Newsom signs Sacramento homelessness law creating new regional agency

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a controversial new law that dramatically changes how Sacramento responds to the growing homeless crisis.

State officials say they’ve given Sacramento County nearly $500,000 to address homelessness in the last five years, but the problem keeps getting worse.

A point-in-time count last January found there were more than 7,400 people without permanent housing in Sacramento. That’s a 12% increase in just two years…

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