Newsom signs executive order for removal of homeless encampments

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Thursday allowing state officials to begin dismantling homeless encampments.
Omar Lewis reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on July 25, 2024.
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[@asjasj123]

Gavin Newsom should be removed first

[@nolantherailfan5048]

Not gonna happen anytime soon

[@roundrock63]

10 years ago Gavin said he would end homelessness in 10 years. Remember that?

[@bayareagrl4ever526]

They were/are putting people in hotels for free. There is still some Section 8 housing, and we all know where it is because it went from being a clean area to trash and people hanging out and so mocking weed, etc. If we have programs like that, then people come from all over, even out of state to take advantage.

[@strokeandthegarden9496]

LOL HE SCARED CALI ABOUT TO VOTE RED❤❤❤❤

[@online65555]

@@strokeandthegarden9496 in your dreams 🤡

[@strokeandthegarden9496]

@@roundrock63 yea Cali full of political PAWNS!!! They steal you money and you’ll clap like robots

[@josephmccracken8286]

He is and this is how 🤣

[@SlW-lp1ol]

Trying to clean it up before election time? Too late.

[@destinyreturns4885]

bingo......

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Wrong, it was a SCOTUS decision that allowed it & another that now allows it to be cleaned up

[@pharoah1200]

It's never too late.

[@DeMart501]

What election? Newsome’s term ends in 2026, and the 12th amendment prevents the president and vice president being from the same state so he can’t be Harris’ running mate

[@SlW-lp1ol]

@@pharoah1200 Some people will always remember what happened under Newsom. We all know his political career will not stop in California.

[@adelalvarez9185]

Where has the money gone??? Money keeps getting thrown to fix the problem for years and where is that money? Where is the transparency?

[@RonaldWilliams-lp3bg]

I'll give you a hint it starts whit a p that's where all the money is going that's where it's been going and that's where it's continues to go

[@StormofBladeZ]

Its all gone right into newsoms pockets

[@spzm3x]

its the counties that had control of it before

[@ritar6769]

In surveys to tell us what we know !

[@angelmendez2211]

Ask the county and cities that reviewed that money. It the state giving them the money but the state ain't managing what cities do.

[@mlmoreno75]

They spent $24B last year on 100,000 homeless. Where did all the money go???

[@srtyler]

Exactly! Taxpayers money misappropriated as usual

[@clubmogambo3214]

There's no shortage of deep pockets in the deep state. That's the one area where the U.S. has a huge surplus.

[@Cerez78]

Into his pockets.

[@clubmogambo3214]

Hmmm, guess the YT bots have outlawed the words Dddeeeepp Ssstate (purposely misspelled to avoid another post removal by the bots). I've been saying in recent weeks, the programmers at YT are starting to circle the wagons as we get closer to the election.

[@Sweetnopalito]

And another 6 billion that was granted in March after sneaky Newsom put it Prop 1 on the preliminaries..

[@WestOfEarth]

I foresee certain cities enforcing this ruling, causing these homeless to move to cities which aren't enforcing it. So LA will see an increase in the homeless forced out of Orange County.

[@db-rc5fr]

Most people do not understand cause and effect. You certainly do.

[@bzzi]

They are already doing this for years. Their cops even drop people on LA’s sidewalks.

[@crystinamarie1]

Exactly. They gotta go somewhere.

[@Puchicano]

So Beverly Hills will be "classy" once again?

[@jasonlowrey1096]

Here comes the minimum wage hikes 😂

[@user-jv5qp4ji9m]

Just a ploy. He thinks it'll score him some VP points.

[@PlainSight01]

Exactly just like Biden with the border crisis 😂

[@neverendingproductions7171]

What points? He's not fixing homelessness. He's just ruining their homes and moving the problem elsewhere.

[@debbiej10101]

@@neverendingproductions7171 ahhh but the media will tell them different and the sheep will believe it.

[@neverendingproductions7171]

@@debbiej10101 oh of course. During the vp picks they'll probably applaud his smug muck for it.

[@krlm2280]

He can't run for VP Harris is from the same state

[@bigcatauna]

1 billion !what about the other 23 they can’t account for

[@superlativeopulence]

The nonprofits allocated them and bought luxury homes.

[@RCenal]

It's somewhere Gavin is hiding it

[@kenqiao3946]

Israel and ukrine got them a long time ago. 😂😂😂

[@webreakforsquirrel4201]

Are you an accountant? Do you know how much it costs to do nothing important to seem virtuous. A lot! As a matter of fact I bet they need even more money to solve this sophisticated human rights democracy problem.

