SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California cities and counties still don't know how much they'll have to pay for Gov.
Gavin Newsom's pandemic program to house homeless people in hotel rooms after the Federal Emergency Management Agency said in October that it was limiting the number of days eligible for reimbursement.
Homeless advocates heralded it as a novel way to safeguard residents who could not stay at home to reduce virus transmission.
FEMA agreed to pay 75% of the cost, later increasing that to full reimbursement.
Robert J. Fenton, the regional administrator for California who wrote the October letter, told CalMatters, which was first to report on the discrepancy last week, that the policy was not new.
Persons:
Newsom's, —, Gavin Newsom, ” Newsom, Robert J, Fenton, CalMatters, ”, Brian Ferguson, Cal OES
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FRANCISCO, —, Gov, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Emergency Services, Associated Press, Cal
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— California, California