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Will Homeless Crisis Be Uniting Force To Bring California, Trump Together Despite Acrimonious Relationship?
After months of acrimony between California and the Trump administration over the state鈥檚 homelessness crisis, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that he would send an envoy to meet with administration officials and discuss ways to address the issue together. Mr. Newsom spoke of the meeting in an interview after announcing at a news conference that the state was mobilizing 100 camping trailers to shelter some of the state鈥檚 more than 150,000 homeless people. (Fuller, 1/16)
Gov. Gavin Newsom repeatedly promoted a temporary solution to California鈥檚 most visible problem this week during a tour on homelessness that began at a shelter in the Sierra foothills and ended in a vacant city-owned lot in the shadow of the Oakland Coliseum: The state would dispatch 100 travel trailers to provide immediate shelter. Newsom and his aides publicized their plan again Thursday, posting a video on social media showcasing a caravan of 15 trailers traveling down the highway toward the Bay Area, where the shelters were on display for a news conference. (Luna, 1/16)