Gov. Newsom vetoes homelessness spending accountability bill, arguing ‘similar measures’ already in place
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/10/03/newsom-vetos-homelessness-spending-accountability-bill-arguing-similar-measures-already-in-place/
Six months after a scathing state audit found that California had failed to track the $24 billion it spent to combat homelessness over the past half-decade, Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have required state homelessness programs to more closely monitor and report their spending.
In a message explaining his decision to kill the measure — which had near-unanimous, bipartisan support in the state legislature — Newsom said that “while I fully support efforts to increase accountability and the effectiveness of our state homelessness programs, similar measures are already in place.”