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In a state audit, released in early April, it was revealed that California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over the past five years, yet did not consistently track how exactly the huge ...

To address the crisis, the state allocated nearly $24 billion over the past five years to fund at least 30 homeless and housing programs during the last five fiscal years (2018-2023).

Since taking office in 2019, his state budget has increased from $201.4 billion to $454.7 billion in 2023. Despite the Democratic governor’s efforts, homelessness has risen 53% in his state ...

California failed to track the effectiveness of its billion-dollar spending on homelessness programs and "must do more to assess the cost-effectiveness of its homelessness programs," according to ...

California spent $24 billion on the state’s homeless crisis over the past five years, but it did not consistently track whether the enormous amount of spending was making a dent in the problem, a state audit has found. The audit released Tuesday found California “lacks current information on the ongoing costs and outcomes of its ...

The California State Auditor yesterday issued a scathing report on how very broken are the state’s homeless programs. In the last five years, the state has spent about $24 billion dollars trying to eradicate – or at least lessen – California’s enormous homelessness problem.

California has spent $20 billion over the past five years dedicated to the state’s homelessness crisis, including funneling money toward supporting shelters and subsidizing rent.

A state audit has found that California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over a five year period but didn’t consistently track the outcomes or effectiveness of its programs. The report released Tuesday, April 9, 2024, attempts to assess how effective the state and local cities have been spending billions of dollars to address the ...

Tens of billions of dollars, nine agencies and more than 30 programs. As the homelessness crisis has intensified, California under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s leadership allocated an unprecedented $24 billion to address homelessness and housing during the last five fiscal years, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California spent $24 billion on homelessness in 5 years but didn’t consistently track outcomes, state audit finds.

The report, which took over a year to complete and was requested by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, sought to account for the $24 billion California has spent on its fight against homelessness.

The California State Auditor’s office found a number of “gaps” in data collection and evaluation for allocating approximately $24 billion in taxpayer money during the 2018-2023 fiscal years. California’s handling of its homeless population has sparked criticism from lawmakers and public figures after an audit found Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration...

California has devoted $24 billion to homelessness programs during the last five years. The problem’s only gotten worse. Since 2019, homelessness in the state rose by almost 20% to more than ...

California auditor’s report found that despite roughly $24 billion spent on homeless and housing programs during the 2018-2023 fiscal years, the problem didn’t improve in many cities ...

The state spent 24-billion dollars in public money on homeless and housing programs between 2018 and 2023, but according to the audit, the crisis didn’t improve. The report found that the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, the agency responsible for allocating agencies and resources for programs, stopped tracking how much was ...

California's effort to combat homelessness fails to curb rising unhoused population California is spending billions of dollars on ... It comes as California has spent nearly $24 billion over the ...

The California State Auditor’s report, released on April 9, detailed multiple “gaps” in accountability in regards to how the money was allocated during the 2018-2023 fiscal years. Lead auditor Grant Parks said the state “has not collected sufficient data” to prove that the billions of dollars improved the situation.

California has spent more than $20 billion over the past five years to help people get off the streets, but homelessness has continued to rise — jumping by 6% in 2023 to more than 180,000 people.

Although federal funding for education is challenging to calculate and arrives through multiple channels, some tallies put the figure at $16.3 billion per year in California — including money ...