Californians are now able to track how much the state has spent on funding homelessness programs through a new accountability website, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Feb. 24.
The new website—accountability.ca.gov—may be expanded in the future to include other state programs, Newsom said.
“It’s the first time the state has populated a site like this that will allow people at the local level … to hold all of us to a higher level of accountability and a higher level of expectation,” Newsom said during a press conference Monday.
The site is meant to show which counties and cities are receiving funds, and whether each jurisdiction is meeting its goals to house or treat unsheltered people and clean up encampments. The results are color-coded into three categories: housing, homelessness, and behavioral health. Improvements are shown in green, while deficiencies are marked in red….