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Project Roomkey Housing: Homeless Say it Wasn’t a Benefit

December 2, 2022 7:31 pm

Ever since Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Project Roomkey started in 2020 as a way to help the homeless stay off the street by utilizing motel and hotel rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has undergone big changes. It went from a...

Gov. Newsom Spreads Around another $240 Million of Billion$ Allocated to Clean Up Homeless Encampments

December 2, 2022 2:45 amDecember 2, 2022 6:37 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom just announced Thursday afternoon another $240 million is available from the Encampment Resolution Fund grant program – part of the $700 million two-year program – to close down homeless encampments and get people into housing and shelter....

Gov. Newsom Shirks Blame for Increasing Homelessness in Golden State

November 30, 2022 3:46 pm

Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he was convening “local leaders to discuss their plans to tackle the homelessness crisis and identify new strategies and opportunities to more ambitiously address street encampments across the state.” What this means is...

Sacramento Shelters for the Homeless ‘Not Accessible Yet’ But Million$ Spent

October 17, 2022 7:33 amOctober 18, 2022 7:01 am

How is Sacramento doing with its shelters for the homeless? In April, the Globe reported, “The City of Sacramento is spending more than $44 million to provide eight homeless shelters and camping options, most not yet built or ready, and...

Sacramento County Election Officials are Registering Homeless Drug Addicts to Vote

October 16, 2022 2:45 amOctober 15, 2022 8:21 pm

“For the first time since the pandemic began, staff from Sacramento County’s elections agency set up tables Thursday at Loaves and Fishes, a nonprofit that provides services for homeless people,” the Associated Press reported. Think about that. Sacramento County is...

Mr. Newsom Goes to Washington to Accept ‘Education Award’

July 13, 2022 8:21 amJuly 13, 2022 3:25 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom is traveling to Washington D.C. “to accept an award from the Education Commission of the States in recognition of California’s transformative improvements to education.” The governor who closed California schools for nearly two years is getting an award...

CA Republicans Demand Gas Tax Suspension While Dems Investigate High Gas Prices

June 20, 2022 2:30 amJune 20, 2022 2:56 pm

Friday marked 100 days of diddling by California’s supermajority party to provide relief at the pump for the state’s drivers from the record high gas prices. Rather than actually authorizing a gas tax holiday at the pump, Legislative Democrats want...