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SFO seen as refuge by the unhoused 04:16. California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over the past five years but didn't consistently track whether the huge outlay of public money ...

An estimated 171,000 people are homeless in California, which amounts to roughly 30 per cent of all of the homeless people in the US. However, without a clear dataset, it is unclear how much of ...

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.

Lea esta historia en Español. Exactly how much is California spending to combat homelessness — and is it working? It turns out, no one knows. That’s the result of a much-anticipated statewide audit released Tuesday, which calls into question the state’s ability to track and analyze its spending on homelessness services.. The state doesn’t have current information on the ongoing costs ...

An estimated 181,399 people — with 68% unsheltered — are homeless in California, the U.S. Department of Urban Planning and Development reported last December. That number marks a 53% increase ...

California’s largest city, Los Angeles, has seen a slight decline in its homeless population. After spending $250 million to address the issue, last week Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass celebrated ...

A 2023 UC San Francisco report found 34% of homeless individuals in California are not from California, meaning state taxpayers may have covered $12.6 billion since 2019 on homeless spending for individuals from other states or nations.

California has spent a stunning $17.5 billion trying to combat homelessness over just four years. But, in the same time frame, from 2018 to 2022, the state’s homeless population actually grew.

An estimated 171,000 people are homeless in California, which amounts to roughly 30% of all of the homeless people in the U.S. Despite the roughly billions of dollars spent on more than 30 homeless and housing programs during the 2018-2023 fiscal years, California doesn’t have reliable data needed to fully understand why the problem didn’t ...

That’s despite an unprecedented nearly $24 billion in state spending on homelessness over the same period (PDF), in addition to local and federal investments, according to the audit. “California is facing a concerning paradox: despite an exorbitant amount of dollars spent, the state’s homeless population is not slowing down,” Sen. Roger Niello (R-Fair Oaks), vice chair of the Senate ...

Since 2013, California’s homeless population has increased 53 percent, currently hovering around 180,000. Rep. Kevin Kiley, writing on X (formerly Twitter), called the results “infuriating,” and “even worse than expected,” noting he had first asked for an audit in 2020 but “Newsom intervened to kill it.”

An audit of homeless funding released by the California Interagency Council on Homelessness in April revealed the state had lost track of nearly $24 billion for homelessness and housing between ...

Unquestionably, as the spending around the state has gone so has the homeless population. What is also unquestionable, according to the audit, is the fact that the state isn’t really sure how it is money is being spent. In theory the California Interagency Council on Homelessness is supposed to oversee the labyrinth of homeless service programs.

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.

In 2023-24, the city allocated a combined total of $1.28 billion to homelessness. In a November 2024 report, the City Controller found that the city had not spent at least $513 million in funding.

California officials often blame a lack of funding for their failures to address the state’s multiple crises, yet an independent audit of Los Angeles’ spending of $2.3 billion in homeless ...

Recent audits specifically pointed to reckless spending and a lack of transparency at the LA Homeless Services Authority, or LAHSA, which provides shelter for homeless residents. In early April, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to pull roughly $300 million in funding from LAHSA and transfer that money to the county's newly ...

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.

California has allocated more than $20 billion to alleviate the state’s homelessness crisis since Gavin Newsom became governor in 2019, but there’s precious little data on how the money was spent and what effect it’s had, other than the number of unhoused people has continued to climb.. Despite the absence of hard information, Newsom has been highly critical of what he characterizes as ...