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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 ...

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 ...

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

Despite the Democratic governor’s efforts, homelessness has risen 53% in his state since 2013.. California’s largest city, Los Angeles, has seen a slight decline in its homeless population ...

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 ...

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 ...

California spends more on homelessness each year, but the number of people on the street continues to climb as many as 181,399 as of 2023. Get top local stories in Southern California delivered 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 Homeless Initiative of LA County says that since June of 2017, more than 125,000 homeless people have been placed in permanent housing, while almost 43,000 people were prevented from becoming ...

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 ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, right, joins California Gov. Gavin Newsom at a news conference in L.A. to announce new state funding to bring homeless people off the streets and into housing with ...

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 (FOX26) — California has spent billions of dollars on homelessness in the last five years without making sure it actually was working. Now a new state audit says California has failed to monitor spending on homelessness programs accurately. [RELATED] 4-year-old abducted by mother found, reunited with family following Amber Alert Both the CEO of the Fresno Rescue Mission and ...

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 ...

California spent billions of dollars to combat homelessness without checking to see whether the vast spending programs were actually working. ... and was also found to save the state money. According to the report, the housing assistance provides an average of $12,000 to $22,000 to help low-income families stay in their home, compared to the ...

California voters approved homelessness funding to the tune of billions of dollars. A new report reveals that for all the money spent, the state just doesn't have the receipts on what works and ...