[@Purple-Shadow916]

It all went to democrats pockets.

[@albertlucero2633]

So where's the missing Billions? Homeless has increased and all he has done is want to spend more money.

[@Monts-zw3hi]

with all the chaos going on everywhere..now's the time to set up those scams and schemes...the public will never notice!..Gavin Newsome.

[@EnCroissant427]

In his Caymans account.

[@TheNiggyStardust]

So where are all these people going?

[@kangjhha]

Las Vegas underground

[@SharonWoodin-qn5ht]

Who cares 🙄

[@kangjhha]

@@SharonWoodin-qn5ht daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang no compassion😔

[@Lothar-Wolfsbane]

They are getting into buses and being to sent to Texas and Florida as payback.

[@velocityhdmi8140]

​@kangjhha no compassion for them who are dangerous on these streets and only care about drugs

[@RCenal]

So he's not solving anything he is just moving it somewhere else

[@CruzCruz-nw7fi]

Yea ther just scattering bodies

[@AntoineWilliams7118]

Yes, and taking billions in his pocket

[@DesertbikerAZ]

So what's your answer?

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Then tell everyone the magic answer you've got for the mentally ill & homeless?? Let's hear it genius

[@saltsea9499]

​@DesertbikerAZ so much gov land in AZ and NV, why not build a complex there with treatment for crazies. And no drugs?

[@HouMat-if5fi]

Gavin Newsom always has "solutions" to the problems he's created.

[@drogusmaxwell6640]

He didn't create it, but he definitely helped.

[@garfieldcouch4443]

Yeah, there were ZERO homeless PEOPLE before NEWSOM THE DICTATOR!!!

[@frednovaes5888]

He didn’t create and he didn’t fix the problem.

[@debbiej10101]

@@drogusmaxwell6640 his and others here created the policies and propositions that helped create this. They did nothing to help solve it for many years and the money keeps getting misappropriated or just disappears with no repercussions.

[@drogusmaxwell6640]

@@debbiej10101 economic disparity, tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy, a sense of hopelessness, addiction, and lack of mental health services created this. Newsom was part of that. In a butterfly effect sort of way, so are all of us.

[@didymosprasinos]

A little too late Gavin Nuisance.

[@bzzi]

He couldn’t do anything until this SCOTUS decision. Simple as that. But you mouthbreathers think you know it all.

[@crystinamarie1]

Gavin Gruesome.

[@strokeandthegarden9496]

CALI ABOUT TO VOTE RED❤❤❤❤

[@bzzi]

@@strokeandthegarden9496 Dream on, traitor.

[@strokeandthegarden9496]

@@bzzi NEW POLLS SHOWING RED POKADOTS IN CALI❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@joebemister6292]

We've invested over 1 billion dollars to push our failures away. Ain't it grand.

[@JohnnyCCWGunOwner-g3h]

Newsom failure

[@sopamarucha2388]

We?? ... 😂😂😂

[@strokeandthegarden9496]

THAT WENT ON CARDS FOR THEM!!!! TO LIVE ON WHILE YOU STRUGLE!!!!! CALI ABOUT TO TURN RED❤❤

[@paulrobinson6730]

The solution for this problem isn't difficult. Instead of sending hundreds of billions of dollars to foreign countries, why not spend it on Americans first.

[@331SVTCobra]

Except if Russia is doing something insane, like invading Europe with a mechanized army. Only cowards and unAmerican communists would stand by while Russia did that.

[@atmydesktyping]

Ask congress that question.

[@RonaldWilliams-lp3bg]

Common sense just plain common sense 👍

[@stevoz6743]

The reason why US middle class disappearing at a fast pace is because the top rich in the US wants to control everything. Keeping people poor is their wish, homelessness is just a side effect for them. You have to know their purpose to understand what they are doing.

[@overwatch8848]

what do you mean? over 24 billion has been spent in California to help combat homelessness.. throwing money at things doesn’t solve everything.

[@CrossSolo-qy5vw]

What happened to the billions of dollars that were supposed to go towards housing the homeless.

[@dsandusky123]

Do you really think they can be told where to live and live by rules . They do not want that life.

[@underratedasmr7052]

Ah it took only just 23 years for Newsom to do something 💀

[@TheStreetFoolosopherMr187]

😂😂😂 Facts

[@nolongerblocked6210]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@kennethbuford1406]

I didn't know he's been the governor for 23 years...... dunce.

