Dan Walters | Newsom Tussles with Local Officials

Dan Walters | Newsom Tussles with Local Officials

Throughout Gavin Newsom’s governorship, he and local officials have been squabbling over financial support and accountability for programs to reduce California’s largest-in-the-nation homelessness crisis. Newsom has blamed local officials for not clearing streets of squalid encampments, while they have complained that piecemeal state appropriations make it impossible to create effective ongoing programs. With Newsom and legislators in the final …

Governor Newsom Tussles With Local Officials Over Homelessness – Folsom Times

Throughout Gavin Newsom’s governorship, he and local government officials have been squabbling over financial support and accountability for programs to reduce California’s largest-in-the-nation homelessness crisis. Simply put, Newsom has blamed local officials for not clearing their streets of squalid encampments, while they have complained that piecemeal state appropriations make it impossible to create effective ongoing programs. With Newsom …