Homeless

During the five years between 2018 and 2023 California spent $24 billion on the homeless problem and the number of homeless increased. The question is where did the money go. California has 12% of the population, 25% of the homeless and 50% of the unhoused homeless. The state gives money to the counties which gives money to the cities and then to the non-profits and then to the sub- contractors. Developer donates to the politician who approves the developer. LA spent $800,000 per unit, not per house, per unit and homeless increased. In 2016 LA voters passed the HHH which set aside $1.2 billion to build 10,000 homes. Years later fewer than 2,000 were built but the money was gone. It went to administrative cost, consultants, environmental impact studies, permitting delays and developers who did not complete projects. There has been no state investigation to find out what happened to the money so the federal government is now investigating.