# California's official audit says the state allocated nearly $24 billion for homelessness and housing from fiscal years 2018-19 through 2022-23 and lacked consistent current cost and outcome tracking across its homelessness programs.

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## Receipts
- 2026-08-05T20:01:10.051Z: California's Homelessness Crisis Persists Despite Billions Spent
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- 2026-08-05T20:13:59.000Z: The California State Auditor is the retained primary source for the spending and tracking findings, but exact-wording X search did not identify a unique originator for the captured headline.
- 2026-08-05T20:13:59.000Z: Official audit report 2023-102.1 is signed by California State Auditor Grant Parks.
- 2026-08-05T20:13:59.000Z: California's official audit says the state allocated nearly $24 billion for homelessness and housing from fiscal years 2018-19 through 2022-23 and lacked consistent current cost and outcome tracking across its homelessness programs.
- 2026-08-05T20:13:59.000Z: Official California State Auditor report on homelessness program cost and outcome tracking.
- 2026-08-05T20:13:59.000Z: How effective are California’s homelessness programs? Audit finds state hasn’t been keeping track
- 2026-08-05T20:13:59.000Z: The audit documents spending allocations and tracking gaps, but the headline's broad word 'persists' requires a dated population measure and defined comparison period.