The Bring CA Home coalition is the best!! #AB799

"If you're vulnerable in any way, you're far more likely to experience homelessness." 🎧 More from @ColburnGregg on Marketplace buff.ly/3WFvFsq

Just like that, #AB799 passes off the Assembly Floor with a unanimous, bipartisan vote of 68-0! Thanks Assemblywoman Luz Rivas for working alongside us to push for resources at scale and meaningful, equity-driven accountability for our state and local strategies to reduce homelessness.

My #AB799 just passed off the Assembly floor 68-0! Homelessness is the top issue that Californians want to see addressed. AB799 addresses our homelessness crisis by enacting meaningful accountability measures, setting state goals and improving transparency.

"We demand long-term accountability from our homeless service providers but fail to make the long-term financial commitment they need to budget, plan and build on their successes." calmatters.org/commentary/202…

We're very encouraged to see the #CALeg Budget advance multi-year investments in homelessness and signal towards meaningful, collaborative accountability measures. Thanks Senate President por Tempore Emeritus Toni Atkins Nancy Skinner @RendonAD62 Asm Phil Ting for pushing in the right direction!

📢#HomelessnessIsAPolicyChoice📢

Bring CA Home These elements are all core to success in communities reducing homelessness. #AB799 is the only proposal developed by people with lived experience, advocates, CoC and local gov staff, & business leaders. Together, we can Bring CA Home through #CABudget TBL.

🏠 Housing is essential. 💡When people have a safe, stable home they can afford, it makes other challenges — like health problems, unemployment, substance use, or mental illness — more manageable. #SolvingHomelessness

We know that #HousingFirst works, there just isn't enough housing for everyone who needs it. If there aren't enough life jackets on a sinking boat for everyone aboard, you wouldn't conclude life jackets don't work.

"'People are homeless because their rent is too high. And their options are too few. And they have no cushion,' said Dr. Margot Kushel, initiative director and lead investigator." sandiegouniontribune.com/news/californi…

#HomelessnessIsAPolicyChoice