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Sacramento, CA — A recent reduction in unsheltered homeless residents in California was one of the accomplishments Governor Gavin Newsom touted in this week’s State of the State Address.
Newsom said that homelessness dropped by 9% in California in 2025. He noted that it was the first decline in nearly two decades and that the national average increased by 18% during the same period. He also stated that California has removed 19,000 encampments since 2021.
The celebratory remarks around homelessness are something that stood out to District 8 Republican Assemblyman David Tangipa, who represents the Mother Lode region…