Posted on 10/17/2024 3:43:01 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
California has invested a staggering $24 billion over the past five fiscal years to address homelessness, a figure that underscores the state’s urgent effort to curb this intractable crisis.
Yet, as this spending has increased, so has California’s homeless population.
In the 2021-22 fiscal year, when the homeless population was estimated to be 172,000, California spent $7.2 billion, which equated to nearly $42,000 per homeless individual.
The spending includes housing and rental assistance, physical and mental health outreach, case management, and funds to purchase motels and other types of temporary housing.
In a scathing report released in April, the California State Auditor determined the state has done a poor job accounting for homeless spending and tracking results.
“We believe that the State’s policymakers and the public need up‑to‑date information to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of billions of dollars in state spending,” the Auditor’s office said.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
Measure A:
Doubles the temporary sales tax for homelessness programs and makes the tax increase permanent.
Don't give the likes of Newsom and his Commie buddies in the statehouse more of your tax money to fritter away on stupid homeless programs that do not work.
As long as those tracks head back to Mexico.
Of course they are It's deliberate.
That way nobody knows how much is going to line politicians pockets.
The only thing I can conclude is that the government has become the biggest money laundering organization in this country.
so, if you pay more for ‘homeless’, you get more homeless ??!
Exactly. It’s known as the “Homeless Industrial Complex”. Lots of money to be made by contractors and “our NGO partners”. Executives in those NGOs have obscenely high salaries. It’s quite the gravy train.
“which equated to nearly $42,000 per homeless individual”
not bad money for a parasitoid...
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