Newsom Announces New CARE Court Accountability Measures and $291 Million for Housing and Services in California
On March 2, 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced new CARE Court accountability measures in Hayward, a city in Alameda County, California, and awarded $291 million to expand supportive housing and behavioral health services statewide. The Governor's office said California had recorded its first statewide drop in unsheltered homelessness in more than 15 years, a decline of 9%.
The funding has two parts: $159 million in Round 6 Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) funding to 20 regions, and $131.8 million in Homekey+ awards for eight affordable housing communities creating 443 additional homes, in Stockton and Santa Fe Springs and in Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Tehama and Yuba counties, among others. CARE Court has been fully implemented in all 58 counties since December 2024; more than 3,800 petitions have been submitted, counties have reported more than 4,000 CARE diversions, and more than 1,851 people have continued through the CARE Court process.
The Governor's office also named ten leading counties as "CARE Champions," including Alameda and Santa Barbara counties, and placed ten underperforming counties on an improvement list to receive targeted state support, including Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Newsom said care and accountability go hand in hand and that local leaders have an obligation to deliver the program. The awards connect with Proposition 1's $6.4 billion behavioral health bond.
Source: Office of the Governor of California
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Photo: 图：位于加州萨克拉门托县萨克拉门托市的加州议会大厦，州长办公室在此发布 CARE Court 问责措施与拨款。Andre m 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The California State Capitol in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California; the Governor's office announced the CARE Court measures and funding. Photo by Andre m, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
