We’re launching a new task force to clear encampments, restore public spaces, and connect people with shelter and services. California is taking action by reducing unsheltered homelessness and outperforming the nation in slowing this crisis.
We’re launching a new task force to clear encampments, restore public spaces, and connect people with shelter and services. California is taking action by reducing unsheltered homelessness and outperforming the nation in slowing this crisis.
I'm with you!
You got places to put these folks other than overcrowded jails, not very proficient in mental health care?
An den Ärmsten sieht man den Reichtum am besten! Jeder braucht ein Dach überm Kopf und Essen.. sonst beginnt alles von vorne!
Bro, we get it. We all know that you are a Republican. Message received, shut up already.
WTF?! This sounds Trumpy
Why now? What took you so long??
Newsom, why cant Trump be impeached ? Im sure its a simple answer I just dont see why hes running amok ?
We lost funding for mental health treatment in Prop 1 and now this!Smaller counties can’t afford to suddenly provide the setvices. It’s just another unfunded mandate.
Someone should start a task force to tear down your house and throw out all your stuff. Don’t worry, you can sleep at the shelter.
In fact, I understand you're not living in your state-provided housing, @governor.ca.gov, so why not let some unhoused folks live there while you're kicking it in Fair Oaks or wherever?
He's not just throwing out their stuff. Newsom has released $3.3 billion in voter-approved funds (from Proposition 1) to expand housing and treatment options for the unhoused population. This funding will create more than 5,000 residential treatment beds and support approximately 214 new facilities
So in addition to something terrible he’s also doing something good. What’s my takeaway supposed to be?
I murder people but I also adopt pets from kill shelters so I guess according to you nobody should complain about my murdering?
clearing their homes doesn’t help if they don’t want to be in a shelter or involuntarily committed
Criminalizing poverty does not end homelessnes, you fool. Housing First does. Learn from those better than you, though I doubt you will. You're not a tough guy. You're a coward, same as Trump.
you really think this looks good for you, huh? can't imagine why your approval rating is a couple points below warm sewage rn
Connect with shelters and SERVICES... 👍
Give them housing. Give them places to go where sexual abuse isn't rampant. Do it with no strings. Don't just make it criminal to be poor in public.
You've been saying this for years. Maybe it's time for the feds to come in and do the job right.
Consider instead: Eat shit, fascist.
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About damn time…but better now than never. Connect people to much needed resources-monumental!
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Tax payers on the hook again?
where are they going Gavin? The weather is so nice out that way
By “clear encampments” do you mean “Steal the belongings of the poor?”
Mental Health/Addiction Services: Offer full spectrum of addiction treatment: detox, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), counseling Integrate services directly at shelter sites rather than requiring referrals elsewhere
Job Training/Placement:Partner with local unions and apprenticeship programs for higher-wage pathways Include digital literacy training given technology barriers Offer flexible scheduling that accommodates ongoing treatment needs
Paced yourself until midterm 2026 and gradually into 2028 tackle California’s homelessness by secure immediate shelter → provide stable mental health and addiction services → offer job training and placement → transition to affordable housing → maintain ongoing support to prevent relapse.
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He’s not, he’s literally doing the exact same thing.
Those complaining about encampment removal have never lived in or near one.
Specify HOW this is being done. Are you creating a tiny homes enclave? Using the Finland model? HOW!?
Feed the poor
Tax the rich
Imagine being the one to rebuild mental health centers to get people the help they actually need. We need shelters, actual mental health centers. YOU COULD BE THE ONE.
I mean he won't tho.... since Newsom has spent his entire political career attempting to make concentration camps for the homeless... I'm pretty sure he actually physically gets off to harming the homeless as much as possible.
Thats how its done. Plans that involve more than scamming people out of tax dollars for jail time.
For a minute you almost seemed to understand why trump is revolting. But here you are, not mocking or fighting, showing you're no different. This is not how you solve anything. Even this language is appalling.
I assume you’re willing to take in a few of these people?
I've raised 4 homeless kids, housed 3 adults and a family. That's not at all relevant to real solutions or how people are treated.
