S8 Ep814: Preview: California's Missing Billions in Homeless Funding Guest: Jeff Bliss Jeff Bliss discusses the failure to solve California's homeless crisis despite spending billions, pointing to $24 billion in missing funds and general public numbness.
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 1 May 2026
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| 0:30.9 | This is John Batchler, speaking with my good colleague, Jeff Bliss, Pacific Watch, on the homeless |
| 0:37.2 | institutions in California and what is to be |
| 0:41.3 | done. Jeff points to the fact that the governor has not solved it and the next governor intends to, |
| 0:49.5 | maybe. The question here is, what is wrong? Why isn't everyone responding to the homeless crisis? |
| 0:57.4 | Turns out they are. |
| 0:59.1 | There's a lot of money in it. |
| 1:00.9 | And Jeff identifies missing billions. |
| 1:04.6 | The homeless grow in population. |
| 1:06.8 | California spends money to solve it. |
| 1:09.0 | There's more homeless and missing money. |
| 1:12.1 | Much more of this tonight. |
| 1:13.7 | Jeff Bliss. |
| 1:15.1 | Here's Jeff. |
| 1:16.2 | Well, they don't on the left side of the aisle. |
| 1:18.3 | You know, it's kind of set in three is you've got the people on the left side of the aisle who think things are great and they want it to continue. |
| 1:24.3 | And they count on that money to keep their their businesses or their NGOs going. |
| 1:29.3 | And of course, you have the Republicans who are against it or feel outspoken because, you know, |
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