[@bzzi]

No, slug with paralysis, he couldn’t touch them because of the rulings of the 9th circuit, that was finally removed.

[@WhatAboutall]

@@bzzi endless lies

[@jenc8953]

Kind of too late Newsom. There are thousands upon thousands of homeless.

[@LeeTheVet]

180,000 approx.

[@Cerez78]

And increasing.

[@petejams7340]

Just sweeping the homeless under the rug is not a solution to homelessness.

[@themasterrogerdelgado]

Workcamps sound good to me.

[@williamsvargas4081]

I agree, we should do something about drugs and alcohol. And penalize criminals

[@kellysunseri-adams8550]

Maybe we should just ship them to mexico

[@eric1302]

It’s a start. The old way of allowing homeless to take over side walks wasn’t working. We’ve had enough.

[@Numba1hunna83]

@petejams7340 you're right, they need to be arrested for loitering.

[@cindyk3832]

Remove Newsom out of the office!

[@FullSpectrumWarrior]

We tried but yall voted to keep him haha

[@raysmusic49]

No one I know voted for him

[@crystinamarie1]

Y'all wanted to keep him.

[@crystinamarie1]

​@@FullSpectrumWarriorI voted his a** out!

[@FullSpectrumWarrior]

@@raysmusic49 same but our circles are a mere speck compared to those that voted to keep him

[@robinj.9329]

At one time California had the very BEST SYSTEM of State run Mental Hospitals in this County!!!! Q. WHAT happened to them? Most of the "so called" Homeless are nut cases! And need constant Supervision.

[@Monts-zw3hi]

yep.True story there.

[@DeliveryDuoMax23]

It's called deinstitutionalization from the 60's-70's...

[@19Marksman79]

There is a worldwide shortage of mental health professionals. It takes a special person to do the job, because it is a terrible one.

[@Cerez78]

The government closed them down.

[@archstanton3636]

Too late Gavin, and no I won't vote for you as Gov. and definitely not for Pres.

[@vjhamilton4043]

So, the issue is encampments, not homelessness or lack of affordable housing. Expected nothing less from this elitist.

[@MikeyB110]

Let about 15 homeless people set up camp in front of your house and tell me the camps are not the problem

[@vjhamilton4043]

@@MikeyB110 Been there. That experience is a bear, for sure, but the encampments wouldn't exist if affordable housing was readily available. Instead, business has been made of talking about homelessness. Multiple agencies have been created, multiple studies conducted, most coming to similar conclusions that the solution to encampments is affordable housing and increased mental health services. Do you truly believe all these people want to live in tents or on pavements or under bridges or within the tunnels over which the trains run? All of the money granted, misplaced, lost, and misspent to end homelessness; what has become of it? There is something quite amiss here and the unhoused are taking the blame and will likely be imprisoned rather than provided the assistance they obviously need.

[@suzettegarrison2878]

This guy is so transparent...he doesn't even try to hide his evil agenda ! We the people see right thru him.

[@kevincoggeshall3079]

Very very evil agenda

[@NekoNebula1313]

It wouldn't be so bad if a lot of people were not on drugs and at least had it more clean and organized.

[@toddnewkirk2782]

I swear that homeless hoarding dieses

[@crystinamarie1]

It ain't just drugs.

[@sopamarucha2388]

Still have to pay Taxes and live a decent life

[@BlackFemaleAnd50]

Most of the homeless are not drug addicts. They are people who have some form of mental illness that prevents them from holding a job. Some have felonies, so nobody will hire them.

[@jameskerrigan2997]

Mass migration to Oregon.

[@JimJi]

hehe or mass export?

[@KO-sx9uy]

Homeless there might get mad lol

[@markemery7741]

Enough loons with money moving here.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

There's plenty of homeless in every city, including Oregon's cities

[@compton1808]

Noooo, please don't!!

[@Jhanna1]

He should clean the streets himself 😂😂😂

[@Cerez78]

He won't because he's afraid to break a nail and spoil his manicure.

[@JamesVenturaCa]

History is watching NEWSOME, the people will NOT forget your participation in criminalizing homelessness

[@Wasupup]

They should all move in front of the mansion

[@crystinamarie1]

Exactly.

[@adelalvarez9185]

And why did it take this long to finally “jump” into action?

[@OoOMonkeyCoFreakOoO]

He wants that vp nomination

[@arbiterofperil]

Because of a recent supreme court ruling. Think like a detective.....

