"After personally participating in the forced displacement of homeless people in a Los Angeles encampment, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday threatened to withhold funding from counties that don’t sufficiently crack down on the unhoused.

"After taking part in a Thursday sweep of an encampment in Mission Hills in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, Newsom declared: 'I want to see results… If we don’t see demonstrable results, I’ll start to redirect money.'"

https://truthout.org/articles/newsom-threatens-to-defund-ca-counties-that-dont-clear-homeless-encampments/

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Newsom Threatens to Defund CA Counties That Don’t Clear Homeless Encampments

The move follows the governor’s executive order last month directing officials to clear homeless encampments.

^{Brett Wilkins (Truthout)}