(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 and into treatment centers, and provides assistance to state and local governments who want federal help.
The order came a day after California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced homelessness in local communities is decreasing.
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“Im ecstatic,” Desmond told Rapid Response 47, an X account launched by Trump, Friday morning about the executive order. “Finally we’re going to get to the root causes of homelessness.”
The order says
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