[@LoneWolfRedd]

Harris & Newsome is my only guess 😢

[@aznkether]

also, potentially World Cup related

[@Snappy650]

President and VP can’t both be from the same state

[@EjaygamZ]

invested all that money, made no difference, and have know idea where it went smh. He inherited a surplus and has run the state into a deficit, great job

[@mishipoppi9738]

Where will they go? Then how are you addressing affordable housing and last but not least addiction and mental health.

[@AlexanderRodriguez-ni4kt]

Civil Liberty should house the homeless instead of spending the money in courts.

[@bradsanders6954]

Chico already tried this. Tearing out encampments with no where for them to go. Some wont go anywhere but under a bridge. "cruel and inhumane treatment" is what it was called and the city lost a 2 million lawsuit. This is insanity. How do you provide a place for all of the homeless to go? They are humans. They arent going to disappear.

[@chrismcafee7614]

They could go in camps

[@thefox47545]

The homeless are also VERY guilty of "inhumane" treatment of others. Stabbings, robberies, SAs, making their surroundings disgusting, the list goes on.

[@soopark2458]

Crazy right. Morality being dumped everywhere

[@surgeryonthesidehustle]

I don't really care what happens to zombies. The good people that are down on their luck, have resources available to them to help get off the streets.

[@s1870]

There are plenty of homeless shelters for people to go into but they don’t want to follow the rules that the shelters have in place. The shelters provide food, shelter, bathrooms/showers. They also provide opportunities for the people to get reintegrated back into society. Some of the homeless don’t like to follow the rules. Whether it be because they want to do drugs or live a lifestyle of disorder.

[@CD3WD-Project]

LMAO this is to funny... But where did the money go.

[@ezmealstravels9221]

They're starting fires here in the antelope valley that's how bad homelessness is getting. Very dangerous. 😢

[@tp3521]

He's been promising to "help" the homeless since 2008 & now he's just going to "sweep them under the rug" so thing "look" better, but are much worse. I ain't voting for this bum again.

[@Macktaztic]

The middle class is dead in California. You either have it all or you dont.

[@NoWr2Run]

It's getting like that EVERYWHERE.

[@Macktaztic]

@@NoWr2Run california is basically a tourist city. Residents get the short end of stick

[@Jonathan-pr1wo]

@@Macktaztictrue. Maybe someday California will be fixed but doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen in my lifetime.

[@gailmckay5551]

That inhumane creep is the worst of the worst..

[@EnCroissant427]

Just look at who his Aunt is.

[@B.DG98]

Guy ruins California. Ruins peoples lives. Then ruins their last resorts for shelter. Niiiice

[@nolongerblocked6210]

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@KO-sx9uy]

make them a city in the desert, so much empty space out there.

[@Ron-ny1ru]

Good vision man!

[@Jewels-Xo]

Slab City.

[@ivanruiz7719]

How about signing an executive order to fire himself 😂

[@Recovering_Californian]

Doesn't solve anything. All those people have to go someplace.

[@williamsvargas4081]

I understand, but sometimes you have discourage behavior. Like camping and making it a lifestyle to be homeless. You can't baby someone out of homelessness.

[@zzz-x7p]

Shelters or Jail. They can choose.

[@destinyreturns4885]

There's a reason that all of a sudden Newsom is doing this. Can you guess the reason???

[@michaelcrow9732]

It's a shame they didn't use the allocated 30+billion dollars to build them shelters. Instead, they wasted it... SOMEWHERE!

[@Sugarfang315]

Wasted it or pocketed it themselves 🤥

[@Cerez78]

It was used to diversify their portfolios and give themselves pay increases.

[@AndyTN64]

They did wasted, it all in their pockets.

[@JoeSchmoe-i8x]

With the money they spend moving these encampments in circles, they could buy some of these vacant office buildings, put bunk beds in them and porta potties outside

[@DavidMiller-kf1ss]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉!!!

[@sweets6865]

Homeless coming to a neighborhood near you.

[@Ultramentsh]

You dismantle a homeless encampment by housing the homeless

[@user-dw1ls3rp1l]

Most have been offered housing and rehab multiple times.

[@Ultramentsh]

@@user-dw1ls3rp1l okay and? Still. The only way to remove the homeless is to move them to homes. They don't disappear or evaporate

[@margaret4807]

AGREED 👍 💯🤬🫵🏻🤬🫵🏻🤬🫵🏻

[@theotheleo6830]

@@Ultramentsh Force them to move or go to jail. Jail can be housing too.

