California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) will release $101 million to finance the rebuilding of affordable multifamily rental housing in the Greater Los Angeles Region.
According to the governor’s office, thousands of families are still displaced by January’s wildfires. The new funding will prioritize projects close to wildfire burn areas and are ready to begin construction immediately upon receiving funds. The allocation will also include a resident preference for households displaced by the Los Angeles County wildfires.
Newsom was not in California to announce the funding – he was touring South Carolina in what appeared be an early campaign stop ahead of the 2028 presidential election, where he is being touted as a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination.
“Los Angeles has taken significant steps to rebuild after January’s fires, but the devastation is significant and there remains a long road ahead,” said Newsom in a statement published on his website. “Thousands of families – from Pacific Palisades to Altadena to Malibu – are still displaced and we owe it to them to help. The funding we’re announcing today will accelerate the development of affordable multifamily rental housing so that those rebuilding their lives after this tragedy have access to a safe, affordable place to come home to.”
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What took Gruesome Newsom so look to announce this??? Those fires happened 6 months ago and only 2 permits have been issued to rebuild🤬🤬
This is what happens when incompetent & unqualified people are in charge! People of California wake up and soon or the California that I knew will be completely gone!!
We are so thankful we sold everything in 2022 and got the heck out of dodge, we should have moved sooner!
He could care less about the displaced families it’s because he’s campaigning lol. It’s easy to spend other people’s money and he’s quite good at it.
Spot on
I did the same.
This man is so incompetent he is taking Cali into a deep dark hole, Karen Bass is also a brain less wonder, doing nothing to fix,but everything to destroy the great state of California.
42 years living in LA, the writing is on the wall.
Replace these two with competent leaders, because they are not leaders, they are Grifters.
I’ll be families who lost their Palisides homes will be lining up to move into a multifamily monstrosity. I don’t get Newsome.
This is a huge property grab for the “Progressives” (a.k.a. Communist). Prior to the City of L.A. letting the Pacific Palisades burn to the ground, the area was a VERY affluent area overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Now they want to build “affordable multifamily rental housing”, better know as low-income tenements! There’s a reason why they refuse to issue building permits. California government is controlled by Marxist. These misguided tools don’t believe in working hard to get ahead. They think it’s unfair for the rich to live in better areas than those who can’t afford it. For all the Progressive idiots who voted for Gavin Newsome (CA Governor) and Karen Bass (L.A.’s Mayor), you’re getting what you deserve. For the rest of us, we’re getting hosed!
They should block this. I can not believe he is changing the codes so home owners can not rebuild and then piling up nasty hamster cage multifamily to stuff as many immigrants from third world countries to repopulate California.
He lied about pushing those permits though. What a lie.