Misuse of Funds: Shangri-La Industries Accused of Lavish Spending Instead of Building Homes
Failed Response: California’s Homelessness Crisis Deepens Despite High Spending
According to Washington Examiner in a chaotic week full of problems California is dealing with a big mess in its efforts to provide affordable housing. They might lose more than $100 million of taxpayer money because the company in charge Shangri-La Industries is accused of spending it on fancy things like cars and jewelry instead of building homes for California’s homeless people. This mess shows how California’s homeless crisis is response for not working well with too many people ending up without homes compared to other states like Texas which spend less money but do better at helping homeless folks.
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Facing Accountability: California Grapples with Consequences of Ineffective Homelessness Response
Even though California spends a lot of money on California’s homeless programs the number of homeless people keeps going up. This shows that something isn’t right in how California is trying to fix the problem. There are too many California’s homeless camps which are dangerous and bad for people’s health. California needs to figure out why its plans aren’t working and make some big changes. Now California has to face the consequences of not handling the homelessness problem well. Even though it didn’t fall for a Ponzi scheme it’s still in trouble because it didn’t do a good job of helping homeless people. Everyone is asking questions about what went wrong and what California will do to make things right. It’s going to be tough but California needs to find better ways to use its money to help homeless people and regain people’s trust.