[@Ultramentsh]

@@theotheleo6830 yes treat them as criminals. Even though they've committed no crime. I think there's a term for that

[@Victorvictorly]

Aww he waited until election year to take action lol. He's doing this so he looks tough on crime/homelessness but he doesn't give af

[@Jonathan-pr1wo]

reminds me of when they did this same exact thing in San Francisco. I forget when it happened but it wasn’t that long ago.

[@gamermagnum]

California, where you become homeless and it's illegal to be homeless

[@Puchicano]

The unspoken reality is we have a drug addiction problem, hence people aren't able to sustain themselves and end up homeless on the streets. The statistic of people out there that are actually going through financial hardship is substantialy lower than the other.There needs to be a measure in place to differ from the two, this way it can be distinguished who needs to be put in for assistance, and who needs to be imprisoned or mandatory rehab. Loitering on the streets needs to be illegal, public safety has degraded.

[@zachscott4867]

Oh now it’s important! We all can see your hair gel shine for what it is.

[@Dougo666]

Gavin they have no place to go and now you have taken that away with 23 billion not accounted for what's going on buddy?

[@SpliffMcInerny-rv5my]

Malignant narcissists aren’t anyone’s “buddy.”

[@Dougo666]

@SpliffMcInerny-rv5my ok pal sarcasm must be your first language have a good day guy until we chat again my friend.

[@pennyschuerch2806]

If they would have found houses for the homeless Americans and not the immigrants.. totally disgusting.

[@villarreal6]

At least the immigrants will pay taxes

[@hugoschmeisser2484]

​@villarreal6 you must be slow

[@DaCom3AK]

The state has spent millions on housing for homeless and they dont want to take it

[@DesertbikerAZ]

Usually, the homeless don't want to work hard, but immigrants typically work hard to contribute to society.

[@akplayz1154]

@@DesertbikerAZ that's old fashioned thinking sadly. This new breed of "asylum seekers" already know, before they even come here, that they will get a free ticket for at least 6 months.

[@tyarks91]

He is going to be brutal to these people! Newsom believes he didn't create this problem.

[@Jannett-ik5lh]

He didn't big corporations did high prices

[@tyarks91]

@@Jannett-ik5lh nope.

[@kennethbuford1406]

There have been homeless people and homeless camps in California for Generations now.

[@deangustafson7533]

@@Jannett-ik5lhtry again. Reducing drug and crime penalties, giving out free drugs and alcohol did. That and their poor personal life choices. There is help if they truly want it - but most don’t. No rules, no responsibilities, and government freebies.

[@lovethieves1383]

Uh time machine and also Thank Reagan killing that 1980 bill (MHSA) by letting crazy people on the street. surprised pikachu face?

[@WalkawayRene12]

Taxpayers and businesses are rejoicing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BananaCrowbar]

THEY CAN MOVE IN WITH YOU RIGHT?

[@jeremyaltom1303]

They closed long ago

[@debbiej10101]

are they? the encampments will be back within a few days when the cameras are gone but the media will tell you its better

[@AntoineWilliams7118]

Not really

[@andrewambriz6784]

Homeless will be back as soon as the election is over with a vengeance

[@jeannettejerez4268]

After being forced to clean CA🤨 Finally back to normal. He can take them to his house.

[@margaret4807]

AND KAMALA’S HOUSE and THE WHITE HOUSE TOO!!! PLENTY OF ROOM!!🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😆

[@RocketmanRockyMatrix]

Too late. Coincidentally on an election year.

[@josecarranza7555]

Not for governor.

[@jesseseale2558]

How about putting an state executive order on a permanent rent cap for Cali

[@NekoNebula1313]

It's more than rent it's also having ridiculously high standards for credit scores.

[@user-dw1ls3rp1l]

Here's what happens with a rent cap: the small landlords will decide its not worth it, and sell out to the corporate landlords who have their management more streamlined. And by "streamlined", I mean they won't fix a thing. When your A/c breaks of your water tank starts leaking...good luck. How would I know? Because I'm doing it right now. I have properties in escrow, some on the market, and some soon to be. I am cashing out. The decision was easy, because the state reduced it to simple math.

