FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
April 18, 2024

CONTACT:
MayorPress@sandiego.gov

SAN DIEGO – San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, chair of the Big City Mayors, a bipartisan coalition of the Mayors of California’s 13 most populous cities, issued the following statement in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement that he will expand accountability and oversight over state spending on homelessness: 

“The state has a growing homelessness crisis, so I’m glad to see the Governor making greater efforts to track spending to make sure it’s yielding results. I share his concerns about haphazard and unfocused spending by various local governments on duplicative homeless programs that don’t expand bed capacity. 

“California’s big-city mayors are on the frontlines of tackling our state’s homelessness crisis and are putting these dollars to work. We’ve used state funding to expand shelter and housing capacity to get more people connected to care and off the streets. We’re committed to doing even more with the partnership of the federal, state and county governments and the private sector. 

“We welcome accountability to ensure all participants in the response to this extremely complex problem working collaboratively to get this done.” 

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The Big City Mayors is a coalition of Mayors across California’s 13 largest cities. Members include Mayors from Los Angeles, San Diego, San José, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, Oakland, Bakersfield, Anaheim, Stockton, Riverside, and Irvine.