California Nears $2 Billion Plan to House Its Homeless
Source: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Jun 20, 2016, 3:17 PM ET
The growing problem of homelessness can be seen in every corner of California, from small towns that ring the state's redwood forests to the sands separating the Pacific Ocean from the most prosperous beachfront communities.
More than 115,000 homeless Californians were counted last year and one in four had a serious mental illness, according to the most recent tally from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
With California's homeless situation at what some officials are calling a tipping point, lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on a plan to provide as much as $2 billion to help cities build permanent shelters to get mentally ill people off the streets. The Legislature could consider the measure later this week.
"There's just something immoral about a tent city being silhouetted by 16 cranes building high-rises — the juxtaposition of haves and have-nots," former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Orinda, said at a recent Capitol hearing on the funding plan.
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best thing I've heard ever. You would never hear a republican doing something like this in his state. Democrats can do so much good when they put their mind to it. What a legacy Brown and his cabinet and the legislature will have. 
