"On Friday, Newsom announced a combined $419 million will go to San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego in the sixth round of grants awarded through the Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program. The HHAP program has distributed around $4.5 billion for local homelessness response so far, according to the governor, and additional dollars will be doled out in the next six months."
"San Francisco will receive about $39.9 million, which will fund shelters and navigation centers throughout the city. Just prior to the latest round of grants, the state awarded $187 million to San Francisco, according to the HHAP fiscal data dashboard."
"Additionally, decades ago, the state shut down many poorly run public hospitals and closed beds for people experiencing severe mental illness, with the aim of pivoting to a community-led response. But the local approach never fully materialized, setting up generations of Californians without adequate behavioral health resources as the population grew."
California will distribute $419 million to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego through the sixth round of Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program grants. HHAP has allocated about $4.5 billion so far, with additional funds expected within six months. San Francisco will receive approximately $39.9 million to fund shelters and navigation centers, adding to a prior $187 million award. Decades-old closures of poorly run public hospitals reduced psychiatric beds intended to be replaced by community-based care, but that community approach did not fully materialize, leaving behavioral-health resources insufficient as the population grew. Voters approved a $6.4 billion Proposition 1 bond in 2024.
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