In a video posted to social media on Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) spoke about his executive order forcing local governments to address encampments and homelessness.
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00:00I don't think there's anything more urgent and more frustrating than addressing the issue of
00:04encampments in the state of California. Over the course of the last number of years, the state has
00:08stepped up, where in the past we provided no support, no resources to cities and counties
00:13to clean up encampments like this. Today, we've invested now over $1 billion in encampment
00:18resolution grants, not only to clean up sites like this, but to address the underlying issue
00:23in the first place. One of the big issues, though, that has been an impediment was the courts.
00:29In the past, the courts have denied the ability for local government, including the state,
00:33to clean up many of these encampments. Today, I announced an executive order
00:37to move the process forward. We're done. It's time to move the urgency at the local level to
00:43clean up these sites, to focus on public health and focus on public safety. There are no longer
00:49any excuses. $1 billion this state has invested to support communities to clean up these encampments.
00:55We have now no excuse with the Supreme Court decision. This executive order is about pushing
01:01that paradigm further and getting a sense of urgency that's required of local government
01:06to do their job.