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California to Spend $150 Million to Protect Homeless from Virus

Associated Press

   SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - As worries about the spread of the coronavirus
   confine millions of Californians to their homes, concern is growing
   about those who have no homes in which to shelter.

   California has more than 150,000 homeless people, the most in the
   United States, and there's concern that as the rest of the state's
   residents are being told to stay apart and to frequently wash their
   hands, homeless people are living just as they did before the outbreak.

   Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday said it's possible 60,000 could contract
   the virus. The governor announced he would spend $150 million on
   efforts to prevent the COVID-19 virus from sweeping through that
   population.

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