After Friday’s meeting with cities and counties, Governor Newsom has agreed to a process of releasing a third round of homeless funding that he had been withholding, or one-billion dollars. That included two-million dollars for Nevada County. Newsom had stated that he wasn’t seeing enough aggressiveness in many state-required local government plans. But County Health and Human Services Director Ryan Gruver says their plan was not returned…

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While one of the main focal points of the meeting was how to provide responsible and effective cleanup of homeless encampments, Gruver says Nevada County has taken a more preventative approach to the issue, overall…

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Newsom says he’s set a path forward for applicants to receive the funding, with grants being released as early as this week. That’s provided that local governments agree to more ambitious reductions in unsheltered homelessness.