California is poised to allocate an immense $300 million for clearing homeless camps along state roads, an initiative spearheaded by Governor Gavin Newsom and the Department of Transportation, Caltrans. This response comes amid escalating public frustration over the pervasive issue of homelessness.
The funds will be distributed via grants, reviewed by the state’s Interagency Council on Homelessness, targeting homeless settlements found on transportation-related lands, including highways, bike paths, and park-and-ride facilities. The program’s primary objective is the safe relocation of homeless individuals into housing, as their current living conditions pose significant risks to personal safety and public infrastructure.
Fire hazards constitute a major concern, particularly highlighted by a recent significant fire near a Los Angeles I-10 freeway homeless encampment. While the exact cause of the fire remains unclear, the incident underlines the dangers associated with outdoor cooking, electricity theft, and the accumulation of flammable materials in these encampments.
Newsom’s administration asserts that approximately 5,700 encampments have been cleared in the past two years, with an existing allocation of $415 million for encampment cleanups and housing provisions. Newsom emphasizes the importance of addressing the root causes of homelessness to facilitate long-term solutions.
However, this approach faces criticism, particularly from California state Senator Brian Dahle (Republican). Dahle argues that the state’s efforts have merely displaced homeless populations without offering effective resolutions. He stresses that California’s spending on the homeless crisis, which surpasses per-person expenditure on education, has yet to yield substantial results. Dahle calls for a focus on tangible outcomes rather than political ambitions, labeling the homeless crisis a national disgrace.
He’s afraid he wont get re-elected if he don’t. That’s thw number one and only priority that a polirician has anymore. Do whatever he has to do to get votes.
IF CALIFORNIA HAS TERM LIMITS, NEWSOME WILL NOT BE RE-ELECTED…..HE IS IN HIS SECOND TERM…
He’s eyeing a presidency. Him and Desanta’s had an eye opening debate. Exposing California’s poop map and China flags lining for Xi’s visit with not one US flag. Then remember he had just recently came back from a China visit showing himself playing basketball with one of the kids there. People need to remember how nasty, lying and deceptive all these governors were, especially in the Democrat states, while they still enjoyed dinners, weddings and outings with their kind and no masks, at the same time telling the people how selfish and inconsiderate they were. Nuisance Newsome.
Its the very rich gated communities of Hollywood that keep this man in office. They are safe so who cares about the rest of the state.
He is way to late. He allowed this to happen and now wants to look like a hero because he is running for President.
This mess was spawned in a large part by dem-commies in the bigger cities of CA like LA and San Fran and by the dem- ommies in the state legislature. There are parts of CA where the people don’t want any part of the insane policies created by these politicians with more than one screw loose.
What happened to sanctuary cities in CA? They offered piece and safety…California got what they wanted and now blame it on other factors..Hey wake up Californian vote out that liberal, twisted tale and remarkable sweet talker. We want to vacation in SFO but no way Jose! California tourism is in decline blame your governor.
BESIDES HOW MANY THOUSAND LEFT CLIFORNIA AND MOVED TO FLORIDA ETC. NEWSOME DESTROYED CALIF. HE IS NOT WORTHY TO BE PRESIDENT. JUST BECAUSE HE IS RELATED TO ””PELOSI”’ WHO IS AS BAD AS NEWSOME DOES NOT MEAN A THING. REMOVE ALL THESE WOKE LEFTISTS,LET US FIX OUR COUNTRY AND OUR ECONOMY. VOTE PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHO IS SMEARED BY JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN AND THE CORRUPT BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.DEMOCRATS KNOW THEY ARE NOT FIT TO SHINE TRUMPS SHOES.ALL THESE LIES ARE POLITICAL. JUST LOOK AT MORON JAMES. LYING TO KEEP HER JOB. LET US HOPE NEW YORKERS WILL VOTE THIS SCUM OUT OF OFFICE,
Newscum is as phony as the rest of the commie party but Calipornians elected him so who’s really responsible for his garbage???
I moved to California from Vermont. Biggest mistake I ever made. Air, water, economy in Ca. is terrible. People are rude, medical care is worse than in third world countries, law enfrcement is non-existent, and the state appears to be one big toilet.
I will be one of many hundets (thousands) that will leave Ca this year. I pity the people that must live here…………
YES THE DEMOCRATS DESTROYED CALIFORNIA.BUT FOOLS STILL VOTE FOR THEM LET US HOPE SOME OF THEM STILL HAVE ENOUGH BRAINS TO SEE BIDEN AND NEWSOMES DESTRUCTION. VOTE FOR TRUMP IF YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN ”’NO”’ GENDER IDEOLOGY, IN SCHOOLS OR ANY OTHER WOKE CRAP.
I am sorry, but I cannot feel sorry for California. These folks vote there crazy*s into office so now they can live with the consequences.
Newsom is only interested in his political career and couldn’t care less about Californias Homeless. This Nightmare is A Direct Result Of His Own Disasterousely Stupid Governance. Citizens are nothing More than Cattle. Only Exhausting To Pay His Bills
California has turned into a shit hole !!!!!!! the Democrat Party is part of a communist control dictatorship that will turn the USA into a third world country. The common working person, the elderly senior citizens, the vets, the children – will all pay the price. The evil elite rich and corrupt communist choosen ones will control all of our lives. They are following the Nazi rule book on how to destroy our God, beliefs, families, businesses, and future for our children and the generatins to come —- IF ANY ARE LEFT !!!!!!!!!! The republican party needs to STOP just talking about doing something and TAKE ACTION AND DO SOMETHING TO STOP ALL OF THIS EVIL THAT IS TAKEN PLACE RIGHT NOW !!!!!!!! WE WILL BE DISTROYED AND ELIMINATED- OUR CHILDREN WILL TO CONTROLLED AND TURN AGAINST THIER OWN FAMILIES. California is just the test state for their control . This government will distroy all of our lives and values and means of our independence.
I have the answer to the problem. Newsom pelosi and all of the Hollywood one percenters and those that threaten to leave the country and the rest of those who support and or turn their back on illegal immigration should take them in and give them a good place to live and a safe place. Because i would suspect that most if not all have walls around their homes
Newsom is the worst governor California ever had. I can’t stand to watch or listen to him.
I honestly think it is too late. The commies are trying to destroy Trump and put him away for good. They will stop at NOTHING to remain in power. Anybody who thinks the election wasn’t stolen from Trump is a fool. Why are they persecuting him, Juliani, and everyone who backed him!! These are braindead idiots who are the cockroaches of our society. Letting all these horrible illegals in who are destroying our communities is only because they want the votes and could care less about the outcome. Trump is right. May they ROT IN HELL!
In my book the voters are the guilty here.They vote for dumbos every election so they own this mess.
Elections? Votes? Lol
I live in maryland. We just got slambasted with a talking head communist “govornor ” who showed up out of nowhere shortly before the “election” . The non voters are the problem. We have a completely red state with only a few disgusting blue dots ( cities) tgey vote, two and three times, their dead relatives vote. But the hicks and rednecks and dumbass farmers never go vote. They went in 2016 and walked around saying ” we got trump” in 2018 they all walkef around saying :we got trump” and never voted, well we got screwed because of that. That waz the worst midterm i can think of , im 53 ive been watching the slow kill and the election cheating ever since carter
There really isn’t a solution to the homeless population as long as drugs and financial assistance are readily obtainable. The vast majority of them have no desire to change their lifestyle.
The choice to live that way is theirs.
This very simple it’s Nuisance and the dems fault and nobody else they made this a one party rule here making promise they can’t keep they are turning Cal. into socialist communist state and the dem voter don’t wait to it starts effecting them.