California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday is pushing cities to ban homeless encampments — and is utilizing state funds to power the problem.
Escalating his push to eradicate scores of encampments, the Democrat known as on cities and cities to successfully prohibit tents from being erected on sidewalks, parks, bike paths and different public properties.
“There’s nothing compassionate about letting people die on the streets. Local leaders asked for resources — we delivered the largest state investment in history. They asked for legal clarity — the courts delivered,” Newsom stated in a press release.
“Now, we’re giving them a model they can put to work immediately, with urgency and with humanity, to resolve encampments and connect people to shelter, housing, and care. The time for inaction is over. There are no more excuses.”
Whereas Newsom can’t power metropolis leaders to enact a ban, he promised that some $3.3 billion in funding is on the market to communities that “expand behavioral health housing and treatment options for the most seriously ill and homeless in California.”
