Hahn Issues Statement After Governor Newsom Urges Local Governments Statewide to Remove Homeless Encampments
July 25, 2024
Hahn: “What Governor Newsom is ordering state agencies to do is what LA County is doing with our Pathway Home Program”
Los Angeles, CA — Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn issued the following statement in response to Governor Newsom’s executive order this morning regarding the urgent removal of homeless encampments:
“Encampments are not safe for anyone—not for the people who live in them and not for the residents around them.
“What Governor Newsom is ordering state agencies to do is what LA County is doing with our Pathway Home Program—acting with urgency to address encampments humanely and bring people inside.
“I have asked our county departments to double down on this effort and I am celebrating the $51 million grant we have received from Governor Newsom’s administration to use this strategy to address encampments along the 105 freeway. This work needs to begin as quickly as possible.”