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   https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-officials-demand-audit-of-homeless-   
   services/   
      
   Spurred by a state audit that found San Jose spent more than $300 million   
   on homelessness response, two officials want the city to conduct its own   
   audit of how much is being spent on homeless services and programs.   
      
   Councilmembers Bien Doan and Arjun Batra are hoping the information will   
   give them a clearer picture of how the money is being spent so the city   
   can consolidate any duplicate efforts.   
      
   Batra wants to know if the city is dividing the work appropriately between   
   the city, Santa Clara County and state.   
      
   “To us the audit is really to shine light on … where the money has gone   
   and what the outcomes are,” Batra told San José Spotlight.   
      
   He wants the audit to look at several categories, including how much is   
   being spent on removing encampments, supportive services, temporary   
   housing sites and the contracts San Jose has with homeless service   
   providers.   
      
   In light of the mayor’s request to move all homeless individuals out of   
   the waterways, the councilmembers also want City Manager Jennifer Maguire   
   to provide costs estimates for their proposal for massive assembly room-   
   style homeless shelters. While their proposal — called SJ LUV or Lifting   
   Up Lives — was unanimously rejected at a Rules and Open Government   
   Committee meeting in March, Batra said the city manager was directed to   
   evaluate all options for building shelters, including this one. She will   
   report her findings to the full San Jose City Council.   
      
   “We need to really devise a comprehensive plan to improve the   
   effectiveness of the dollars spent,” Batra said. “Doing more of the same   
   is not the answer.”   
      
   Doan said at the May 14 council meeting that homelessness has been   
   discussed for 25 years and nothing ever changes.   
      
   “The audit we are recommending evaluates our internal structure and   
   practices and aims to find ways to improve our ability to help our   
   unsheltered residents, be more accountable and efficient with taxpayer   
   dollars, and improve our response times to quality of life issues,” he   
   told San José Spotlight.   
      
   The California State Auditor in April found the city could not identify   
   all of its expenditures on homeless support, nor does it adequately   
   measure the effectiveness of its systems.   
      
   That money went toward numerous temporary housing projects and support   
   services, such as $50 million from the state to build 204 temporary   
   prefabricated homes and $125.5 million from the state through Project   
   Homekey on temporary and permanent housing.   
      
   The city also lacks enough interim or permanent housing to keep up with   
   the demand, and auditors recommended city officials collect data on   
   temporary housing immediately — which the audit found missing.   
      
   Auditors gave San Jose until September to formulate a succinct plan on how   
   it will address homelessness and begin publicly reporting spending data,   
   according to an audit requested by a local legislator.   
      
   Contact Joyce Chu at joyce@sanjosespotlight.com or @joyce_speaks on   
   Twitter.   
      
      
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