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California Republican leaders appeared to scoff Governor Gavin Newsom fiery response to a critical analysis of his handling of the homelessness crisis in the Golden State, saying any increase in homelessness is not admirable.
State Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones criticized Newsom and called the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s end to the year. Homeless Assessment Report an indictment of his abilities.
“Gavin Newsom literally lost count of the $27 billion he spent on the homelessness crisis,” Jones said, citing that the report lists California first for homelessness, with a 3% increase. to 187,000.
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“Today’s HUD report makes clear that rather than solving the problem, Newsom’s endless spending ‘solution’ has only made it worse,” said Jones, R-San Diego.
However, the report also cited that Illinois, Wyoming, Hawaii and Colorado were the states where family homelessness doubled or worsened.
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A statement from the California State Assembly Republican caucus focused on Newsom’s recent exhaustive defense against and opinion article in the CalMatters media that made similar criticisms.
“In case you missed it, Governor Newsom’s office threw a tantrum over a column… that broke down his history of failure on homelessness,” the group, led by Assemblyman James Gallagher of Yuba City.
The CalMatters op-ed stated that Newsom’s handling of the homelessness crisis will be a key point of attack for his potential rivals in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary if he decides to seek higher office at that time.
The column quoted Newsom as saying that “what’s happening on the streets has to be a top priority” and reported that he indicated a willingness to hold local officials accountable as well.
“People have to see and feel the progress and the change…” Newsom said, according to the column.
Gallagher’s group then cited Newsom’s response to the column, which consisted of a series of one-off posts.
“Given the large size of California’s population, talking about homelessness without any broader context or how this administration’s efforts compare to previous ones is a disservice to Californians, plain and simple,” the story wrote. from Newsom’s office in X.
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“As the Governor has said many times, the work is far from over and urgency and results at the local level are needed more than ever. That is why new accountability tools have been implemented to achieve faster results. Also is a longer-term solution effort, through the implementation of Prop 1, CARE Court, guardianship reform, the newly passed BH-Connect waiver, all of which aim to address people’s systemic issues. homeless, but not yet fully in line”.
Newsom’s office also posted that homelessness grew four times faster during the final years of Gov. Edmund “Jerry” Brown’s administration than under his own.
“The number of unsheltered homeless people increased by 13.83% during the Newsom administration (2019-2023), compared to a 51.79% increase in the five-year period prior to the administration (2015-2019) “, reads the publication.
The 14% increase in homelessness in California also fell below the national increase of 21%, the governor’s office added.
Assembly Republicans responded to Newsom’s comments.
“Given that the governor is committed to clearing up this issue, we will state the obvious: a 20% increase is not progress,” his statement read.
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San Francisco city workers dismantle a homeless encampment in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco on August 1. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Jones, the Senate minority leader, cited Friday that he co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to change California’s homeless policies and focus on “compassionate enforcement” of encampment violations.
One of his proposals from this past term, which did not reach Newsom’s desk, focused on existing state law that considers “lodging” in a public or private place without permission to be disorderly conduct.
The bill would have delayed any prosecution on that charge for 72 hours after the first notice and imposed a “state-mandated local program” for homeless people in those situations.
Fox News Digital reached out to Newsom for further responses to the criticism, but did not receive a response as of press time.
