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11 May 2021
California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a plan Tuesday to spend $12 billion on homelessness in his state as part of his $100 billion “California Comeback Plan,” promising to solve the problem of “family homelessness” within five years.
.@CAgovernor@GavinNewsom is cleaning up trash near Downtown Los Angeles.
He’s highlighting new funding efforts to beautify the state in addition to funds to combat homelessness & other issues. pic.twitter.com/506HZo40CJ
Newsom’s approach will build on the state’s temporary strategy during the coronavirus pandemic, which involved spending money to house homeless people in hotel rooms and, eventually, purchasing some hotel and apartment buildings for them.
May 12 , 2021
Produce groups have welcomed California Governor Gavin Newsom’s expansion of the state s emergency drought, but some have urge caution in its implementation.
Governor Newsom s decision means that 39 California counties will be included as part of the April 21st emergency drought proclamation.
The California Fresh Fruit Association (CFFA) President Ian LeMay said: “The Sierra Nevada snowpack is at the second-worst levels since 2002 and [this] announcement is a step in the right direction to provide relief to California’s agricultural and rural communities. The state is the top producing agricultural region in the world, but it cannot continue to survive without a reliable water resource.” LeMay continued. “While drought is not an unfamiliar foe to Californians, it should be acknowledged that this will be the first drought in the era of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), with the circumstances intensified and the solutions more complex.
California expands drought emergency, covering 30% of population
May 10, 2021 / 9:46 PM / AP California governor expands drought emergency
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday expanded a drought emergency to a large swath of the nation s most populous state while seeking more than $6 billion in multiyear water spending as one of the warmest, driest springs on record threatens another severe wildfire season across the American West.
The Democratic governor said he is acting amid acute water supply shortages in northern and central parts of California as he called again for voluntary conservation. Yet the state is in relatively better shape than it was when the last five-year drought ended in 2017, he said, as good habits have led to a 16% reduction in water usage.
One of the warmest, driest springs on record threatens another severe wildfire season across American West
Gov. Newsom said he is acting amid acute water supply shortages in northern and central parts of California
Stark images of boat docks sitting on dry earth next to the largely barren Folsom Lake sheds light on the extent of California s drought. The reservoir s water levels have fallen by 50 per cent
Emergency declaration now includes 41 of 58 counties, covering 30 per cent of California s 40m population