[@BangMaster96]

@jesseseale2558 Imagine you had a Business, you are selling a Product, now imagine the Government puts a Price Cap on the Product you are selling, are you going to continue to do that Business? Imagine if it is getting more and more expensive for you to build that Product, but you can't raise prices to cover the cost difference, you are stuck at selling the Product at the same price, no matter how expensive it is for you to manufacture that Product, will you continue to do that Business? Most probably not. Because eventually, you will stop making a Profit on the Product, and you will start going into Losses, and be out of Business soon. And once you are out of Business, you and all the People you employed are now out of a Job. That's what happens when Government puts a Price Cap on any Product or Service, the Businesses eventually go bankrupt or shut down their Business because their Profits keep going down and down. Price Caps don't work in the Real World because the Landlords, the Business Owners, etc., have expenses as well, they have to pay for maintenance, manufacturing, taxes, stuff like that in order to keep selling their Product or Service, and inflation also impacts their expense.

[@westonding8953]

Rent control will not work in the way you expect

[@Ni-fg6je]

Rent cap would just make apartments stop being built. Making even more homeless

[@rickbeal1544]

He makes people homeless. Then say you can't go anywhere.

[@williamsvargas4081]

He sold them drugs and made them mentally ill?

[@godsgreenearthinhabitant94]

Where the f*** are they going to live

[@voidenterthehighlights]

NOT THERE

[@danielquintero7015]

Take them to Your house ..😂

[@davidhan9979]

Homeless were gathered up in one spot and they are going to spread up.

[@BananaCrowbar]

WITH YOUI!

[@coolguyxoxo]

Drug free encampments that we the tax payer already pay for.

[@Xzy-rv2nu]

Where to? All cities in the US have this problem

[@henrysheppard3433]

Right, lets not address the reason there are encampments Homelessness is rising fast, housing is unaffordable to many

[@acslater017]

Do you think because you see one aspect of an issue in a given news story, it means that that’s all there is? The governor has been trying to get more housing built for years, and he’s being fought by local governments and residents tooth and nail. Everybody wants housing somewhere else, just not in their area because it will “change the character” of their neighborhoods. He tried cooperating with local cities for years and he has had to escalate to punitive measures for not meeting their housing quotas.

[@Firefighter_Matt]

​@@acslater017Technically the original comment in which you replied reffered to why it happened, what caused it, what led to it, inclination. Whether or not a person was trying to get something built and what they faced or not as well as both sides of the issue of solving it is another topic but of the same subject.

[@henrysheppard3433]

@acslater017 we don't need ghettos built. Housing is largely unaffordable for many, even those with Housing. It makes up too much of household incomes. Housing shouldn't gut people's income. We need investors and businesses out of the home market. They have ruined the Housing market. I saw a report on Housing during the industrial revolution. At prices then even accounting for inflation the prices then for houses would be less than 50k today. Imagine that I'm into dystopian futures, we are heading there faster than you think. Don't kick your fellow man when he down, be compassionate like you are for Ukraine ✌️

[@archieolmstead6688]

People are being forced out of their apartments due to increasingly higher rents winding up living on the streets. This will just continue forever with perhaps millions of homeless people in America. Yet we send billions to Ukraine to fight an un-winnable war.

[@FaryaWolyo_]

Politicians being in bed with venture capitalists has been a disaster for virtually every industry and has come at the expense of the average person. Competent public transportation would be infinitely superior to the radical individualized transportation where everyone creates their own emissions, and vehicle deaths are rampant. SUV owners are basically in an arms race with other drivers, and both parties seem to be aware of that; SUV sales have skyrocketed, and their manufacturing has increased. Ask yourself, when's the last time you saw a hatchback? A station wagon? Competent weapon regulation might decrease the number of weapon deaths, but the NRA lobbied hard to pretend that the 2nd amendment was always about personal ownership and not about organized civil militias, and gun deaths make for gun sales. Following every tragedy there is a surge in gun sales... Surely no motive there. Finally, competent city structuring and efficient use of space with vertical buildings could reduce property costs by putting more living arrangements in less space, but creating another deed to sell on increasingly scarce land is just too lucrative to pass up. If longevity and accessibility were priority in this country, this would not be the story of today. If you'd like to learn more about how this outcome for housing was a certainty, and you'd like to know about how politicians KNEW that, read about US zoning laws. There's a reason so much of rural America is a stretch of identical houses for an extreme distance. Regulations in the country stomped out the potential for vertical housing early on, in favor of these big 2 story properties. From there, the profit motive and outcome was a sure thing. That's how we got the '08 recession. Houses everywhere, their creation- a result of financial speculation. Lucrative properties in a world where nearly no one can afford them. I don't know how the US can ever see reform from all of these things without starting over entirely. It's all broken from the foundation.

[@davide4809]

He’s full of it, I don’t trust it

[@kennethbuford1406]

For all of those making derogatory comments who live in red States. I bet you're in a red state that has a homeless problem just like California, because I live in a red state that has a homeless problem. Because this is a national problem.