When people refuse to go into shelters, it also no solution to just say, “Well, let them camp out wherever they want!” The govt cannot make housing affordable or put everyone up in their own apartment. One state can certainly not do that. They CAN put people in a bed and under a roof.
Functional governments interested in real long term solutions have and do. $3 bil could absolutely be better spent and without the cruelty.
I don’t understand your reasoning. Would you kindly explain?
Forcibly "clearing" the unhoused doesn't solve anything. It's cruel, traumatizing and violating.
It’s a task force not a military force.
Did you see thousands and thousands of homes built? Where do think these people are going? Have you seen how encampments are "cleared" Jesus How removed are you from the reality of it to think this is ok in any way?
Don’t tear down the only hope we have for getting rid of Felon 47 on a single issue. Come up with solutions. Gavin needs support not destruction. They want us to fight over everything. This is how the monsters win. Government thrives with compromise and diversity.
It's a big issue and a huge demonstration of not being capable of understanding the depth of an issue to be able to present real solutions. Its also a huge fail in how he views and treats people. He has ample options to emerge a leader or fail. Post to him not me.
While we're at it, can you do something to punish Nevada/Arizona for illegally abandoning their homeless in desert cities near the borders?
Focus and Declaration! Take the power away from Tyranny and restore Justice for citizens!
The crisis of seeing homeless people? What is wrong with you?
I hope its all go and not just show. Also where are the protesters trying to stop it?
Good luck. All I see are overwhelming homeless folks living under the overpass freeways, streets, alleys & some residential communities & businesses. Where are they all going to go? 🤷
This is a terrible look if you were thinking of running for president.
And this is why I will never vote for you as president, thank you for fighting trump using trumpisms but dont become him
Leaving people on the streets is cruel. Helping them is not.
Be aware that many homeless people have mental illnesses such as schizophrenia that make it very difficult to be in an enclosed living space. They will also resist help due to fear of dangerous people. It would work better to give them a safe, outdoor space.
Stfu you ghoul.
Please gather and protect their personal belongings, including medicines, documents, and mementos as you go.
The headline is not a good look. We were beginning to see Gov. Newsom as a hero, a savior against the tyrant, this sounds like they are the same. Emphasis should be on helping people with a hand up, not cleaning the streets!
We really don’t have any idea what he has in mind. So maybe we wait to see what happens?
the timing...
The hater’s gonna hate, hate, hate…. Why would Newsom cater to the right if his aim is to get under the skin of Trump and Republicans so he might stand a chance in 2028? It would be counterintuitive to his goals. He’s swinging and hitting right now. He’s got momentum.
Dammit Newsom you were on a roll and now back to doing this shit
Hiring STAFFERS to be cringe on Twitter is not "a roll" Also both of you to assume he ever stopped harassing the homeless
And what would you do? This is a start to a difficult problem.
Prevention and rehousing rather than bulldozing and displacing
These people are so simple, that they can't see that Gavin will just send them to jail.
You can move them out of your sight, but they still exist. They will just be in a different location. Then that location will have people like you who also want to get rid of them. These are nice words, but without actual planning and infrastructure, they will just send them to jail.
Yeah, I don’t trust him. But I love him burning tRUmp
hey gavin? why do you have a fetish for killing homeless people
Give people wraparound services including housing, social worker, job coaching, drug and alcohol addiction counseling, etc
It's telling in what order your post is worded. 'Clear encampments' comes first instead of 'connect people with shelter and services.' You're more interested in removing the homeless, than providing help. The disregard for the people will haunt you in your eventual planned run for President.
So you’re just like Trump. Why the fuck is everybody praising you?
You have done nothing to protect migrants and CALIFORNIA COPS are beating protestors
I didn't know California has so much public housing stock available and an array of free health care and support services needed to sustain and prevent persistent homelessness. I bet it does not. So this is BS.
Why is the uniparty all of a sudden focused on crime?
Love it! Keep cleaning up these public health and safety hazards.
Do it gently. No performative sadism
You really need to explain how this isn't just doing more harm to an already vulnerable population, cause from where I'm sitting, it seems bad.
