Bipartisan Request Approved to Audit Homeless Spending in California
California’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee approved a bipartisan audit request made by several state lawmakers last month to examine the state’s homelessness funding for the City of San Jose, one other city of the auditor’s choosing, as well as the “state’s structure and efforts for funding and addressing homelessness.”
The audit will determine whether funds have been used effectively to address homelessness over the last three years.
The audit request, brought forth by Sen. Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) and co-authored by Senators Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa) and Roger Niello (R-Fair Oaks), and Assemblymembers Evan Low (D-San Jose), and Josh Hoover (R-Folsom) was approved March 22….