California spent billions to combat homelessness without tracking if it worked, audit says

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California spent billions of dollars to combat homelessness without checking to see whether the vast spending programs were actually working.

FILE - People ride their bikes past a homeless encampment set up along the boardwalk in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 29, 2021.

“This data desert leaves the Legislature and the public without a system of checks and balances to answer basic questions about the effectiveness of our programs,” Cortese said in a statement. “This audit underscores the urgent need to establish best practices and create a blueprint for how the State of California and our cities can address our most visible challenge.”

The auditor’s report comes as Newsom has pushed state lawmakers to take more aggressive action on homelessness. Despite the billions in spending, California’s homelessness crisis has gotten worse. According to the audit, California’s homelessness population grew 32% over the last five years, and by 53% over the last 10.

But the other three programs included in the audit, worth a total of $9.4 billion, didn’t even have enough data for a cost analysis to take place.

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