Joe Rogan Experience #2542 - Steve Hilton · Aired Aug 19, 2026
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California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed efforts to audit state homelessness spending.
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Close, but not an audit. The State Auditor's review went ahead. What Newsom vetoed was follow-up legislation requiring agencies to report each year on how state homelessness programs performed, which passed the legislature without a single no vote. He said similar reporting was already in the works.
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Is it true that California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed efforts to audit state homelessness spending?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Close, but not an audit. The State Auditor's review went ahead. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2542 - Steve Hilton, aired Aug 19, 2026, at 59:01. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is abc10.com, linked below.
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