. Newsom said on Tuesday that, to date, 14,200 people had been sheltered, and he touted an 85% occupancy rate for rooms under the program.The Newsom administration expects the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ultimately reimburse state and local governments for up 75% of the cost of rooms, meals, security and custodial services.
Now the state is attempting to transition the temporary program into more permanent housing under a new effort Newsom has dubbed Project Homekey, with $550 million from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund to acquire rooms for longterm shelter. The funding, which will be provided to local governments through the Department of Housing and Community Development, must be spent by Dec. 30. The budget also includes another $50 million in state money to help locals operate the program.
“We’re providing unprecedented support for cities and counties to support a program for our most vulnerable residents,” Newsom said. “We’re making a real impact.”Officials in Los Angeles separately had set their own goal of placing 15,000 homeless people who were either medically vulnerable or older than 65 in motels and hotels that they had leased. City and county officials prioritized the part of the population they thought was most likely to die on the streets — with or without the pandemic.
After scrutinizing their own data, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Agency estimated that about 15,000 homeless people met the criteria set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as being the most susceptible to the virus. They are 65 or older and have multiple health conditions, including respiratory problems or diabetes.
As of Monday, 3,781 people had been housed and the pace of hotel and motel rooms being added to the county program had come to a standstill. Homeless people and outreach workers have complained about long waits as demand for the rooms has far outpaced the supply.
“In sickness and in health” 🇺🇸❤️
BradEYoung ‘Our Luck May Have Run Out’: California’s Case Count Explodes
Somebody's gotta do something. This shit is getting embarrassing.
Flex that delicious power, Haircut. You haven't felt so alive since your harder drinking days when you were banging your buddy's wife.
Then why didn't he just do it? He is screwing with peoples livelihoods. This is not TV series with a cliffhanger....to be continued. He is screwing with peoples livelihoods, their plans and he has to drag this out for no reason except to exhibit his power and control?
Celebrate Independence Day by ignoring authoritarian assholes! Freedom!
GavinNewsom SHUT. IT. DOWN!!!
GOV GRUESOME WILL BURN IN HELL
Dictator Newsom has exceeded his authority. The people have had enough. Write that down
But meee riiiiights!!!!
Don't give a damn what he says....
He's under court order not to issue any more unlawful orders without going through the legislature.
Gavin is a bit*h! Prove me wrong.
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