California’s homelessness grows despite increased spending to address it, lawmakers say

“Roughly $24 billion of California taxpayers’ money has been spent on trying to curb the growing homelessness since 2019, according to Assemblymember Diane Dixon, R-Newport Beach.

“No one can tell me, number one, how much are we really spending; number two, how do we know it’s helping people, how many people are being helped,” Dixon told The Center Square in an exclusive interview. “I can’t get answers to those questions, so that’s what prompted me to do this [call for an audit].”