Joe Rogan Experience #2565 - Michael Douglas · Aired Oct 14, 2026
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California spent 24 billion dollars on homelessness and Newsom vetoed a bill to audit where it went.
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Rogan combines a real funding figure with an imprecise bill description. California's auditor reported nearly 24 billion allocated for homelessness and housing over five fiscal years, with serious outcome-tracking gaps. Newsom vetoed AB 2903, a future annual cost-and-outcome reporting bill, citing other reporting measures. It was not a retrospective audit of that entire sum, and an audit had already been published.
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Is it true that California spent 24 billion dollars on homelessness and Newsom vetoed a bill to audit where it went?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Rogan combines a real funding figure with an imprecise bill description. California's auditor reported nearly 24 billion allocated for homelessness and housing over five fiscal years, with serious outcome-tracking gaps. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2565 - Michael Douglas, aired Oct 14, 2026, at 1:44:07. The supporting source is gov.ca.gov, linked below.
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