More than two dozen people are now staying in a recently opened shelter after an encampment clean-up operation in Long Beach last week, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office.
According to Newsom’s Office, the SAFE Task Force connected 25 people and eight pets with housing at a state-funded shelter in the aftermath of Wednesday’s encampment operation.
“There’s nothing humane about letting people languish outdoors without shelter or support,” Newsom said. “We’ve been leaning in with unprecedented state help — real resources for our cities and counties — to turn this national homelessness crisis around and to get people the care they need. We’re standing with our local partners like Long Beach to move people out of encampments and into a safe, stable place.”…