Define “clear” Gavin?
You are a piece of shit Gavin
The part that I love and have the most respect for is “get them the services they need”. Thank you. Clear out in most places means chase them away and toss their stuff. Gavin is a man of and for the people all the people
This is what leadership looks like.
People need somewhere to go. There needs to be housing and not people freaking the fuck out because people who were homeless are moving in. Before you disparage people who were unhousedfor any number of reasons… Don’t forget what’s masquerading as a president in the White House.
Yeah just when you had the public on your side.... F****** house them.
Which community will Gavin make a big show of pissing on today, the trans or homeless? Oh today it’s the homeless.
I love my Governor and I love my home State of California 💙
That is what is needed. Homelessness is not a crime. It's already a prison sentence for people, an outdoor one, without warmth in the cold, or ac in the heat. America's priorities are twisted. This country is going after the most vulnerable...kids, the homeless and sick, & workers of all kinds.
@governor.ca.gov - You got a glimmer of social science architecture when you toured the San Diego Veterans homeless platform. I would recommend, SF Architect Donald MacDonald's book "Democratic Architecture." He visited 60 countries scaling how they resolved. A Task Force win with this book.
San Francisco CA, Architect Donald MacDonald's, his book, "Democratic Architecture."
Have you ever visited a Homeless Shelter, especially in a heavily populated area? They are a nightmare, nothing better than Holding Pens, like for Cattle or Chickens, they are not a Solution, Newsom is just passing off responsibility to underfunded facilities. Common Political Trick #TheNewsoms
Newsom just surrendered to Pres. Trump.
I have got no idea how people would be mad that we don’t want people living on the streets. We have a duty to give these people access to the care and shelter they need.
Familiarize yourself with the issue and with this tactic before talking about it, thanks
Are you so blind that you think he’s housing these people? No, he’s just being cruel. He doesn’t care about people living in on the street. He’s been governor for eight years.
Because people have become habitually skeptical. While I can't know from here if this program will be well thought out and effective, it's aggravating that people immediately assume the worst.
Because there isn't enough help to meet the need. There isn't enough shelter and transitional housing. Not enough substance abuse and treatment facilities. So just cleaning up encampments without alternatives is cruel.
The article says they are connecting to shelters and SUD services. Hopefully they are also creating more of these services.
Great they were handed a phone number and told to get the fuck out of sight or get locked up That's the translation of the pr bullshit sentence that you just regurgitated
That has been what theyve said literally every time theyve done this for years and years. Why will it magically work this time?
If those services don't exist now then cleaning up encampments now is cruel. You have to have the shelter to move them to first and there isn't enough. So keep hoping meanwhile encampments are being cleaned up without enough housing and mental health help provided.
Agreed. So hopefully having more shelters/transitional housing built and BH/SUD/medical services readily available is part of the plan.
Absolutely. I hate the thought of abandoning these poor people. I don’t care what it costs, abandoning humans is what I find cruel.
Agreed. Has to have actual actions behind it -eyes are on CA so I am hopeful these people Will be helped.
But there ARE alternatives! One is getting your act together clean up and start looking for a damn job no matter if it's Taco Bell or washing dishes at the diner. And then you can find a shelter. Newsome has provided billions towards all of this! Don't you ever read? Or are you a troll? .........
Except ultimately even 'basic jobs' have certain prerequisites that not everyone can meet. What are the options for people who can't hold a job?
Newsom has released $3.3 billion in voter-approved funds (from Proposition 1) to expand housing and treatment options for the unhoused population. This funding will create more than 5,000 residential treatment beds and support approximately 214 new facilities
Hey there, it's because he is not going to increase shelter beds or transitional housing or anything like that, he's just going to throw all their shit away.
They only see "clearing encampments" and not the help they offer the people who have to leave their encampments. Bad messaging on top of people not reading articles and looking into things beyond headlines.
