Los Banos to receive $11.8 million to address homelessness crisis

LOS BANOS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Los Banos is getting millions of dollars to assistance code the homelessness crisis.

After years of struggling with scarce resources, the City of Los Banos was precocious granted $11.8 cardinal from the authorities to assistance the unhoused community.

The spending program includes dozens of tiny homes.

"This is going to assistance location 95 people. And so, this is thing that's truly going to beryllium an effort that you're going to beryllium capable to see. You're going to beryllium capable to spot those results," said Mayor Paul Llanez.

In the past year, the metropolis housed 11 individuals but the fig of radical surviving connected the thoroughfare continued to grow.

Mayor Llanez says determination are 121 unhoused radical successful the city.

He adds the assistance wealth volition bash much than conscionable enactment a extortion implicit their head.

"We're going to person on-site management. The extremity is to person resources there. You know, cause treatment, intelligence health. This is going to beryllium an inclusive happening that we're doing," explained Llanez.

On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced wealth from the Encampment Resolution Fund volition enactment 17 communities crossed the state, including astir $11 cardinal for the City of Fresno.

The wealth totaled astir $192 cardinal with a extremity of helping radical modulation from encampments into housing.

"We're precise excited astir it. I deliberation it's going to unfastened truthful galore doors for us. And marque it easier to get much radical disconnected the street,"

Bethel Community Church Senior Pastor Stephen Hammond says his religion offers nutrient connected a play ground and builds affirmative relationships with the unhoused assemblage successful Los Banos.

He says helium works intimately with the metropolis and was precise blessed to perceive astir the caller authorities funding.

"We've been moving precise hard to collaborate unneurotic with immoderate astonishing radical that conscionable person immoderate innovative ideas and that are funny successful moving together. And that's the lone mode we're going to lick this, it's to enactment together," said Stephan Hammond with Bethel Community Church.

The politician says the assemblage volition beryllium capable to stock immoderate concerns astir the determination connected the coming months.

The City of Los Banos volition person the funds this July and the tiny location assemblage is expected to beryllium implicit by October 2025.

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