FILE - Los Angeles city employees clean up a homeless encampment to relocate homeless individuals into temporary housing as part of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' Inside Safe program in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. A state audit has found that California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over a five year period but didn’t consistently track the outcomes or effectiveness of its programs. The report released Tuesday, April 9, 2024, attempts to assess how effective the state and local cities have been spending billions of dollars to address the ongoing homelessness crisis in California. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
FILE - Homeless people wait in line for dinner outside the Midnight Mission in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. A state audit has found that California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over a five year period but didn’t consistently track the outcomes or effectiveness of its programs. The report released Tuesday, April 9, 2024, attempts to assess how effective the state and local cities have been spending billions of dollars to address the ongoing homelessness crisis in California. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)