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Homeless Population Grows While CA Governor Pushes Single Payer Health Care

July 9, 2019 5:42 amJuly 9, 2019 4:23 pm

California’s largest cities are reporting growing numbers of homeless, drug addicted and mentally-ill transients living on the streets, while Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing his plan for single-payer “health care for all.” And, with approval from the governor, the California...

California Senate Passes ‘Housing for Homeless,’ Bill With Penalty Component

July 2, 2019 2:08 amJuly 3, 2019 1:35 pm

The Legislature can do an immediate legislative fix The Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review authored AB 101, which provides for statutory changes needed to enact the housing and homelessness-related provisions of the Budget Act of 2019. In short,...

‘Homeless Industrial Complex’ Thriving in Sacramento with Latest Point-in-time ‘Homeless’ Count

June 27, 2019 8:35 amJune 28, 2019 7:26 am

“Too many people who have been housed and fragile are becoming fragile and unhoused.” ~Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg “This is becoming a ‘go-to’ city,” said Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg Wednesday at the end of his press conference on Sacramento’s...

Sacramento Mayor Steinberg Deploys Budget Bludgeon

June 1, 2019 10:45 amJune 1, 2019 10:51 am

“Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg is being accused of playing Chicago-style politics,” writes Theresa Clift in the Sacramento Bee, “seeking retribution against two critics on the City Council by ignoring their districts in a $16 million spending proposal.” According to the...

Gov. Newsom Appoints Leaders of Cities Overrun With Homeless to New Homeless Commission

May 22, 2019 2:05 amJune 10, 2019 12:33 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May Revise budget proposes an additional $650 million in spending on the state’s homeless, bring the grand total to $1 billion “to fight California’s homelessness crisis.” Newsom’s press release said, “The budget would increase emergency aid for...

Homeless Spending in CA: Where is the Money Going?

May 16, 2019 9:18 amMay 16, 2019 7:46 pm

California has roughly 134,000 homeless people, amounting to one-quarter of the nation’s total homeless population. In Will $1 Billion Spending on California’s Homeless Fix the Problem?, California Globe covered a myriad of issues surrounding California’s homeless explosion including how tiny...

Sacramento History: Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme Still Loves Charles Manson

May 4, 2019 6:05 amMay 6, 2019 9:02 am

Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, 70, recently went on record that she was still in love with her idol Charles Manson. “Was I in love with Charlie?” she told ABC News “Yeah, oh yeah, oh, I still am, still am. I don’t...