It's because you're going to get trolls in here working with the GOP and people like Bernie Sanders and AOC fans. And their job is to try to take down the obvious number one candidate and most popular Democrat right now. They don't like it so they nitpick. Pseudo accounts. Fake accounts. Some Bots
We may be outperforming the nation now, but we were definitely too slow in addressing it as it grew. I think too many people saw this as self-limiting, then discovered too late that it was not, after it had become a monster.
I'm really rooting for you but this headline makes you sound just as bad as *him* right now.
Work with other states as well. This needs to happen everywhere.
As long as these people get access to help, food, shelter, that's ok. But don't just take away the little hope they have left.
How about recycling shipping containers and converting them into houses for the homeless, also building tiny homes.
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This has to be addressed, thank you for having the courage to take it on while most Democrats hide behind hopes and prayers for a solution.
..........Sooooo you're just evil then huh?
Yeah, an unnecessary crisis, people work that is what we do, fill in the cracks...?
Awesome, thanks for working to connect homeless people with the shelter and services that they need
I cannot support anything you do, if you are punishing the homeless. You don't know why they are in that place. Tiny home communities, abandoned hotels and buildings, can be revitalized to be homes for the people. Jesus had no pillow for his head. Would you push him out too? I hope not. Humanity.
STOP PUNISHING PEOPLE FOR BEING HOMELESS. GET THE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN FIRST, BEFORE DOING THE CLEARING. HAVE SAFE, HABITABLE PLACES TO RESTORE PEOPLE FIRST THEN BEING THEM, TRANSFER THE PEOPLE TO THE HOME AREAS. IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. WITH RESOURCES TO HELP THEM. THIS IS THE BETTER WAY. !!
Then Bring them.
You're criminalizing people for existing, go sit the fuck down at the nimby table until you figure out humanity and compassion.
Stockton should have been one of the cities .
This is the wrong move, Newsome
Like in DC, but humanely, and thought out. Rather than threatening and criminalizing? Radical!
Build tiny house villages with old pallets donated by the public.
Will you be there with a chainsaw this time? Seriously dude, 'clearing encampments' doesnt do anything to actually help the crisis. These people have nowhere else to go, or believe me, they'd be there, and not under and overpass in a tent. The spin on this is honestly sickening.. do better.
Newsom has released $3.3 billion in voter-approved funds (from Proposition 1) to expand housing and treatment options for the unhoused population. This funding will create more than 5,000 residential treatment beds and support approximately 214 new facilities
Thats a decent start- there are roughly 187k homeless people in CA, so thats assisting roughly 2.5%. Not a groundbreaking number, but something. Still isn't even remotely ok to clear encampments.. its incredibly dehumanizing and in no way a decent course of action. And it still leaves 182k homeless
Okay so what do you think they should do about literally thousands of people camping out in dangerous areas with obvious drug infestations and crime rates through the roof? What do YOU want to do about it?🤷♂️
Its not about what *I want* to do about it, its what professionals say is the best course of action. And as a former homeless person I can attest that there is a lot of nuance to this. Have a heart dude.
You want to just let disheveled, mostly majority alcoholics and drug addicts just roam the streets and camp out right nearby sidewalks or public streets or buildings where people try to bring their families to spend money or have a bite to eat? You just want to let THAT continue? It's about safety
People don't stop existing because you clear their camp. They don't stop having addictions when you take their stuff. They just get more trauma which makes getting out of homelessness harder.
Someone else was arguing about this but has since blocked me or deleted the post. Here was my reply, and might I suggest having a little sympathy and maybe attempt to see the unhoused as humans who deserve dignity?
Are you building a new small homes for homelessness, at least?
If this is done humanely while fully respecting the rights of the unhoused, okay, but be very wary of mistreatment and abuse. Many Californians, many of whom support this, are a few paychecks from sharing their fate. Treat them as we'd wish to be treated. These are fellow Californians.
The Nazi detention camps are worse than homelessness. They need to be demolished and the good people returned home.
Please allow people to gather their things before you move them out. I've seen interviews with folks who had their DENTURES taken by State officers and they couldn't eat solid food afterward. JFC.
This is the only plane Canada would gift you.
That is positive leadership!
