LOS ANGELES COUNTY – Governor Gavin Newsom will today visit the site of a behavioral health and transitional housing facility in Los Angeles County to highlight the state’s major new investments to house and provide critical support services to the most vulnerable Californians.
The California Blueprint proposes an additional $2 billion investment in behavioral health housing and encampment rehousing strategies, creating a total $14 billion package to advance the state’s multi-year plan to confront the homelessness crisis. The plan will create 55,000 new housing units and treatment slots when fully implemented.
WHEN: Monday, January 31, 2022 at approx. 10:25 a.m. PDT. Media must arrive no later than 9:30 a.m. for check-in
LIVESTREAM: @CAgovernor Twitter page, California Governor Facebook page and the Governor’s YouTube page.
This press conference will also be available to TV stations on the TVu Grid as “CA_GovernorPack” and on the LiveU Matrix under “California Governor.”
Pool footage from a tour of the facility will be provided after the event by ABC7 Los Angeles on switch pool 2.
Pool photos by the Los Angeles Times will be distributed to the AP, Getty and AFP and available from la.photo@latimes.com.
**NOTE: This event is open to credentialed media only, reporters interested in attending must RSVP to govpressoffice@gov.ca.gov with names of the reporters who will be in attendance for information on covering. COVID-19 protocols will be enforced.
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