projects. Prioritizing encampments that pose a threat to the life, health, and safety of the community, Caltrans provides advance notice of clearance and works with local service providers to support those experiencing homelessness at the encampment, and stores personal property collected at the site for at least 60 days.
The order encourages local governments to emulate the state’s successful model to adopt local policies and to use all available resources, including those provided by the state’s historic investments in housing and intervention programs, to address encampments within their jurisdictions.
Proposition 1 funding available for local governments. Governor Newsom also encourages local governments to apply for the newly available $3.3 billion in competitive grant funding from Proposition 1 to expand the behavioral health continuum and provide appropriate care to individuals experiencing mental health conditions and substance use disorders — with a particular focus on people who are most seriously ill, vulnerable, or homeless. Proposition 1 includes two parts: a $6.4 billion Behavioral Health Bond for treatment settings and housing with services, and historic reform of the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) to focus on people with the most serious illnesses, substance disorders, and housing needs.
The state also recently released the Proposition 1 Behavioral Health Services Act: Housing Supports Primer (July 2024) for counties, which explains how to spend the projected $950 million annual BHSA revenue on housing interventions Unprecedented investments to support communities Governor Newsom is tackling California’s homelessness crisis head-on.
Since he took office, the state has developed a Statewide Action Plan for Preventing and Ending Homelessness and the Governor has demanded unprecedented accountability from local governments to do their part to end the homelessness crisis through regionally coordinated action plans.The Governor has also pioneered nation-leading homeless and housing reforms and invested more than $24 billion to address this crisis with state and local support, including $4.85 billion for Homeless, Housing Assistance and Prevention Grants for local jurisdictions to prevent and reduce homelessness, $1 billion in Encampment Resolution Funding to assist local jurisdictions in providing services and supports to people living in encampments, and $3.3 billion for Homekey to rapidly expand housing for persons experiencing homelessness.
A copy of today’s executive order can be found here.
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Posted on: 2024-07-25 14:43:30
By: Anonymous
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Gavin has spent over 24 Billion dollars on the homeless problem and has 1) no idea if it's done any good & 2) no accountability where the money has gone.
BUT Kamala? I'm ready to be your Vice President and instead of you getting on your knees , for a change let me get on mine, especially since Harvey Weinstein put his fish shaped schlong in my First Partner's snatch. Jennifer even emailed Harvey over a dozen times 'After' she claimed she was raped.
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Homelessness
Posted on: 2024-07-25 14:44:05
By: Anonymous
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It has taken a long time for Governor Newsom to realize that allowing encampment to thrive, is not the answer.
Allowing homeless people to take over entire sidewalks is not the answer.
Tough solutions need to address the issue.
GOP Legislators want to ignore the problem, or make homelessness a crime. Punishable how?
No easy answers, but something needs to be done that works.
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Re: Homelessness
Posted on: 2024-07-25 14:47:51
By: Anonymous
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California needs more affordable housing.
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Re: Homelessness
Posted on: 2024-07-25 15:47:26
By: Anonymous
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Newsom looks like a younger Biden a fuk head.
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Re: Homelessness
Posted on: 2024-07-25 16:08:18
By: Anonymous
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I’m not a Newsom fan.
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Re: Homelessness
Posted on: 2024-07-25 16:31:29
By: Anonymous
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Trump's changing story about his ear 'wound'.
Originally:
"I took a bullet for the country."
Then:
"I don't know where the shrapnel came from, but it nicked me."
Now, the truth:
"When I heard the first pop, I reached up with the razor blade and cut my right ear. Then I hit the deck, like my acting coach said."
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No Subject
Posted on: 2024-07-25 15:50:35
By: Anonymous
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Harvey beat the shi* out of newsom so the dark glasses are to hide his blacken eyes.
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Posted on: 2024-07-25 16:10:42
By: Anonymous
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FUK YOU NEWSCUM!
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Posted on: 2024-07-25 16:20:54
By: Anonymous
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Jen loves pearl necklaces just ask Harvey! haha
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No Subject
Posted on: 2024-07-25 20:59:07
By: Anonymous
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HERE WE GO AGAIN, RIOTERS BURNING AMERICAN FLAGS, BEATING UP COPS, DEFACING PUBLIC PROPERTY, A PRESIDENT THAT JUST TURNED THE COUNTRY OVER TO A LEFT-WING, NUT JOB, WARS ALL AROUND US, AN OPEN BORDER, MS-13 ROAMING THE COUNTRY, A LIBTARD GOVENOR THAT DOESNT KNOW HOW TO SOLVE ANYTHING, KILLINGS ON THE STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE MAJOR CITIES, WHAT ELSE? THAT SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH, BUT YET MANY OF YOU IGNORANT PEOPLE WILL VOTE FOR THIS! I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, AS A COMBAT INFANTRYMAN, ALONG WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS THAT SERVED WILL MAKE SURE YOUR ASS IS HURTING BIG TIME IF YOU EVER DARE TO BURN MY FLAG AND THINK YOUR A HERO! TAKE THIS AS A WARNING!
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