A recent video of California Governor Gavin Newsom being heckled while visiting Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles is making its rounds on the internet.
Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass held a press conference on October 30 at the Downtown Women’s Center to discuss funding for homelessness in LA communities.
After the event ended, Newsom took a walk around Skid Row, an area notorious for their overwhelming homeless encampments, where the Democrat was mercilessly questioned and criticized by a group called the Los Angeles Community Action Network.
‘You see how dirty these streets are? These streets ain’t been clean, the city didn’t bring one trash can,’ a heckler off camera yelled at the governor, per the video.
The heckler directly behind the camera called Newsom out for ignoring a woman he had passed, who was talking about how her kids were taken away from her while she was stuck living in a tent.
A new video of California Governor Gavin Newsom being heckled while visiting Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles has made rounds on the internet
Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass held a press conference on October 30 at the Downtown Women’s Center to discuss funding for homelessness in LA communities. After the press conference, he took a walk around Skid Row
The video cuts to Newsom firing back at the hecklers: ‘The HHAP money, the prioritization continues to be a framework about housing, services, shelters, all sleep housing and supporting services for homelessness,’ Newsom said.
‘Interim housing has a role, property housing is important. I’m not opposed to shelters, but those are decisions for your local government.’
The camera man then said, ‘yeah, but what counts as housing?’
The group continued to hurl insults at Newsom, accusing him of not making any actual change for the homeless.
At one point, Newsom stops, turns to face the heckler, waits for him to finished, sticks his hand up and goes ‘take care, man, alright, good to spend time with you’ to which the man retorted ‘do the right thing!’
The group hurled insults at Newsom, accusing him of not making any actual change for the homeless.
The Golden State’s budget deficit is at least $45 billion, a shortfall so large it prompted Newsom to propose painful spending cuts impacting immigrants, kindergarteners and low-income parents seeking child care in a state often lauded for having the world’s fifth-largest economy.
California spent $24 billion tackling homelessness over five years but didn’t track if the money was helping the state’s growing number of unhoused people.
The governor was previously called out by a reporter after he continued to dodge questions about blowing the state’s spending.
