- Roughly 11 million dollars was awarded to Kern County, Bakersfield, and the Kern County Chamber of Commerce to combat homelessness.
- This money was awarded by the state and comes with new transparency measures that require the recipients to post monthly updates on how that money is being used.
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“This is a long time coming, it should’ve happened a long time ago,” said Carlos Baldovinous, Chair of the Bakersfield Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative.
The new transparency measures come with the roughly 11 million dollars in grant money the State of California awarded to the City of Bakersfield, Kern County and the Kern County Chamber of Commerce.
“I think it’s timely, cause a lot of resources have come in throughout the whole state. A lot of different municipalities have received millions upon millions of dollars and the state continues to invest these dollars. Now you have Prop 1 and SB43 coming online soon, so you have definitely an influx of dollars that have never been seen throughout the state before, especially to address homelessness and now mental health services.”