Newsom plans to extend Project Roomkey housing plan beyond pandemic

Ashley Zavala reports

BUDGET TO GO SPECIFICALLYTOWARDS HOMELESSNESS FOXFORTY'S ASHLEY ZAVALA WITHTHOSE DETAILS.

GOVERNOR GAVINNEWSOME SAYS HOUSING ANDHOMELESSNESS ARE STILL TOP OFMIND TO THIS REMAINS THE TOPPRIORITY.OF OUR ADMINISTRATION AS WEBATTLE COVID WE HAVE NOT TAKENOUR EYE OFF THE BALL WHEN THEPANDEMIC HIT NEWSOM'SADMINISTRATION SECURED 16,000HOTEL ROOMS FOR PROJECTROOMKEY A PROGRAM HE SAYS HASHELPED HOUSE 22,000 PEOPLE ASOF WEDNESDAY.

THE GOVERNOR ISMOVING TO SPEND 600 MILLION TOMAKE THOSE HOTEL AND MOTELROOMS PERMANENT SPACES FOR THESTATE TO USE TO PROVIDESHELTER TO THOSE IN NEED ANDAIMING TO USE ANOTHER400 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR HISADMINISTRATION IS NOWREVIEWING 138 APPLICATIONSFROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHOWANT THIS PROGRAM IN THEIRCOMMUNITIES SHELTERS, SOLVESSLEEP.BUT HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVESERVICES SOLVE HOMELESSNESSNEWSOM SAYS HE PLANS TO PUTONE 0.2 5 BILLION DOLLARSOVERALL FROM NEXT YEAR'SBUDGET TOWARD ADDRESSING THISHOMELESSNESS ISSUE HE AIMED TOTACKLE BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUSCOMPLICATED THAT COURSE INCALIFORNIA WITH BUSINESSESSHUT DOWN AND MANY LEFTUNEMPLOYED NEWSOME NOTED UP TO4 MILLION RENTERS AREPROTECTED FROM HOMELESSNESSFOR NOW HE SAYS THE BILL HESIGNED THIS WEEK TO SHIELDTHEM FROM EVICTION UNTILFEBRUARY IS DIFFERENT FROMFEDERAL EFFORTS YOU NOTEDCALIFORNIA'S MORATORIUM HAS NOINCOME CAP WHILE THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT'S VERSION DOES AREPROTECTIONS ARE NOT IMPACTEDBY THOSE FEDERAL RULES ANDREGULATIONS.

ARE PROTECTIONSGO A LITTLE FARTHER THEN THEFEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE CLOCKRAN OUT ON LAWMAKERS AS THEYTRIED TO PASS OTHERHOUSING-RELATED PROPOSALS THISYEAR THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE'SOPEN TO CALLING THELEGISLATURE BACK FOR A SPECIALSESSION IF NECESSARY INSACRAMENTO, ASHLEY ZAVALA FOX