{"id":181858,"date":"2024-07-25T14:26:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T21:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=181858"},"modified":"2024-07-25T14:26:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T21:26:20","slug":"governor-newsom-orders-agencies-to-address-encampments-in-their-communities-with-urgency-and-diignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=181858","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom Orders Agencies\u00a0to Address Encampments in their Communities with Urgency and Diignity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;What you need to know: Governor Newsom today issued an executive order directing state agencies to urgently address homeless encampments while respecting the dignity and safety of Californians experiencing homelessness. The Governor\u2019s order, which follows the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Grants Pass, also urges local governments to use substantial funding provided by the state to take similar action.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCAgovernor%2Fvideos%2F1027866871550166%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Building on California\u2019s ongoing work and unprecedented investments to address the decades-long issue of homelessness, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order today ordering state agencies and departments to adopt clear policies that urgently\u00a0 address homeless encampments while\u00a0 respecting the dignity and well-being of all Californians. With the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Grants Pass v Johnson,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mclist.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=afffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55&amp;id=cb3407b1df&amp;e=905e449cc5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mclist.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dafffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55%26id%3Dcb3407b1df%26e%3D905e449cc5&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1722014064280000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2to-Vddavu3DBpVbpFCJis\">local governments now have the tools and authority<\/a>\u00a0to address dangerous encampments and help provide those residing in encampments with the resources they need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis executive order directs state agencies to move urgently to address dangerous encampments while supporting and assisting the individuals living in them \u2014 and provides guidance for cities and counties to do the same. The state has been hard at work to address this crisis on our streets. There are simply no more excuses. It\u2019s time for everyone to do their part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Governor Newsom\u2019s executive order directs state agencies and departments to adopt humane and dignified policies to urgently address encampments on state property, including by taking necessary and deliberate steps to notify and support the people inhabiting the encampment prior to removal. Governor Newsom has made record-level investments to address the housing crisis, investing over $24 billion across multiple state agencies and departments, including billions of dollars in funding to assist local jurisdictions in providing services and wrap-around support to people living in encampments. In Fiscal Year 2022-2023, these investments helped lift more than 165,000 people out of homelessness and into interim or permanent housing.<\/p>\n<p>California blueprint<br \/>\nGovernor Newsom\u2019s order directs state agencies and departments to adopt policies and plans consistent with the California Department of Transportation&#8217;s (Caltrans) existing encampment policy. Since July 2021, California has resolved more than 11,000 encampments, and has removed 248,275 cubic yards of debris from encampments along the state right of way in preparation for\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mclist.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=afffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55&amp;id=1dbaaf3963&amp;e=905e449cc5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mclist.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dafffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55%26id%3D1dbaaf3963%26e%3D905e449cc5&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1722014064280000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1odhX9UnbzAnUQFrsF82VX\">Clean California projects.<\/a>\u00a0Prioritizing encampments that pose a threat to the life, health, and safety of the community, Caltrans provides advance notice of clearance and works with local service providers to support those experiencing homelessness at the encampment, and stores personal property collected at the site for at least 60 days.<\/p>\n<p>The order encourages local governments to emulate the state\u2019s successful model to adopt local policies and to use all available resources, including those provided by the state\u2019s historic investments in housing and intervention programs, to address encampments within their jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>Proposition 1 funding available for local governments.\u00a0 Governor Newsom also encourages local governments to apply for the newly available $3.3 billion in\u00a0competitive grant funding from Proposition\u00a01 to expand the behavioral health continuum and provide appropriate care to individuals experiencing mental health conditions and substance use disorders \u2014 with a particular focus on people who are most seriously ill, vulnerable, or homeless. Proposition 1 includes two parts: a $6.4 billion Behavioral Health Bond for treatment settings and housing with services, and historic reform of the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) to focus on people with the most serious illnesses, substance disorders, and housing needs.<\/p>\n<p>The state also recently released the\u00a0Proposition 1 Behavioral Health Services Act: Housing Supports Primer (July 2024) for counties, which explains how to spend the projected $950 million annual BHSA revenue on housing interventions Unprecedented investments to support communities Governor Newsom is tackling California\u2019s homelessness crisis head-on.<\/p>\n<p>Since he took office, the state\u00a0 has developed a Statewide Action Plan for Preventing and Ending Homelessness\u00a0and the Governor has demanded unprecedented accountability from local governments to do their part to end the homelessness crisis through regionally coordinated action plans.The Governor has also pioneered nation-leading homeless and housing reforms and invested more than $24 billion to address this crisis with state and local support, including\u00a0$4.85 billion for Homeless, Housing Assistance and Prevention Grants\u00a0for local jurisdictions to prevent and reduce homelessness,\u00a0$1 billion in Encampment Resolution Funding to assist local jurisdictions in providing services and supports to people living in encampments, and\u00a0$3.3 billion for Homekey to rapidly expand housing for persons experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mclist.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=afffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55&amp;id=44ef0c6842&amp;e=905e449cc5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mclist.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dafffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55%26id%3D44ef0c6842%26e%3D905e449cc5&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1722014064280000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2VfGy0k7XLzvZlvBrj_pmj\">A copy of today\u2019s executive order can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;What you need to know: Governor Newsom today issued an executive order directing state agencies to urgently address homeless encampments while respecting the dignity and safety of Californians experiencing homelessness. The Governor\u2019s order, which follows the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Grants Pass, also urges local governments to use substantial funding provided by the state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Fullscreen-capture-7252024-21100-PM.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=181858"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181867,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181858\/revisions\/181867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/181866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=181858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=181858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=181858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}