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Newsom emphasizes accountability: homelessness grants, public-safety funding and $180 billion infrastructure plan
Summary
Gov. Newsom highlighted new tools for accountability on homelessness and behavioral health, reiterated public-safety grants and promoted a $180 billion, 10-year infrastructure program on build.ca.gov.
TURLOCK — Gov. Gavin Newsom used remarks at Stanislaus State to underscore a focus on accountability across homelessness, behavioral health and infrastructure, and to highlight recent and proposed investments in public safety and cleanup efforts.
Newsom previewed a new accountability website the administration will roll out to track homelessness, housing and behavioral health indicators by county, describing the tool as a transparency measure for local governments and the public.
Why it matters: The governor framed measurement and public data as a means to hold jurisdictions accountable for implementing homelessness and housing commitments. He said the state will use targeted grants and other tools to push local implementation.
Details: Newsom cited $750,000,000 in camping-resolution grants intended to resolve encampment situations rather than only relocate them. He also said the state has invested $1,220,000,000 in the Clean California effort and noted a proposed paid workforce of 18,000 under that program.
On infrastructure, Newsom pointed to build.ca.gov and a 10‑year slate of projects totaling about $180,000,000,000 and said the administration lists roughly 16,000 active infrastructure projects on the site. He characterized the portfolio as creating roughly 400,000 jobs over the next decade.
On public safety, Newsom said the state has invested in grants and prosecution partnerships to address organized retail theft and violent crime in several regions and noted multi-year funding increases for law enforcement and prosecution grants.
Next steps: The administration plans to unveil the accountability website and continue to distribute grants tied to the homelessness and Clean California programs; Newsom said local jurisdictions committed to pro-housing or clean-community designations will be eligible for additional funding.