I told you all last week when you were putting him on a pedestal and painting him a hero that he was a republican in sheep’s clothing as always. He swung to liberal for redistricting so he could earn points on the national stage, now we’re seeing the other face.
Go ahead and back him for president, he’ll sell your ass up the river every time
Gavin, will you be providing housing, water, and food? Shelters are packed, so where are you putting your citizens? Make Housing, Water and Food, a Human Right in America. 🇺🇲 Make America Tax the Rich Again.
What will happen once they’re “cleared”? Please elaborate.
I hope so. Let’s help the vulnerable.
He doesnt help
He does something. He may not be perfect but he is doing something. This is a difficult problem.
Throwing people's belongings in the dumpster whilst handing them the phone number to a caseworker and still leaving them homeless..... is doing something objectively evil whilst dangling keys in front of morally bankrupt dipshits like you
As long as they are treated with respect and connected with both short term and long term shelter and services. They deserve dignity and respect.
Why haven’t you supported SB 79? A primary driver of homelessness is our cost of living crisis, yet you are silent about one of the most effective solutions Sacramento has proposed.
There were three shootings in a homeless encampment in Vallejo just one week ago. You wouldn't send help last year you gave us the middle finger.
Come clear out the squallor thats taken over Vallejo and then I will vote for you.
Do you want to lose supporters? Because this is how you do it that and your transphobic crusade. You’re one of the only people getting under Donald’s skin. And you’re gonna start pulling this shit? Right when our democracy is on a line, and morale is already low enough as it is.
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Because children feel unsafe sharing that kind of information about themselves at home.
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I wonder how long before Adolf and Libs of TikTok learns about this?
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I’m talking to my friend in messenger so I’m going to read this later. Frankly taking a break from reading is such a great idea but I do want to say transgender people just like everyone else want to go in and pee and get the hell out of the bathroom. And they’ve been there since forever.
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And no one got upset about it until somebody told you you should.
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PS… to the paid anti-Newsom trolls, these articles aren't propaganda. These ARE BILLS AND POLICIES SIGNED INTO LAW
Please house them before they get kidnapped by 🟠Goons. Thank you for your attention🤪😂
Leftists are going to use this as an opportunity to go "See! See! He's brutalizing the homeless" I'm no expert, but maybe it would be better to begin this statement by explaining how California will be helping them because the wording makes it unclear.
Have you ever visited a Homeless Shelter, especially in a heavily populated area? They are a nightmare, nothing better than Holding Pens, like for Cattle or Chickens, they are not a Solution, Newsom is just passing off responsibility to underfunded facilities. Common Political Trick #TheNewsoms
I hope this is done humanely, taking into consideration their belongings, pets, etc.
So youre OK sacrificng people e periencing homelessness and trans people to make white people feel safe? Tell me again how you're different from MAGA?
Homelessness is not a crime
Thank you, Governor Newsom. Please keep demonstrating a better way to govern, to deal with social issues, to balance needs and resources. All if takes to be Trump's polar opposite is to avoid knee-jerk reactions, engage the brain instead of the brawn, and care about people rather than hating them.
What about housing?
You really have to let people know what you're doing with these people's stuff. It looks like you're just taking what little they have. If you're not, you need to let us know, because ...
Newsom has released $3.3 billion in voter-approved funds (from Proposition 1) to expand housing and treatment options for the unhoused population. This funding will create more than 5,000 residential treatment beds and support approximately 214 new facilities
Anyone who argues against this, is just a flat-out blatant anti Newsom & likely just an agent for some GOP or Republican National Committee whose jobs are to go online and crap all over the most popular Democrats, no matter what they do. How can you argue with cleaning this stuff up? There's no way
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Bingo! On their other accounts, they complain that the Dems aren’t doing anything about the homeless.
Politics is a nasty game. I'm sure the RNC has plenty of people out there working the internet constantly and getting paid to do it. Let's just admit it they're all over Newsome obviously for obvious reasons
Just onn government property. The governor’s office stated that the task force will prioritize sites deemed unsafe and collaborate with local governments to connect individuals with shelter, health care and substance use services.
