{"id":70970,"date":"2025-02-24T15:13:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=70970"},"modified":"2025-02-24T15:13:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:13:47","slug":"governor-newsom-announces-stronger-accountability-measures-launches-new-tool-measuring-local-progress-in-tackling-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=70970","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom announces stronger accountability measures, launches new tool measuring local progress in tackling homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Releases $920 million in additional homelessness funding\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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What you need to know:<\/strong>\u00a0Governor Newsom today announced stronger accountability measures to hold local governments accountable if they fail to make progress in addressing homelessness. The Governor also unveiled a new online accountability tool to help the public track their community\u2019s progress on housing, homelessness, and behavioral health, in addition to $920 million in new funding.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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SACRAMENTO \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>As part of the state\u2019s ongoing efforts to address the national homelessness crisis, Governor Newsom today announced strong accountability measures for local jurisdictions to demonstrate results to continue receiving state homelessness funding. Governor Newsom is also launching a new online tool,\u00a0accountability.ca.gov<\/a>, which brings together thousands of locally reported data points to provide a clear picture of local communities\u2019 work on California\u2019s most pressing issues, including homelessness, housing, and behavioral health.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cNo one in our nation should be without a place to call home. As we continue to support our communities in addressing homelessness, we expect fast results, not excuses. While we are pleased by the progress many communities have made to address the homelessness crisis, there is more work to do.\u201d<\/h4>\n
Governor\u00a0Gavin Newsom<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Stronger accountability<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Today, Governor Newsom is announcing additional\u00a0accountability measures for communities that receive state funding.<\/a>\u00a0The announcement comes alongside new Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) funding to support local homelessness efforts, tied to performance benchmarks and the ability for the state to withhold funding allocations if local communities do not make progress. The funding also comes with flexibility for communities that need to modify their plans in the case of natural disasters, such as the recent Los Angeles area firestorms.<\/p>\n

More results<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Communities that receive awards through the newest round of HHAP funding must adhere to increased accountability, transparency, and compliance measures. These include an increased focus on resolving encampments, requirements that recipients have a compliant housing element to obtain future funding, and requirements that grantees obligate and expend past awards before receiving new funds. These strengthened measures will better ensure real, measurable results and will improve the tracking of data and outcomes.<\/p>\n

As part of the proposed 2025-2026 budget, the Governor has called for even stronger accountability measures as a condition on any additional state funding, including requirements that grantees have and maintain a compliant housing element, prioritization for communities designated as \u201cpro-housing,\u201d and mechanisms to claw back funding from local governments that fail to demonstrate progress.<\/p>\n

Find out how your community is doing\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Today\u2019s announcement comes alongside the debut of a new online tool\u00a0accountability.ca.gov<\/a>, which brings together thousands of locally reported data points to provide an accurate picture of local communities\u2019 work to address homelessness, create housing, and create behavioral health supports.\u00a0 The new accountability tool will allow Californians to quickly and clearly assess the progress being made by their local governments on these pressing issues, and learn more about the process and funding provided to communities by the state.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Funding for local governments\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Today, the state is announcing awards of roughly $160 million and the availability of $760 million in new funding for communities \u2014 providing local communities with additional funding to:<\/p>\n