Joe Rogan Experience #2539 - Protect Our Parks 17 · Aired Aug 13, 2026
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California spent $4 billion on homelessness without reducing the number of homeless individuals.
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The $4 billion figure lines up much better with the city of Los Angeles, which has committed about $4.4 billion to homelessness programs across its last four budgets while the homeless count kept rising, than with the state of California, whose own audited homelessness spending was closer to $24 billion over five years. So the dollar amount is roughly right, but it's mislabeled as a state figure when it looks like a city one.
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Is it true that California spent $4 billion on homelessness without reducing the number of homeless individuals?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. 4 billion to homelessness programs across its last four budgets while the homeless count kept rising, than with the state of California, whose own audited homelessness spending was closer to $24 billion over five years. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2539 - Protect Our Parks 17, aired Aug 13, 2026, at 4:24:13. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is citywatchla.com, linked below.
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