Newsom Orders California State Agencies, Cities to Clear Homeless Encampments
Let’s throw more money at the problem!
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest executive order tells state agencies and cities to clear out homeless encampments “with urgency and dignity.”
“This executive order directs state agencies to move urgently to address dangerous encampments while supporting and assisting the individuals living in them — and provides guidance for cities and counties to do the same,” says Newsom. “The state has been hard at work to address this crisis on our streets. There are simply no more excuses. It’s time for everyone to do their part.”
Except, you know, Newsom already made an effort to clear encampments involving state agencies. It failed because no one audited the $24 billion or kept track of stats.
So let’s throw more money at the problem!
1) Agencies and departments subject to my authority shall adopt policies, generally consistent with California Department of Transportation’s Maintenance Policy Directive 1001-R1, to address encampments on state property, including through partnerships with other state and local agencies, and shall prioritize efforts to address encampments consistent with such policy. Such policies shall include the following:
a. Whenever feasible, site assessment in advance of removal operations to determine whether an encampment poses an imminent threat to life, health, safety or infrastructure such that exigent circumstances require immediate removal of the encampment.
b. Where exigent circumstances exist, as much advance notice to vacate as reasonable under the circumstances.
c. Where no exigent circumstances exist, posting of a notice to vacate at the site at least 48 hours prior to initiating removal.
d. Contacting of service providers to request outreach services for persons experiencing homelessness at the encampment.
e. Collection, labeling, and storage for at least 60 days of personal property collected at the removal site that is not a health or safety hazard.
Local governments can apply for a $3.3. billion grant “to expand the behavioral health continuum and provide appropriate care to individuals experiencing mental health conditions and substance use disorders.”
The $3.3 billion comes from Proposition 1, which has $6.4 billion to treat and house those with severe mental illnesses and $950 million on housing interventions.
Remember when the left lost their minds when SCOTUS ruled that cities could remove homeless encampments after a 24-hour notice?
Do you think Newsom will receive the same outrage? I doubt it.
Well, they might go crazy on Newsom. He admits in his EO that he urged SCOTUS to review City of Grants Pass v. Johnson.
Leslie has done a great job keeping us updated on the homeless problem in California, including the $24 billion failure.
So, again, how is Newsom’s E.O. any different or better than his other efforts to tackle the homeless problem?
Coronado Mayor Richard Bailey, a Republican, ended the city’s homeless problem in 2023.
The city doesn’t tolerate any basic code violations but works with police to get people the help they need:
Bailey explained that the city works with the police department and a homeless service provider to give the homeless only one option — to get the help they need.
Coronado funds “reasonable” services to help those struggling get “back on their feet,” but noted the city also has a no-tolerance policy for violating municipal codes.
Unfortunately, many homeless people have mental health problems. They need help.
Throwing money at the problem doesn’t solve the problem in the long run.
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How can he be so heartless? 😜
Nothing is going to change. The homeless junkies will just move few blocks down the street.
Rinse. Repeat.
Prior to SCOTUS our city was already booting hobos. Since the SCOTUS/Grants Pass ruling the city redoubled its anti-hobo encampment policy.
Take heart. It’s working. The sneak-thief hobo community are taking it on the chin. They’re not simply moving down the street and setting up new camps.
Nothing will really change. Its all performative. Re-arranging deck chairs on the titanic.
That is what happened in N.O. The S. Claiborne avenue underpass near the Tulane Avenue entrance to the I-10 was homeless city. They eventually put up hardened steel fencing around the areas directly under the overpass from there until you got to St. Bernard Avenue.
All it did was move them to either the Greyhound Station or further down past St. Bernard. The Basin Street Station also had a homeless encampment there for about two weeks, and then the next time I drive by, it’s fenced off.
The cycle will continue, because of failures with government dealing with the homeless population.
This is only so that the homeless situation can’t be used against Kamala – or whoever.
Either he thinks harris is going to be hurt politically by Newsoms malfeasence or he thinks he is the VP selection
It’s an election year so the Democrats need to hide the problems they have created.
The key words there are “subject to my authority” and “on state property”. Yes, it’s a start, but it likely only applies to a tiny percentage of the whole who are *not* on state property.
China coming for a visit ???
All of Newsom’s phrasing, no matter the subject, have a strange, fungible, amorphous quality to it. I swear he uses a custom coded AI to achieve these weird word formations. (Samantha Power USAID uses the same AI).
[typical GavSpeak phrasing] “to expand the behavioral health continuum”
[on green energy] “hold up better against extreme heat”
On planting a family of beaver(4) in Tule creek:
“expected to positively effect […] wildfire resilience.”
b/c it
never happened in the first place
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest executive order tells state agencies and cities to clear out homeless encampments “with urgency and dignity.”
In red enclaves, the local DPW is painting “URGENCY” on the side of a Liebherr R9800, and three fire stations are painting “DIGNITY on their pumper trucks.
“Newsom Orders California State Agencies, Cities to Clear Homeless Encampments”
Why? Are the Chinese coming back to town?
Many have mental health problems, many have severe addictions and that venn diagram overlaps quite a bit.
Many have no desire to join the ranks of adults and much prefer the life of zero responsibility and zero accountability. None of the offers of help in the world will help someone who doesn’t want to be helped.
People who are “homeless” through misfortune or mishap and don’t want to be in that state, typically aren’t for long. There are plenty of government programs and charitable organizations that will provide them a helping hand if they want it.
But, hey…Newsome’s efforts are a great way to continue to pad the coffers of the liberal NGOs (and their associated PACs) that he depends upon. You think there’s no accountability for those funds because they have a shortage of CPAs in California?
Homeless Industrial Complex (HIC). The more they subsidize it, the bigger it grows.
Yup. Regardless of the issue: “homelessness”, addiction, poverty, racism, etc etc etc…when your livelihood depends on the existence of some problem, what is the incentive to actually solve the problem? Much better to provide “services” that actually perpetuate the issue, and maintain your own income stream.