[@noinformationretained8861]

……. Is he making a run for VP or something? 😮 shocked

[@OoOMonkeyCoFreakOoO]

Yeah, and i ain’t voting for him

[@jesseseale2558]

Technically, he’s from the same state as Kamala, VP. Pres campaigns CAN NOT have two people from the same state to run for PRES and VP via ticket

[@jesseseale2558]

Especially if you’re currently holding state office

[@TheKareem020981]

She’ll have him in her cabinet.

[@noinformationretained8861]

@@jesseseale2558 Oh oops totally forgot bout this but would not sense politically haha - just making a joke 😅

[@petraullmann389]

Where are they supposed to go? If you move them, they are still homeless. I see it here in Grants Pass, they move them every week and it solves nothing 🙄

[@theotheleo6830]

They can go to the barren deserts where they won't bother anyone.

[@petraullmann389]

@@theotheleo6830 you know, many Americans are only one missed paycheck away from homelessness

[@theotheleo6830]

@@petraullmann389 Stop making excuses. The vast majority of the homeless are thieving drug addicts.

[@bryankerwin]

Says the man who WAS local government, and did nothing to help the problem. He can't push the problems onto others fast enough. It is all he does.

[@SeanWork]

JFC HUD needs to get in there. This is a Federal issue. Anyone over 65 that doesn't have housing should get free housing no questions asked. If we can build and supply and fund 800 foreign military bases we can make apartments for seniors and vets.

[@ricojr8729]

They are getting ready for the 2028 Olympics 😆

[@holeintheearthpdj]

You know what's more disgusting than homeless people?... People that hate homeless people.

[@theresareaume6603]

You know what is more useless than your comment? Nothing.

[@melissa7245]

U just called homeless ppl disgusting my friend ..... delete while u can

[@holeintheearthpdj]

@@melissa7245 I am homeless. I'm being sarcastic.

[@Goodchicken_lameducks]

They are going to bag and tag their belongings and store them for up to 60 days... Where?

[@christianbell6423]

all about the olympics in only 4 years

[@adelalvarez9185]

If a governor is not qualified to be a governor, a president is not qualified to be a president. We all see what this is. we will vote smart, this man has failed us the entire time he’s been there. Our state of California has deteriorated. Use your head, use your common sense.

[@josecarranza7555]

Under Newsom we have the 5th largest economy in the world, the economy has picked up since the covid shutdown. I didn’t even vote for Newsom but you don’t have to exaggerate. Look at the unemployment stats.

[@prophetba]

Trump sure isn't qualified to be president. Talk about a failure and a joke...face that fact....

[@jackieduffy4481]

I am with you. What’s this all about? Cleaning house before he jumps on the bandwagon. He’s just looking to show what a good governor he is after ruining his state and now he’s the hero?

[@josecarranza7555]

@@jackieduffy4481 Damn if he does nothing, damn if does something.

[@jackieduffy4481]

@@josecarranza7555 Don't get me wrong. I'm glad that he's doing this but why now? This should have been done a long time ago. My main concern is where do these homeless people go if he takes away their living space? I hope there's a plan. These are human beings.

[@kennethcadwell2124]

This is disgusting as I understand not wanting all those homeless encampments all over the place bringing down property value......... But how about using some money to actually house these people..........

[@terra-personal-3949]

And where would he like them to go? At least in LA, all the beds are taken in shelters

[@nancymcmonarch]

What's going on with Gavin? This feels like he's angry that the DNC didn't come begging him to run for president, and now he's taking it out on the homeless.

[@RobertoLopez-dm4gq]

Where are the homeless going to go? This isn’t going to solve the problem just like that.

[@LOTUG98]

They going to Oregon and Washington

[@tuttifrutti2642]

How about into treatment. There is still plenty of housing for them. They just don’t want to stop drugs to move in and stay there .

[@theotheleo6830]

Bus them to Texas!

[@Moodboard39]

​@@theotheleo6830bs Texas wouldn't allow it..Built affordable housing for these people

[@preshisify1]

Homelessness increased stateside by 72 percent in 2023 alone

[@lyricjackson8301]

If there’s nowhere for them to go then they shouldn’t be able to just dismantle the encampments! They BETTER have housing AVAILABLE and ready for each and every last one of the ppl they remove.

