SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KNX) — Republicans in Sacramento have mounted pressure against Gov. Gavin Newsom to call a special legislative session on the state’s homelessness crisis.
“Homelessness is not getting any better. It’s getting worse,” Orange County Assemblymemnber Janet Nguyen (R.-Fountain Valley), who is leading the effort to call for a special session, told CBS Los Angeles.
“From 2018 and 2019, we have spent $10.1 billion in total funding. We want an assessment, right? We want to know of all the money that has been spent, where did [it] go? Have those programs helped or not?” Nguyen said.
The governor “has made tackling the homelessness crisis a top priority of his administration,” Newsom’s office said in a statement responding to state GOP demands for a special session. “The state is demanding greater accountability and more urgency to get people off the streets than ever before, making historic investments aimed at rebuilding the state’s portfolio of housing and treatment options for people with severe behavioral health challenges.”
The governor’s office did not indicate whether it was considering granting Republicans’ request for a special session. The 2022 state legislative session began Jan. 3 and adjourns Aug. 31.
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