Governor Newsom also to travel to San Diego and meet with Governors from Baja California States to Re-Establish “Commission of the Californias”
LOMA LINDA and SAN DIEGO – Governor Gavin Newsom will make a major funding announcement on homelessness tomorrow at the Loma Linda Veterans’ Village. The Village is an 87-unit affordable apartment community for low‐income veterans and their families. The site was developed, in part, with a California Housing and Community Development Department Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention Loan.
In September, the Governor signed 13 bills into law building on the state’s historic $1 billion investment in the 2019 Budget Act. The budget provided $650 million to local governments for emergency homelessness aid. That same month, Governor Newsom called on the Trump administration to increase federal investments in housing options for people experiencing homelessness and requested 50,000 additional Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers. In July, Governor Newsom announced regional leaders and statewide experts who will advise his Administration on solutions to address the state’s homelessness epidemic.
Later tomorrow, in San Diego, Governor Newsom, Baja California Norte Governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez and Baja California Sur Governor Carlos Mendoza Davis will sign an MOU to reestablish the Commission of the Californias (ComCal).
Originally established on June 25, 1964 by former California Governor Edmund “Pat” Brown and former Baja California Governor Eligio Esquivel Mendez, ComCal is a forum for the three states to share information around common issues and discuss the development of common solutions. In 1968, Baja California Sur joined the commission during the tenure of former California Governor Ronald Reagan. In 2004, the Commission was dissolved by former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Loma Linda Veterans’ Village Event
WHO: Governor Gavin Newsom and Assemblymember James Ramos
WHEN: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Loma Linda Veterans’ Village, 25259 Van Leuven Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354
LIVESTREAM: @CAgovernor Twitter page.
**Note: This event is open to credentialed media only. Reporters interested in attending must RSVP to GovPressOffice@gov.ca.gov.
MOU Signing with Governors from Baja Norte and Baja Sur
WHO: Governor Gavin Newsom, Baja California Norte Governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez and Baja California Sur Governor Carlos Mendoza Davis
WHEN: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: San Diego Continuing Education, Cesar Chavez Campus, 1901 Main Street San Diego CA, 92113
LIVESTREAM: @CAgovernor Twitter page.
**Note: This event is open to credentialed media only. Reporters interested in attending must RSVP to GovPressOffice@gov.ca.gov.