Gavin Newsom's Solution to California's Homelessness Problem: Throw Another Billion Dollars at It

Posted on AllSides January 14th, 2020
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California's homeless population keeps skyrocketing, and so has the number of bills aiming at solving the homelessness problem. Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a billion-dollar plan designed to get more houses built for those who need it. But even that much money isn't likely to help many people if the underlying problem remains unchanged. To solve California's homelessness problem, you have to address inflexible zoning rules and ineffective municipal bureaucracies.

Newsom's executive order allocates $750 million to build more affordable housing units and to establish a California Access to...

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