April 30, 2025
Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) today announced nearly $118.9 million in awards from three federally funded programs to address homelessness by funding development of 487 affordable…
March 12, 2025
Sacramento, CA —
The California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) today unveiled its 2025-2027 Statewide Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, a bold and data-…
February 24, 2025
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Governor Newsom today announced stronger accountability measures to hold local governments accountable if they fail to make progress in addressing homelessness. The Governor also unveiled a new online…
January 13, 2025
What you need to know: Governor Gavin Newsom today issued an executive order to streamline the rebuilding of homes and businesses destroyed in the recent Southern California firestorms.
LOS ANGELES — Governor Gavin…
December 27, 2024
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Bucking national trends and outperforming a majority of other states, California continues to blunt decades-long increases in homelessness. With more shelter available than ever before, the state continues…
October 31, 2024
Sacramento, CA —
Governor Newsom today launched a first-of-its-kind program to improve public safety — with new federally funded investments to create long-term supportive housing and comprehensive wrap-around services for individuals exiting incarceration. The…
October 29, 2024
Los Angeles, CA —
Expanding California’s unprecedented support for local efforts to create long-term solutions to address homelessness, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that 37 regional grantees representing 100 local communities and organizations statewide…
October 4, 2024
Sacramento, CA —
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced nearly $130.7 million in Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) program grants to help 18 cities, counties, and Continuums of Care (CoCs) resolve critical encampment concerns and address the housing and health…
March 22, 2024
HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez joined community and housing leaders at the 2024 Housing California Conference. More than 2,000 attendees gathered for workshops, plenary sessions, learning labs, and roundtables to discuss the challenges and…
January 24, 2024
Sacramento, CA —
On Wednesday, January 24, HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez and Department staff joined more than 800 volunteers for a two-night effort to count those people currently experiencing homelessness in Sacramento.
Known as the Point in Time (PIT)…