California will provide about $300 million to local jurisdictions throughout the state to clean up homeless encampments, California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office has announced.
"I think we can all agree that we need to do more to clean up encampments," Newsom said during a virtual press conference on Monday.
Newsom said that agencies who use the funds will be held accountable to "minimum expectations and standards."
Newsom's office also announced that the state has cleaned up about 5,700 encampments since July 2021 as part of the state's Encampment Resolution Fund.
"We weren't just cleaning up encampments – out of sight, out of mind – and displacing people, removing people, but ... we're trying to resolve the underlying issues in the first place and actually support people in getting them back on their feet to self-sufficiency," Newsom said.
Here's what you need to know about the latest move to tackle homelessness in the Golden State:
The $299 million available to local jurisdictions will be awarded in competitive grants. To win a grant, cities and counties will have to apply with the California Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Applications will be accepted through the end of June or until funds run out.
“Housing is the solution to homelessness, and these grants will help our local partners assist their unhoused neighbors move from dangerous and unsightly encampments into safe and stable places they can call home,” Meghan Marshall, the council's executive officer, said in a statement.
Sixty-six communities have been awarded $414 million from the Encampment Resolution Fund since 2021, the governor's office said.
The state's transportation department said the funds will help them move encampments out of dangerous locations near freeways and park and rides.
"Caltrans is working to connect people experiencing homelessness on its right-of-way to more secure and stable housing situations offered by local partners,” Alisa Becerra, deputy division chief of Caltrans, said in a statement.
The governor said that over 13,000 homeless people had been helped by previous distributions from the Encampment Resolution Fund and the new distribution will help another 10,000 more.
According to a 2023 study by the University of California, San Francisco:
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