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San Diego politician wants federal help with homelessness
- On Thursday, July 25, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order urging state and local authorities to take action against widespread homelessness and the persistent issue of vagrancy across the nation.
- The order instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to support states and cities seeking federal aid in relocating homeless individuals from the streets into treatment facilities.
- On Friday, Jim Desmond, a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, praised the executive order, criticizing California’s approach for allowing individuals struggling with addiction and mental illness to remain homeless and vulnerable.
- The order reports that during one night in the final year of the last administration, 274,224 people were experiencing homelessness on the streets—the highest figure ever documented—with most suffering from addiction, mental health issues, or both.
- The executive order aims to protect public safety by encouraging states to remove homeless individuals into humane, long-term treatment facilities and prioritizes grants to enforce prohibitions on illicit drug use and urban squatting.
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San Diego politician wants federal help with homelessness - Washington Examiner
(The Center Square) — San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond on Friday applauded the Trump administration’s executive order addressing the national homelessness crisis. President Donald Trump signed the order Thursday, calling on state and local governments to end the “endemic vagrancy” that has taken root in the country. Designed to “protect public safety,” the order encourages states and cities to remove homeless individuals off the streets a…
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