Newsom Humiliated for Blowing $24 Billion Homeless Funds
(Daily360.com) California Governor Gavin Newsom was asked if his spending cuts were a result of a failure by the state government to track the money that was spent on homelessness. The five-year program spent $24 billion, but an audit couldn’t determine how the money was spent. Meanwhile, California currently has an outstanding deficit of $45 billion.
At the press conference, Governor Newsom announced his proposed cuts, but journalist Angela Hart asked him about wasted money spent on homelessness and whether that has caused him to rethink spending habits. He failed to provide a confident answer to the question at the podium. The governor said he wasn’t surprised by the report and that they are working to increase accountability for the way dollars are being spent locally and statewide. Newsom said it is difficult for the state to track how local governments are spending the dollars they are given.