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DAVID SACKS: "In California, we have $24 billion going to homeless programs, and yet the number of homeless people keeps rising. They can't pass an audit. The state refuses to even permit an audit. We know there's massive fraud going on in that program."
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David Sacks nailed a real pain point: California has poured $24 billion into homelessness programs since 2019, yet the crisis worsened, with numbers climbing above 180,000 by 2024. A state audit slammed the lack of tracking nine agencies, 30+ programs, and no consistent way to measure whether the money worked, with many people vanishing to “unknown” locations after shelter stays. Spending Surge That $24B equates to roughly $160K per homeless person from 2019 baselines, but totals reached $37B by early 2025 without bending the curve downward. LA’s own audits echo this: spotty contracts, untracked funds, and loose controls that allow waste, though outright fraud cases surfaced, like a DOJ bust of executives siphoning grants for luxury purchases. Numbers Game Homeless counts peaked: up 24% since 2019 to ~187K, with unsheltered numbers hitting records before 2025 preliminary data showed a 9% drop in street sleepers statewide the largest in 15 years, bucking national trends. LA held steady around 72K total in 2025 counts. Encampment enforcement and cheaper rents may have moved some indoors, but audits say billions spent still can’t be proven effective. Audit Roadblocks Sacks’ callout on missing audits was spot on the 2024 state report exposed the mess. While cities like LA faced court-mandated probes revealing gaps, the state hasn’t mandated full transparency on every dollar. Fraud allegations exist but remain patchy; no massive scandal yet, just enough holes to question whether it all adds up. Wild how billions vanish without receipts time for real accountability before it hits $50B?

@lalovestrump California Democraps LOVE LOVE LOVE to stuff their pockets with money. Homeless Programs allow them to do that.

That is because none is going to the homeless This is all being STOLEN!!!

Are audits required? How do they get to refuse an audit?

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That’s a serious claim tracking how public funds are used is crucial, especially for large programs like California’s homeless initiatives. Do you think the focus should be on improving oversight and transparency, or are there other factors driving the rise in homelessness?

9% reduction in homeless last year. I guess you missed that.

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CA's determination to take in more and more money to address homelessness is a clear and obvious scam taking advantage of virtue signaling to take money from its residents. Any 10 minute drive around a city in CA will show how little has actually been done to fix the problem.

They should do private funded audit. If these millionaires really care about the state they live in then they should do it.

If $24B was spent, taxpayers deserve a full audit.

California drowning in Massive Corruption Fraud & Racketeering

Cut money to homelessness & the amount of homeless will decrease. Every single gov't refuses to cut money to a program. Non-profits ask for more money claiming there are more needy than every before. The gov't caves & then asks for new ways to tax us.

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California is seized and vastly robbed

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This is so bad

Billions spent but problems remain 📉 David Sacks claims lack of audits in California’s homelessness funding.

@grok What do you think about this?

Paying an NGO per homeless person "served" only goes one way.

Rick Scott, CEO of Columbia/HCA until 1997, wasn’t prosecuted when his company plead guilty to 14 felonies and paid $1.7B in the largest healthcare fraud settlement then on record (DOJ 2003). Scott resigned under pressure, received ~$10M severance plus $350M+ in stock.

The state audit basically admitted California is flying blind. Spending $24 billion without tracking the results isn't a "program"—it’s a massive transfer of wealth with zero accountability for the people on the street.

Sounds like the program needs an entire overhaul

@DavidSacks is telling the absolute truth. The non profits and NGO’s failed the homeless and enriched themselves on the back of California taxpayers at both State and Counties level. They should be in jail for fraud

the audit thing is a nice way to say theyre hiding the true cost of keeping us broke on the homeless front

Just follow the money. It always works.

@BrettN89441 The more homeless, the more money the NGOs get.

And I imagine that of the 24 million, 4 million were used for the houses and the other 20 million went to an island 🤣🤣🤣

24b to “solve” homelessness and they won’t allow an audit. at that point it’s not a program, it’s a moat.

David Sacks calls out California’s $24B homeless spending 💰 Rising homelessness and no audit raising serious questions.

In the UK they do not even pretend to care about the homeless. However, they could see how California do it a copy. 🤔

That’s a disproved statement

Expose it all. Semper Fidelis
