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Newsom first launched project roomkey, housing thousands of street people in rented hotel rooms earlier this year. He then announced project homekey, spending v

Newsom first launched project roomkey, housing thousands of street people in rented hotel rooms earlier this year. He then announced project homekey, spending vast sums on buying hotels and motels to convert into 'housing' this summer. The astonishingly autocratic one party California government have been buying city center hotels with no discussion or oversight to convert into 'homeless''homes'. Newsom is doubling down on his failed policies and despite being family is now in danger of burning out his political capital.

wahern 6y ago
SF spent $1.5 billion building housing. Newsom's budget allocates $550 million over several years for the entire state to build new housing. (SF population is ~800k as compared to the state population of over 35 million.) The rest (~$750 million) is for general homeless services, including mental health care. Note that alot of the beds purchased with the funds have already gone to house people displaced by wildfires. As I said, it's clear from the sums and structure of the funding that Newsom isn't actually trying to replicate the SF program. But it's easy for conservative pundits to make hay out of things (especially when the announcements themselves are tailored to placate the left) rather than support actual reform efforts. As I said, the politics in California is fscked up. But using Newsom as a scapegoat merely evinces partisan blinders.
- olivermarks 6y ago
  I'm a registered Democrat and have massive issues with both lobbyist dominated parties FWIW. Politics in California is fscked up because there is no opposition and increasingly incompetent, autocratic rule. The homeless 'non profit' industry is huge and growing. https://hcd.ca.gov/grants-funding/active-funding/homekey.shtml https://hcd.ca.gov/grants-funding/active-funding/homekey.sht... Has details of the crazy Homekey spending on hotels. There is very little housing being built it is extremely expensive. https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/homeless/article245547415.html https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/homeless/article245547415....

wahern 6y ago

SF spent $1.5 billion building housing. Newsom's budget allocates $550 million over several years for the entire state to build new housing. (SF population is ~800k as compared to the state population of over 35 million.) The rest (~$750 million) is for general homeless services, including mental health care. Note that alot of the beds purchased with the funds have already gone to house people displaced by wildfires. As I said, it's clear from the sums and structure of the funding that Newsom isn't actually trying to replicate the SF program. But it's easy for conservative pundits to make hay out of things (especially when the announcements themselves are tailored to placate the left) rather than support actual reform efforts. As I said, the politics in California is fscked up. But using Newsom as a scapegoat merely evinces partisan blinders.

olivermarks 6y ago
I'm a registered Democrat and have massive issues with both lobbyist dominated parties FWIW. Politics in California is fscked up because there is no opposition and increasingly incompetent, autocratic rule. The homeless 'non profit' industry is huge and growing. https://hcd.ca.gov/grants-funding/active-funding/homekey.shtml https://hcd.ca.gov/grants-funding/active-funding/homekey.sht... Has details of the crazy Homekey spending on hotels. There is very little housing being built it is extremely expensive. https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/homeless/article245547415.html https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/homeless/article245547415....