California Cities Unite to Demand $3 Billion Yearly From Governor to Tackle Homelessness Crisis

Men emerge from their tents located in a homeless encampment in front of the Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library in Venice, Calif., on Feb. 18, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The League of California Cities, which represents nearly 500 California cities, called for Gov. Gavin Newsom April 12 to allocate $3 billion annually for cities to use to combat homelessness.

“The state’s affordable housing crisis and homelessness crisis is worsening by the minute,” CEO of the league, Carolyn Coleman said during a press conference in Sacramento April 12, which included a number of city mayors. “But without a dedicated ongoing stream, little progress can be made.”