Good job
For all the folks talking shit right now, Newsom is not perfect, but he's perfect for what we need in this moment, so unless you have a better answer to Trumps bullshit, shut up.
Well said!!
Hiring a social media team to use AI to make Mean cringe tweets is not actually fighting fascism you morally bankrupt jackass.... as to whom is doing better Be louder about the fact you don't pay attention
Newsom / Pritzker 2028. Newsom is out there on news medias and popular pod casts doing interviews and fact checks, while his posse is holding it down on social medias.
Newsom is a bigoted sociopathic fascist in a blue Hood Fuck off Grow some moralistic Integrity you BlueMAGA weirdo
Your standards are insanely low. Your choice is cruelty to the homeless or cruelty to the homeless with a smile. What’s wrong with you?
What is your solution ?
Are you joking? House the homeless. That is the only solution. Housing first.
What is your solution? Or do you want to stay part of the problem?
I already told you what the solution is. Put people in permanent housing. How am I part of the problem, dumb fuck? It’s people who defend ghouls like Newsom that keep the Democrats slightly to the right of bush.
"Take it or leave it," as this ghoul makes the lives of his most vulnerable constituents *much worse* If this is what you're willing to accept, you're already part of the problem
What is your solution ?
Seems pretty obvious: don't back a piece of shit in an election that's three years away. Don't accept inhumanity as somehow opposed to inhumanity.
What is your solution? Or do you want to stay part of the problem?
I'm not running for president. Maybe have some values rather than just demanding a policy platform from some rando on the Internet, you knob.
I hope you lose in a fucking landslide.
"..*everything* in a fucking landslide"... Like a literal one... But like JUST HIS PERSONAL SHIT in a sinkhole.... Gruesome Newsom doesn't deserve the comfort of a roof over his head
Eliminate all tax credits for corporations that own single family homes. Triple the property taxes for all corporate owned single family homes. Drive them out of the market and increase availability for people. Thank you for your attention on this matter
What are you doing for them? How is this helping?
Hmmm, you're acting quite presidential! 🙄 🤔
It's heartbreaking to know that there is no correct answer to this problem until we have universal health care. Yes, there are a majority of homeless that are drug dependent, but so many more are just without a home because they can't afford to be healthy.
Are you going to help them into into housing or just shuffle them somewhere out of the way
Hopefully it's more on the "connect people with shelter and services" than the "clear encampments."
I fully support our governor. But I do have to say, what shelters? In Sonoma County there are only a couple of them and they are always full. Long waiting lists. And they kick people out on the streets if they get covid. There's nowhere for people to go!
For a while there was a supervised tent site at the administration Center that looked really good. But they shut it down! Why? There's not even safe parking spaces for people with vehicles to live in.
Where do you plan to place these people to ensure their safety and provide necessary services?
you are a demon in a skin suit
what to do about those who don't want shelters or services? i understand why they might want or need to be on their own. There has to be a solution for these people other than institutions. or jail ffs.
Where are they going to go? Do you have something lined up for them? You can’t just rip down their home with no plan in place for them to go somewhere.
Congratulations on your conversion to the Chumpster point of view. Seems everything you've been doing lately is taking a page out of President Chump's playbook.
Musashi, I like Governor Newsom but I followed you anyway.
I don't hate Newsom. Just not happy that he and others took billions to build a train to nowhere that will never be finished. Nor his and others taking billions to build new homes for homeless and almost all of it goes to cronies NGO's pockets and none to real projects.
OK, NEVER MIND THE ROMANCE.
LOL! Like you did back in 2004, and $20B ago! How many more billions are you going to piss away to advance homelessness?
"Reducing unsheltered homelessness" Oh so you're giving them like actual homes 🙂 right 🙂 not just 🙂 "connecting them with" 🙂 "shelter and services" 🙂 because youre literally physically dismantling their shelters/homes 🙂 so i'd expect you to directly provide them with replacement shelters/homes 🙂
Here: Newsom has released $3.3 billion in voter-approved funds (from Proposition 1) to expand housing and treatment options for the unhoused population. This funding will create more than 5,000 residential treatment beds and support approximately 214 new facilities. Any questions?
