{"id":198391,"date":"2026-01-18T11:17:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T19:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=198391"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T19:17:30","slug":"governor-newsom-announces-new-investments-for-more-homeless-shelter-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=198391","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom Announces New Investments for More Homeless Shelter & Services"},"content":{"rendered":"
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San Francisco, CA…As the Trump administration attacks public programs and seeks to slash funding for homelessness, Governor Gavin Newsom continues to advance effective programs that have led to California\u2019s recent 9% reduction in unsheltered homelessness<\/a><\/b>. Today, the Governor announced new state support for local communities with more than $419 million for San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego as part of the state\u2019s Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) program. HHAP funding helps local programs end homelessness through supportive services and permanent and interim housing.<\/p>\n

This adds to funding from Proposition 1, advanced by the Governor and the Legislature and approved by voters in 2024, to help local communities provide vital care and housing for those with mental and behavioral health needs. Governor Newsom is the first Governor to have prioritized new housing, homeless, and mental health programs, and is turning around the impacts of this national crisis impacting California, leading the first reduction in unsheltered homelessness in more than 15 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe put Proposition 1 on the ballot because Californians are demanding we do more to confront the mental health crisis and the homelessness emergency head-on. Voters gave us the tools and we are putting them to work, delivering treatment, housing, and real support, and proving that this state can lead the way on a challenge facing the entire nation.<\/p>\n

Our state investments have launched critical programs for local communities. Together, we\u2019re breaking cycles of homelessness that took decades to create \u2014 and we\u2019re doing it with urgency, compassion, and accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Governor Gavin Newsom<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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More support. More accountability<\/strong><\/h2>\n

HHAP is a multi-year grant available to local communities to create permanent housing, sustain interim housing, and accelerate proven local interventions. The Newsom Administration, in partnership with the Legislature, made historic investments into the program, with nearly $5 billion appropriated through current and previous rounds of HHAP to support local jurisdictions in promoting housing stability and reducing homelessness.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s announcement awards the first funding from HHAP Round 6, with a total of $419 million to the Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco regions. The awards announced today represent three of 42 regional applications submitted for HHAP Round 6, with additional awards expected in the coming months.<\/p>\n

HHAP Round 6 builds on enhanced accountability measures and responds to the Governor\u2019s call to ensure funds have the greatest impact for Californians experiencing homelessness. These measures include requirements that grantees have and maintain a compliant housing element and mechanisms to claw back HHAP 6 funding from grantees that fail to demonstrate progress. For more information about how your community is performing in addressing housing, homelessness, and mental health care, visit\u00a0www.accountablity.ca.gov<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n

In addition to the remaining funds from HHAP 6, there is a seventh round of HHAP totaling $500 million planned for the coming budget year, contingent on enhanced accountability and performance requirements.\u00a0<\/span>HHAP Round 7 will expand existing accountability metrics to ensure grantees make meaningful investments in housing solutions and adopt housing policies that will increase downstream housing supply, a critical tool in preventing future homelessness.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn San Francisco, we are changing our approach to homelessness to get people off the streets and on a path toward stability. In December, we reached a\u202frecord-low number of encampments\u2014down\u202f44%\u202ffrom 2024. But we can\u2019t do this alone,\u201d\u00a0said Mayor Daniel Lurie<\/strong>. \u201cThe resources provided by the state are crucial\u2014whether that\u2019s Prop 1, HHAP dollars, or funding to make sure our freeway on-ramps and off-ramps are clean. I want to thank Governor Newsom for helping make that progress possible. We have more work to do, but we are now on the right track, and with strong partnerships and continued investment, we will keep moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

The awards today as part of the first allocation from HHAP 6 include the following investments:<\/p>\n