Project Homekey Archives - California Globe

California’s Homeless Hustle is a House of Cards

December 13, 2022 2:45 amDecember 14, 2022 4:00 pm

It is evident now that California’s homeless solutions and the billion$ in funding are just one giant hustle – and maybe even a house of cards. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Encampment Resolution Fund grant program, a $700 million two-year program to close...

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...

Governor Newsom, Senator Dahle Square Off In Debate In San Francisco

October 24, 2022 1:29 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom and Senator Brian Dahle (R-Bieber) went back and forth in the lone gubernatorial debate Sunday night in San Francisco, touching on numerous hot-button issues in California including homelessness, abortion rights, gas prices, education, climate change, reparations, and...

Sacramento Business Owners Protest Dangers of Homeless Drug-Addicted, Mentally-Ill Transients

September 12, 2022 4:29 pm

The Globe writes frequently about the widespread, growing population of drug-addicted street people in Sacramento. I take photos to illustrate my observations. This weekend I added to the photo album. Readers can see Sacramento is headed for more tragedy if...

LA Bans Homeless Camps Near Schools While Sacramento Prohibited from Removing Homeless on Public Property

August 3, 2022 9:36 amAugust 3, 2022 9:40 am

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to approve an ordinance prohibiting homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and day care centers. Also on Tuesday, a federal judge issued an order forbidding Sacramento police and city officials from clearing homeless...