Did they move people into those locations prior to destroying and clearing out their shelters? Or do they expect unhoused people to figure it out themselves? Removing their current shelter and leaving them to deal with it themselves is fucked up. That's what I said. And you did not contradict it.
The thing is they're not going to move, and take advantage of all the things they're trying to do to help them. So you have to give them incentive to move and tell them we're coming for your stuff if you don't go get the help you need. That's the idea right? If you let them stay, why move?
Exactly. Their rights do not supersede other people’s Rights.
I mean imagine criticizing a man trying to clean up his State and his major cities with the skid rows and the slums where these people hang out in droves. Imagine trying to act like you're criticizing that. Just let them live there and cause issue and blight. Drug infestations, scary stuff
Let them? What is the other option for people who cannot afford housing?
Jail. Getting stuck in an overcrowded shelter where they will: euthanize your pet, provide no security for your property, get molested by staff and residents, be exposed to unsanitary conditions, be kicked out within weeks, etc
Agree there has to be a middle ground. Liberty and justice for all means your liberty does not infringe on mine. People should be able to take their kid to the park and not step on a needle.
In Red they just jail them and do NOT provide any services. Pay attention to the details.
So glad you are moving people from empty/unused state-owned highway right-of-ways to city owned parks and sidewalks. My most favorite part of being homeless was spending all day in busy public spaces and not having anywhere to store my belongings.
There has to be a location to give homeless some dignity& also provide a ride into town to work. Give them a boost & maybe they can survive with dignity. It won't be easy but you have to provide location, assistance(food, tent, laundry, public transportation, social services to find job & clean up.)
You’re stealing some poor people’s last possessions and identification without providing actual housing. I look forward to you losing the democratic primary and never hearing from your republican-lite ass again.
wow so glad you're taking action! hey did I miss the skeet where you gave your full-throated endorsement to SB 79? the bill that would build lots of housing? and put downward pressure on rents?? so fewer people become homeless???
I am a big fan of how Gavin is attacking authoritarianism, however, I think homelessness requires further discussion I think it would be helpful if Gavin could state the long-term strategy Prop 1 sweeps can be more “humane”, but are still not it We need better for our homeless friends
San Francisco looked great last year. I was impressed.
It’s amazing how people complain about homelesness and then complain about cleaning them up and funneling people into real dwellings with care provided and paid for by $42,560,000 from State Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP) Round 5 Tranche 2 funding. Hypocrites
So true. People don’t understand their own hypocrisy. But speaking of hypocrisy, how many of those homeless hitched a ride to California from other states that do little to nothing for them?
Their* (sorry talk to text)
I’ve worked in five different emergency rooms over 25 years and I’m here to tell you that most Red states buy bus tickets to California just to get them out of there State. The problem is we’re all Americans.
In SoCal, when city councils or county commissioners "clean up" the homeless, the homeless just move a few miles away into what is typically CalTrans jurisdiction. The homeless know CalTrans is so slow to respond, so the result is still no resolution.
“No one should live in a dangerous or unsanitary encampment, and we will continue our ongoing work to ensure that everyone has a safe place to call home.”
It sounds too Trumpy to package the message like this and can easily be used against you. The MAIN intention needs to be highlighted: HELP these people out of their crises to give them a chance to live meaningful lives. NOT helpful to use task force and clearing out language. Keep fighting!
Gavin Newsom is really stepping up to the plate! He will be our next president!
Before your task force starts destroying those encampments, make sure the people who will be displaced have a chance to gather what little possessions they have. And make sure the shelters will have the room to accept an overflow of people. And to expedite services to help those people.
Thank you, Governor! ♥️
how does his cock taste
I'm interested in more detailed information about the effort. The linked article doesn't say enough. Not willing to react until there's better clarity.
Put them somewhere comfortable, help them clean up, feed them, and house them. Don't be a Drumpf.
Celebrating a task force that clears tents misses the point. Homelessness spikes because rich buyers hoard city homes they don’t occupy. Until that practice is addressed, people will still sleep on the streets. Real solutions require tackling housing scarcity, not just moving tents around.
