‘housing first’ – California Globe

Spencer Pratt Releases Bold 5-Step Treatment-First Plan to End LA’s Drug-Driven Homelessness Crisis

May 22, 2026 6:00 amMay 22, 2026 6:01 am

In a powerful nine-minute video released Thursday on X, Spencer Pratt, candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles in 2026, unveiled his comprehensive 5-step plan to tackle the city’s homelessness crisis. Pratt framed the issue not as a housing shortage but...

Mayor Lurie’s Hollow Victory: Optics Over Substance in San Francisco’s Homelessness Numbers

May 15, 2026 6:00 amMay 15, 2026 6:01 am

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie stood before cameras this week at the city’s first sober shelter, Hope House, and declared victory. Preliminary results from the 2026 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count, he announced, showed “incredible progress”: unsheltered homelessness had plummeted 22 percent...

California’s Latest HUD Fiasco: Another Massive Abuse Of Taxpayer Dollars

December 31, 2025 1:41 pmJanuary 7, 2026 10:00 pm

A damning U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report exposed $5.8 billion in questionable rental assistance payments in FY 2024 under the Biden administration—over 11 percent of nearly $50 billion disbursed nationwide. The 183-page Agency Financial Report detailed payments to...

Governor Newsom Sues Trump administration Again for ‘Cruel’ Cuts to Homeless Housing Funding That will hurt families

November 25, 2025 12:33 pmNovember 25, 2025 11:02 pm

“Governor Newsom sues Trump administration for cruel cuts to homeless housing funding that will hurt families,” reads today’s latest headline from the California Governor. Let that sink in. Homeless housing funding went to families? What families? I only see mentally...

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Recovery Housing for Drug Addicts to Preserve ‘Housing First’ Grift

October 3, 2025 11:58 amOctober 4, 2025 8:51 am

Assemblyman Matt Haney’s (D-San Francisco) legislation create more drug-free housing options for people recovering from drug addiction passed both houses of the Legislature. The bill passed the Senate with an overwhelming bipartisan 39-0 vote, and the Assembly 79-0. However, California...

Supreme Court Restores Cities’ Ability to Ban Camping, LA Mayor Refuses

July 9, 2024 3:54 pmJuly 9, 2024 3:54 pm

President Andrew Jackson infamously said in response to a U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling he did not like regarding the sovereignty of Native American Tribes, “the Court has made its decision, now let them enforce it.” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass...

Santa Monica Homeless Housing: $1 Million Per Apartment

April 24, 2024 4:00 pmApril 25, 2024 3:38 pm

One million dollars. Well, technically $1,008,944.89 is what a new combination low and moderate income/permanent supportive housing for the homeless project in Santa Monica will cost per unit. That works out to be $1,252 per square foot, at least double...