For five years the Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention program (HHAP) has funneled about $4 million to counties, cities and continuum of care organizations in the state to make a dent into its burgeoning homeless population.
The mayors said HHAP and Prop. 1 are complimentary. 'We do need both,' said Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer. 'We need HHAP to support our ongoing efforts and we also need Prop. 1.'
In his May budget revision, Newsom proposed trimming $260 million in supplemental funding from HHAP to help balance next year's budget with an estimated $45 billion deficit.
'We cannot abandon this progress now ... Without HHAP the progress that we were making will vanish,' said Mayor Todd Gloria, chair of the coalition, citing multiple negative impacts that would follow.
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