[@xSMOKExEMxALLx]

The government made these people homeless, in the first place. The sad thing is the millions of people in California, don't stick up for about 200,000 homeless. 🤷‍♂

[@mattbaca6641]

Individuals have vacated their residences, possessing only the belongings they were able to carry.Our leaders should prioritize assisting individuals in need rather than ignoring their struggles.

[@deangustafson7533]

And WHO do you think pays for that? Yes, the taxpayers…while the others have no responsibility…by choice. There’s help if they want it. Almost all don’t.

[@rhondawoodard4144]

He couldn't get this done in San Francisco . How does he expect any other city to be ordered to do it by him. Get rid of him .

[@chicho5359]

All we need is more $600k per unit apartments for the homeless and the problem is solved.

[@Bethune98]

Absolute idiots the officials in CA

[@Bethune98]

@vladtong true but...u know unfortunately many folks in CA just don't vote and never educate or inform themselves about what is going on. They believe officials are doing their job

[@Moodboard39]

They need affordable like NYC has ....pay 30 percent of your income ...and built 144k units ....that's why NYC don't hace much homeless

[@Perpetual_Kid]

I feel bad for the elderly and single parents with kids. But there are people who don’t want help. Instead of trying to force them, use that funding for the Rapid Response Senior Meals Program that they’re cutting and to help veterans

[@xman2008]

Is it so prohibitively expensive to provide some camping grounds for these people to have a small plot of land and some access to fresh water and bathrooms? Why are we trying to pretend that sending cops to tear their homes apart and upend their lives again is a good idea?

[@s.hai2526]

Many children are showing up at our schools with disabilities now. The system should be set up to support them and make sure they don't end up on the streets when they grow up. Some may always need professional care.

[@sluggodna]

Reading the comments, I can answer some? Homeless shelters are only overnight. Well here in Tacoma WA. Some choose the security of supplies in a tent.. You don't always get a bed either in a shelter. People turn to drugs to stay awake . The homeless call the shelters here "turn style" it holds you long enough till your ID expires. Then cops can get you in jail for a long sit. . I will see church vans drop off tents and clothes, and 2 weeks later, police are dumping it all. At some ways, the homeless are a business, or you wouldn't have any.

[@taytrong]

This is the most truthful comment, thank you.

[@KimsLantern]

Our money is basically paying to move a bunch of stuff out of one area only for it to get placed somewhere else.

[@ElvisPresley420]

This is like putting a bandaid on a severed leg. This is not helping homeless people or the city/county/state at all.

[@guitarsz]

where the hell are these ppl supposed to go?!?!?! So you kick them out of the only shelter they have and just say “beat it?” Thats real humane. A true measure of a society is how they treat the less fortunate. This is outrageous and outright pathetic leadership. They need to look to Austin Texas as an example.

[@kiddadd]

Example of what? They don't have homeless anymore?

[@JamesHarris-te6du]

Gn needs replaced, he destroyed California

[@Cerez78]

I suspect his massive use of hair gel has gone to his brain and caused severe damage.

[@CSIGrissom]

Went to the French Laundry restaurant while everyone else had to stay home and made a personal visit with the President of China (a State Governor by the way)

[@AliBubbaSparxx]

What’s going to happen with skid row?

[@Jonathan-pr1wo]

I like playing on that map in Call of Duty

[@blaineadams7484]

Would anyone be willing to lose 150k of value to their home if it means severely reducing homelessness?

[@TheProhetess]

Make everyone stop taking their dogs into the food store dirty Gavinator. I voted for Larry to protest.

[@KK-pm7ud]

Now taxpayers have to pay to store these peoples' trash?

[@journalistedisoncarter]

Universal basic income for each and every one of them $24k a year. Be human. Also start 3d printing homes and tiny homes. Then, work with social programs to help them heal. It's like kicking them out of an airplane without a parachute right into a war zone. Pete Seeger would be VERY upset about this. These are America's refugees.

[@JoseSandoval-jm5sw]

26billion to “solve” homelessness… where is that money?

[@rubbingisracing6951]

this guy is pure evil

[@markinlosangeles9108]

We should RECALL Mayor Karen Bass if she REFUSES to follow the Supreme Court and Gavin Newsom's edict to clear all homeless camps in Los Angeles, no?

[@mrdomino1881]

She's the one that put porta potty and hand wash stations at every encampment. I highly doubt she's got the balls to follow thru.

[@Ivanisoutside]

A lot of encampments near me have been cleaned up since she was elected, I’ve been pleasantly surprised. Haven’t seen a lot of news coverage on it but I’ve witnessed it with my own eyes.