SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) – On Saturday, Aug. 31, Assemblyman Josh Hoover (R-Folsom) announced the passage of Assembly Bill 2903 out of the Legislature, which would require state-run homelessness programs to annually report cost and outcome data to the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH). It would also require ICH to develop procedures for collecting the data and reporting it to the public. The bill now heads to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk after clearing the Senate and Assembly with unanimous bipartisan support.
“The State Auditor has made it clear what needs to change in our state’s approach to homelessness,” Assemblyman Hoover said. “Improving accountability over the dollars we are spending is the first step toward real reform. Spending billions of taxpayer dollars only to make the crisis worse is the definition of failure. I urge Governor Newsom to sign this bill and set California on a better path forward.”
