California governor proposes $12 billion to combat state's homeless crisis

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday unveiled a $12 billion plan to tackle the state's homeless crisis, an integral part of his proposed $100 billion California Comeback Plan, CBS Los Angeles reports. The homeless crisis proposal would invest nearly $9 billion in specific housing projects and billions more in services, such as mental health, to support people coming out of homelessness.

Newsom's proposal comes after the state allocated less than $1 billion on homelessness last year, according to CBS LA. "This is an order of magnitude investment into transforming the homeless crisis in the state of California, to one of America's most enlivening stories with the support and examples of people who are demonstrable proof that homelessness can end in our society," Newsom said during a stop in San Diego County.