April 18, 2024

For Immediate Release

Redwood City – Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced the County will receive $14.1 million to jump-start a plan to provide housing and services for people now living in small encampments scattered from South San Francisco to Menlo Park.

The grant, coupled with local and other funds, will help move individuals into permanent, supportive housing and temporary housing. Behavioral health and substance abuse treatment, mental health counseling, medical care and case-management services will be among the assistance available.

“This grant we received today is expected to serve hundreds of our most complex unsheltered individuals living across 26 encampments, some of these as big as 15 people living under bridges, under streams and along highways. We’re determined to get these people housed,” Mike Callagy, the County’s chief executive, said during a virtual news conference hosted by the Governor’s Office.

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