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Newsom defends HAP results, budget assumptions and new grant conditions as reporters press on metrics and federal cuts
Summary
At a Friendship House event, Governor Gavin Newsom defended state homelessness investments and accountability measures tied to HAP 6, responded to questions about HUD point‑in‑time counts and cited $1.1 billion in potential federal Medicaid cuts under HR1 while warning of federal policy uncertainty.
Governor Gavin Newsom used a visit to Friendship House to both celebrate recent progress on homelessness and to defend the administration’s budget assumptions and grant‑distribution conditions.
Newsom credited a combination of state investments, local programs and newer initiatives — including CalAIM, Care Court reforms and HAP distributions — for recent declines in unsheltered homelessness across parts of California. He told reporters the decline figure reported at the event is drawn from Continuums of Care (COCs) reporting the HUD…
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