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Home Front: Politix
Gov Newsom orders homeless encampments torn down across California: 'No more excuses'
2024-07-26
Guess who expects to be Kamala's vice prez nominee?
[FOXNEWS] Gov. Gavin can't be Bee'd Newsom
...mayor of San Franciscoas it transformed itself into Poopville, currently governor of Californiaas it transforms itself into Cinderland...
 is ordering Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, officials to dismantle homeless encampments across the state via an executive order.

Newsom announced the initiative on Thursday, with his office stating that the governor has ordered "state agencies and departments to adopt clear policies that urgently address homeless encampments while respecting the dignity and well-being of all Californians."

"This executive order directs state agencies to move urgently to address dangerous encampments while supporting and assisting the individuals living in them — and provides guidance for cities and counties to do the same," Newsom said in a statement.

Posted by:Fred

#9  Is Newsom out of the running in Harris' VP search? A look at the 12th Amendment
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-07-26 23:37  

#8  ...don't leave out NIMBY in the local governments that obstruct through zoning. SanFran could be hammered IAW with fed statutes but aren't for some 'strange' reason. Affordable housing - trailer parks. You aren't going to see them because of zoning and regulations.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-07-26 19:27  

#7  The governor claims that this initiative was spurred by the Supreme Court's decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson last month, which found laws restricting sleeping in public areas did not violate the constitutional restriction against "cruel and unusual punishment."

Newsom could have appealed that lower court ruling with the full weight and legal representation of the state of California a long, long time ago but he did nothing. It was up to little Grants Pass, Oregon, population 39,000, to appeal an obviously flawed lower court ruling and that was fine with Newsom. He and his developer buddies have made fortunes building so-called "affordable housing" for the homeless at half a million bucks a pop. The total cost for California taxpayers has been $24 billion and Newsom will NOT allow an audit to determine how all that money has been spent. And all the while the number of "people experiencing homelessness" grew, proving how ineffective a governor Newsom has been. How many people died on California's sidewalks, freeway underpasses and river beds due to Newsom's neglect? We'll never know. How many businesses had to close because the hobos were sleeping in their doorways and shoplifting with impunity? Who knows? Harris would be a fool to tap this sleazoid for veep but then, that would not surprise me. They're both cut from the same cloth.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-07-26 11:39  

#6  He's starting a pivot. So, yeah: 2028.
Posted by: Secret Master   2024-07-26 10:47  

#5  California Senate Republicans blast Newsom 'PR stunt' clearing homeless camps: 'convenient timing'
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-07-26 10:05  

#4  2028
Posted by: Frank G   2024-07-26 08:16  

#3  ..or a 'interesting' convention.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-07-26 07:36  

#2  
Is he playing up to a position in the White House?
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-07-26 04:52  

#1  Xi is coming to visit?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-07-26 01:55  

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