California, particularly San Francisco, is under a mandate to construct 82,000 housing units in six years, including 46,000 affordable units costing $19 billion. However, the inability to build affordable housing is largely due to a lack of federal funding, worsened by cuts under Trump's administration. While some state funding exists, it's insufficient compared to the housing needs. Governor Newsom has warned cities that without aggressive action against homelessness, they might lose state support, calling for a clean-up of encampments but lacking a comprehensive strategy to address the root of the problem.
"We want to see results. We have to address unsheltered homelessness, encampments and tents," Newsom said. "We have been too permissive... we need them cleaned up. We’re providing unprecedented support, now we need to see unprecedented results."
Right now, it's pretty much impossible to build any substantial number of affordable housing units without federal money. Gov. Gavin Newsom has allocated some state money, but not that much.
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