Newsom Adviser Defends Spending $17.5 Billion on Homelessness as Homeless Population Surged: It Would Be Worse Without Intervention

During a portion of an interview with CNN National Correspondent Nick Watt aired on Tuesday's broadcast of CNN's "The Lead," Jason Elliott, who serves as an Adviser to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on homelessness, defended the state spending $17.5 billion to fight homelessness over the past four years even though homelessness in the state went up by 32% by stating that the problem would be worse without the state's intervention.