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Did Newsom’s $3.8 billion hotels-to-housing program pay off? We filed 100 records requests to find out
The records provide a first-of-its-kind look into how a historical investment in homeless housing played out.
What happened
According to CalMatters’s source item, Did Newsom’s $3.8 billion hotels-to-housing program pay off? We filed 100 records requests to find out, The records provide a first-of-its-kind look into how a historical investment in homeless housing played out.
Context
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Source
Primary source: Did Newsom’s $3.8 billion hotels-to-housing program pay off? We filed 100 records requests to find out via CalMatters. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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- Did Newsom’s $3.8 billion hotels-to-housing program pay off? We filed 100 records requests to find outCalMatters - 2026-05-07T12:30:00+00:00
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