Joe Rogan Experience #2535 - Andrew Wilson · Aired Aug 5, 2026
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Twenty-four billion dollars in funds allocated for the homeless in California is missing.
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There is a real, well documented accountability problem here, but the confirmed figure is smaller than claimed. A widely cited audit found California spent close to $10 billion on homelessness programs between 2018 and 2021 and lost track of where most of it went, not $24 billion.
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Is it true that Twenty-four billion dollars in funds allocated for the homeless in California is missing?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. There is a real, well documented accountability problem here, but the confirmed figure is smaller than claimed. A widely cited audit found California spent close to $10 billion on homelessness programs between 2018 and 2021 and lost track of where most of it went, not $24 billion. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2535 - Andrew Wilson, aired Aug 5, 2026, at 1:48:10. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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