The mayors of California’s 11 largest cities asked Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature on Monday to approve $3 billion over three years in the state budget for flexible homeless funding to go directly to cities.
In San Jose and Oakland, the mayors used the funds to build tiny cabins to shelter homeless people who were not open to going to a congregate setting. In Fresno and Stockton, the mayors used some of the flexible funds to hire outreach and intervention workers. Oakland also built an RV safe parking site — the first city in the state to do so.
“Today there’s not a single homeless person living on our freeways. There’s not a single tent that is erected on our freeways, and it’s because of the funding that we received from the state of California through HHAP and Project Homekey” he said. Santa Ana Mayor Vicente Sarmiento said not getting the funds from the state would mean having to dip into the cities’ general funds, which would lead to cutting or delaying funding for other programs, including parks, public safety and infrastructure.
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