SLO County just got $13 million to move 200 homeless people out of encampments
San Luis Obispo County is one of 22 California communities that will receive a share of $199 million in state funding intended to move residents of homeless encampments into housing, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.
The Encampment Resolution Fund money would be distributed to a total of 23 projects across the state to move around 7,300 encampment residents into housing.
San Luis Obispo County will receive $13.4 million to move 200 people out of an encampment “in a flood and fire danger zone,” a news release from Newsom’s office said. It’s unclear where that encampment is located in the county.
Neighboring Monterey County will receive $8 million to move 70 people living in an encampment along a riverbed, and Santa Barbara County will receive $6 million to relocate 250 people from encampments along state rights of way and waterways, the release said.
“We’re doubling down on our investment to ensure that thousands of individuals in communities up and down the state move out of encampments and into housing where they can get the services and help they need,” Newsom said in the release. “It’s not enough to simply clean up encampments. My administration will continue to work with local leaders and community members as they serve their unhoused neighbors and remove dangerous and unsightly encampments throughout California.”
The Encampment Resolution Fund is administered by the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency and the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, the release said.
This funding is the third and largest round of Encampment Resolution Fund grants to be distributed. In the previous two rounds of funding, 26 communities were awarded a total of $96 million.
Newsom’s administration has proposed using a total of $750 million to move around 10,000 individuals out of encampments, the release said.
This story was originally published June 16, 2023 at 8:00 AM.
