San Francisco has struggled for decades with a large homeless population, which reached 8,011 in January - up 17 percent from two years ago, according to the city's most recent point in time count.
They consistently show a large majority of people surveyed said they lived in San Francisco prior to becoming homeless.
A federally mandated count of homeless people in San Francisco showed a 17 percent increase from 2017 to 2019.
To support the claim, a spokesman for Newsom provided data from San Francisco's Homeward Bound, a program that gives homeless people bus tickets to travel to friends or family within or outside the state who have agreed to take them in.
At 6.7 percent, Texas in no way can be described as accounting for "The vast majority" of San Francisco's homeless population.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed the "Vast majority" of San Francisco's homeless people come in from Texas.
Newsom's office pointed to data from San Francisco's bus ticket program for homeless people.
https://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2019/aug/14/gavin-newsom/gavin-newsoms-ridiculous-claim-texas-responsible-s/
They consistently show a large majority of people surveyed said they lived in San Francisco prior to becoming homeless.
A federally mandated count of homeless people in San Francisco showed a 17 percent increase from 2017 to 2019.
To support the claim, a spokesman for Newsom provided data from San Francisco's Homeward Bound, a program that gives homeless people bus tickets to travel to friends or family within or outside the state who have agreed to take them in.
At 6.7 percent, Texas in no way can be described as accounting for "The vast majority" of San Francisco's homeless population.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed the "Vast majority" of San Francisco's homeless people come in from Texas.
Newsom's office pointed to data from San Francisco's bus ticket program for homeless people.
https://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2019/aug/14/gavin-newsom/gavin-newsoms-ridiculous-claim-texas-responsible-s/
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