NEWSOM wants to blame the failures of others’ dwellings

Since only 22 months remain in his rule, Gavin Newo knows that two interconnected promises he has given to voters seven years ago – to delete or at least reduce the chronic shortage of the state’s housing and his very high percentage of homelessness – it will not happen before he leaves.

The promises were crazy positions of the campaign. The state government had – and still has a very little ability to build housing or to improve the economic and social foundations of homelessness.

It is not surprising, therefore, that both crises worsened during the Newsom Government. But instead of taking your lumps for promising what you couldn’t I tried to get out of accountability.

For example, when provoked by reporters for her promise to build 3.5 million units of homes, Newsom responded to a cube. “This has always been the purpose of stretching.”

He and the legislature have adopted numerous bills aimed at eliminating political and procedural obstacles for housing, while pressing the local authorities to meet sublime quotas for land resonance.

However, the housing puzzle is much more complicated, including economic factors, with high construction costs that are largely beyond the ability of the state to overcome. Can cost up to $ 1 million In some communities to build one unit of homes for families with low and moderate incomes.

The state has Spent about $ 24 billion on homelessness During the Newsom manager, but Number of people with no homes continues to growS As $ 24 billion has emerged, it will probably take four or five times more to create enough shelters and other homes and provide medical care and other services that will be needed to make a large indentation in the problem.

In recent months, Newsom has been increasingly deviating from the responsibility for situations, most of all, directing the finger to local authorities, saying that many have not been able to relieve the path for more housing or spend effectively budget loans for homelessness.

His efforts to displace the guilt went to a higher gear this week in the form of a website which Suggests in homes and homelessness County Efforts by County.

Newsom’s website is essentially patted the back for actions on both questions and declares “Californians now deserve the results of their local authorities”, adding: “It’s time for accountability.

“No one in our nation should be without a place to call home,” Newsom says in a statement. “As we continue to support our communities in addressing homelessness, we expect quick results, not excuses.”

This is a funny ironic statement given Newsom’s tendency for excuses.

Some local authorities have dragged their feet in work with housing and homelessness. Wealthy, Democrats, voting communities such as these Marin country and the San Francisco Peninsula, are particularly resistant to multi -family low -income residential projects.

However, the Newsom Administration is less than effective in managing state -owned homelessness programs such as Sliming Report from State Auditor Last year, he pointed out.

Local employees resent Newsom’s efforts to determine the responsibility for failure on them.

“The latter in a long series of governor’s Newsom websites is simply to rotate without the substance to support it,” said Graham Knaus, CEO of the California State Association of Counts. “Counties are not the difficulty of dealing with homes and homelessness. The real barriers to progress are the bureaucratic obstacles of the state that slow down the local authorities, forcing them to navigate a maze to obtain resources on the spot. “

The mutual finger, a finger, is likely to continue for the next 22 months, as Newsom tries to end its management without strengthening political luggage. However, if he was running for president in 2028, as they predict national political media, video images of poor camps in the cities in California would be a powerful tool for his rivals.