SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday said a meeting with local leaders on efforts to reduce homelessness exceeded his expectations. Yet the status of the $1 billion in state funding he halted two weeks ago remained unclear.
“It was nice to hear their progress,” Newsom told reporters. “And it was nice to hear their recognition that we have to get to another level.”
Newsom called for the meeting Nov. 3, the same day he said the state would not pay out grant money that cities and counties asked for to reduce homelessness. Those communities weren’t ambitious enough in their plans to get unsheltered people off the streets, he said.
