How effective are California's homelessness programs? State hasn't been tracking

An estimated 171,000 radical are stateless successful California, which amounts to astir 30% of each of the stateless radical successful the U.S.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California spent $24 cardinal to tackle homelessness implicit a five-year play but didn't consistently way the outcomes oregon effectiveness of its programs, according to authorities audit released Tuesday.

The study attempts to measure however efficaciously the authorities and section cities person been spending billions of dollars to code the ongoing homelessness situation successful California.

An estimated 171,000 radical are stateless successful California, which amounts to astir 30% of each of the stateless radical successful the U.S. Despite the astir $24 cardinal spent connected stateless and lodging programs during the 2018-2023 fiscal years, the occupation didn't amended successful galore cities.

Among different things, the study recovered that the California Interagency Council connected Homelessness, which is liable for coordinating agencies and allocating resources for homelessness programs, stopped tracking spending connected programs and their outcomes successful 2021 contempt the continuous backing from the state. It besides failed to make a cod and measure result information of these programs owed to the deficiency of a accordant method.

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With makeshift tents lining streets and disrupting businesses successful communities crossed the state, homelessness has go 1 of the astir frustrating issues successful California.

The study notes that immoderate information regarding the fig of programme participants and furniture inventory successful the authorities strategy mightiness not beryllium close oregon reliable.

The council, which lawmakers created to assistance the authorities woody with its homelessness problem, besides has lone reported connected homelessness spending erstwhile since its instauration successful 2017, according to the report.

Without reliable and caller information connected its spending, "the authorities volition proceed to deficiency implicit and timely accusation astir the ongoing costs and associated outcomes of its homelessness programs," the audit contends.

California funds much than 30 programs to tackle homelessness. The audit assesses 5 initiatives and finds lone 2 of them - the efforts to crook edifice and motel rooms into lodging and housing-related enactment programs - are "likely cost-effective." The remaining programs, which received collectively $9.4 cardinal since 2020, did not person capable information to beryllium afloat assessed, the study says.

The authorities auditor besides reviewed homelessness spending successful 2 large cities, San Jose and San Diego, and recovered some failed to efficaciously way revenues and spending owed to the deficiency of spending plans.