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2026-01-09 Government Corruption

Newsom faces heat as billions in homeless relief funds can't be accounted for

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-09 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1846 views ] Top

1 That’s one of the bigger NGO scams. As this rolls out, we will find that some of the NGOs were generally trying to help the homeless, a portion of the NGOs were really leftist activists working on irrelevant stuff like gender queer advocacy, a portion will be Newsom friends and that disappeared the money and a portion will be scams. The breakdown is hard to guess at ahead of time but the portion of legitimate expenditures might be as low as 25%.

A bigger immediate issue is that a large portion of American trucks will be barred from use in CA for environmental reason.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-01-09 06:15|| 2026-01-09 06:15|| Front Page Top

2 Likely pales in comparison to off-shore "NGO scams."
Of course this may be one of those distinctions without a difference.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-01-09 06:53|| 2026-01-09 06:53|| Front Page Top

3 Doesn't matter - Dems are teflon when it comes to fraud - nothing sticks and ultimately it'll kill you.

Posted by Mercutio 2026-01-09 10:06|| 2026-01-09 10:06|| Front Page Top

4 The task force has already resulted in federal charges against two men accused of using real estate projects to exploit the state’s homelessness system for personal profit.

It's bad enough when the state gives taxpayers' money to developers to build "housing for the homeless". But if the housing is never even built that's even worse.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-01-09 10:55|| 2026-01-09 10:55|| Front Page Top

5 the portion of legitimate expenditures might be as low as 25%

The spending may have been legal according to state law but there is nothing the least bit legitimate about any of this. The whole damn thing was a scam.

The only legitimate way to deal with hobos, drug addicts and crazy people is to incarcerate them preferably in somewhat uncomfortable conditions out in the boondocks so that normal people don't have to step over their droppings on the sidewalks. Any other method is a scam in which the likes of Newsom give taxpayer money to NGOs for ineffective and, in some cases nonexistent, programs. The NGO perpetrators get rich and give kickbacks to the politicians while the hobos remain on the sidewalks.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-01-09 11:04|| 2026-01-09 11:04|| Front Page Top

6 The Department of Finance, is the most unnoticed CA state Agencies in the MSM newsrooms, but also the most dangerous. Having dealt with them over the years in my second career, I can say with high confidence that they know EXACTLY where the money was sent, to the penny. They just don't get forced to answer, and are very good at obfuscation and the grand stall....

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-01-09 15:15|| 2026-01-09 15:15|| Front Page Top

7 ^ Haven't you heard? They're scheduled for a fire in their records department in a couple weeks

Posted by Frank G 2026-01-09 15:45|| 2026-01-09 15:45|| Front Page Top

8 Leading snark candidate above.....if it didn't ring so true.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-01-09 16:02|| 2026-01-09 16:02|| Front Page Top

9 Newsom Owners:

Posted by 3dc 2026-01-09 18:55|| 2026-01-09 18:55|| Front Page Top

10 That money is easy to find. Check the ballot boxes nationwide. It's all the D votes.

Posted by Hellfish 2026-01-09 21:04|| 2026-01-09 21:04|| Front Page Top

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