His proposed budget to combat homelessness includes the following:
- $650 million to local governments for homeless emergency aid such as building temporary shelters and navigation centers to help individuals/families access government services
- $120 million for expanded Whole Person Care pilot programs that target the causes of homelessness including drug addiction and mental illness
- $150 million for strategies to address the shortage of mental health professionals in the public mental health system
- $25 million for Supplemental Security Income advocacy,
- $40 million for student rapid rehousing and services for University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) systems
- $20 million in legal for eviction prevention
- More than $400 million to increase grants to families in the CalWORKs program
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The Governor’s revised budget also includes an additional $1.2 billion deposit to the state’s Rainy Day Fund, bringing the reserve to $16.5 billion in 2019-20. The Rainy Day Fund is expected to reach its constitutional cap of 10% of General Fund Revenues in 2020-21, two years earlier than predicted.
