SAN JOSE, CA – OCTOBER 23: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, tours inside one of the residential units during the grand opening of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a $200 million boost to his Project Homekey homeless housing fund in San Jose on Friday — a major cash infusion that will back several Bay Area projects.
But he also acknowledged the challenges his administration faces with its anti-homelessness efforts, even admitting there’s not enough housing for everyone temporarily sheltered in pandemic hotels.
SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 23: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and the City of San Jose’s housing policy and planning administrator, James Stagi, tour during the grand opening of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 23: A view of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, is photographed during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 23: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, right, and the City of San Jose’s housing policy and planning administrator, James Stagi, left, tour during the grand opening of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
An interior view of the computer lab at an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, is photographed during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 23: An interior view of the community room at an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, is photographed during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 23: Helen Johnson, a resident at an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, listens to a speaker during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 23: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center right, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, left, and Assemblymember Ash Kalra left, listen to a resident, Sandy Escobar, 67, during the grand opening of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 23: Sandy Escobar, 67, a resident at an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, talks to California Gov. Gavin Newsom during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 23: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, right, tour during the grand opening of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 23: A view of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, is photographed during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 23: California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during the grand opening of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, on Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo speaks during the grand opening of an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, the governor announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing.
SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 23: An interior view of the community room at an emergency interim housing community site on Monterey Road, is photographed during the grand opening of the site on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an additional $200 million for Project Homekey, the state’s program for turning hotels and other buildings into long term homeless housing. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