Did any of yall read his statement? “connect people with shelter and services.” Maybe READ before you start your performative outrage.
You do realize how completely empty and useless a sentiment that is right? . "connect with" DOES NOT in fact mean "provide"...
He always says that, read how well that’s worked out in previous encampment sweeps
It’s about damn time. Homeless advocates shot themselves in the foot every time they challenged sensible approaches and what happened? People pissed off over lack of progress vs Billions spent… so now policies worse than what they challenged will be the implemented. Nice job!
Be LESS LOUD about inventing an entirely new low on Kohlberg's stages of moral development....
What are you doing to actually HELP them? Trashing all their worldly possessions hurts my heart and doesn’t solve any problems.
Your messaging on this is not good. People think you’ve just turned on homeless people. Explain to people how you will help these people cleared from encampments. Most people do not know your policy. They just think you’re cruel. Detail the policy, so people understand. This is your Achilles heal.
Appreciate the clarification
This is true. But i at least ended up reading the article and its actually a good project for the homeless
Thanks for making a good point.
I agree!
Oh yeah it's his messaging that's the problem with him destroying the personal belongings of the unhoused.... I got some bad news for you... he did
A task force is step one.
Thanks for delineating that. There's lots of pushback and I am not sure at all if it is warranted.
His policy is not as cruel as it sounds. There are all kinds of details about how they help the cleared out people. I don’t know why they don’t post it.
Yes taco administration will arrested then without due process
People never look at the details of a policy, just footnotes.
That’s the problem.
This!
I wish they would too.
I'll post it. Plus, they expect people to use that device in their hands other than just crapping on something without finding out what they're actually trying to do first. Those people are usually Republican trolls who are assigned to attack the number one FrontRunner against them in 2028
I’m not a republican troll and work directly with homeless people who have their encampments cleared. It is a cruel process. As much politicians say they are providing support services, in my experience over the past year it simply does not materialize. Gavin is not good to our homeless community
Not good? It's awesome.
This! I'm one of his constituents and, while I know essentially what his administration is doing, this framing doesn't convey the whole story. Very easy to see it as inflammatory. @governor.ca.gov get your messaging in order!
Right. It’s simple.
100%! The heading should read something like “California is helping homeless find shelter and connecting them with much needed resources”. People don’t read past the headline.
The governor’s office stated that the task force will prioritize sites deemed unsafe and collaborate with local governments to connect individuals with shelter, health care and substance use services........
Newsom has released $3.3 billion in voter-approved funds (from Proposition 1) to expand housing and treatment options for the unhoused population. This funding will create more than 5,000 residential treatment beds and support approximately 214 new facilities
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Exactly.
First of all he can't control how the news media reports. Their aim is expediency and brevity which do not always equal clarity. Second of all if you don't like CA plan I guess we could just wait around till ICE gets to it. And they will.
It is literally his social media account posting so clearly he approves of the message
That's a good point it's far better the lesser of the two evils. And if you did a nationwide poll around the country I think most people in all of the larger cities would definitely be in agreement that there has to be some definite changes in the unsafe and dangerous homeless encampments
Not if they read the whole sentence. "... and connect people with shelter and services."
You do realize how absolutely fucking Hollow and meaningless that sentence actually is right? Great they gave somebody a case worker.... Who will get back to them in a fucking week .....maybe Provided they don't die on the street first from exposure
could lead with that
His policies are on his website, novel idea Governor Newsom: Housing & homelessness www.gov.ca.gov/priorities-a...
He needs to put it in a Skeet. People aren’t going to go to his website. They are going to see clearing encampments and run with it.
He doesn't run the SM account. He has a manager do that
His manager needs to fix it, then.
I'll post it all over here all the sections that are pertinent. Especially when a lot of these fake homeless rights account show up because they know Newsome is so popular Nationwide for his agenda these past months
If people choose not to do their own research and figure out the facts, that's their problem, not his!
No, it’s our problem. We need him.
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Please tell me you are providing them homes, not just shuffling them to another place.