Governor Gavin Newsom announced $290 million in new funding to address homelessness in California after the state’s first drop in unsheltered homelessness in over 15 years. The funding will expand housing and mental health services and strengthen the CARE Act, which helps people with severe mental illness get treatment and housing through a supportive court process. Every county in California is required to implement the CARE Act, and Newsom called out 10 underperforming counties that will receive additional support, including Monterey County.”There are a number of counties that get it and getting things done proving it can be done when you have leadership that cares enough to get it done as opposed to dialing it in,” Newsom said.Details about what the additional support will include weren’t immediately clear, but Newsom suggested that funding could be moved from those counties if they don’t improve their numbers.
Governor Gavin Newsom announced $290 million in new funding to address homelessness in California after the state’s first drop in unsheltered homelessness in over 15 years.
The funding will expand housing and mental health services and strengthen the CARE Act, which helps people with severe mental illness get treatment and housing through a supportive court process.
Every county in California is required to implement the CARE Act, and Newsom called out 10 underperforming counties that will receive additional support, including Monterey County.
“There are a number of counties that get it and getting things done proving it can be done when you have leadership that cares enough to get it done as opposed to dialing it in,” Newsom said.
Details about what the additional support will include weren’t immediately clear, but Newsom suggested that funding could be moved from those counties if they don’t improve their numbers.