SEVEN. SACRAMENTO AND STATE LEADERS CELEBRATED SOME OF THE PROGRESS BEING MADE ON A MENTAL HEALTH CAMPUS IN SOUTH SACRAMENTO. LIVECOPTER3 GIVING US THESE EXCLUSIVE IMAGES OVER THE AREA ON STOCKTON BOULEVARD. BUT A MAJOR PIECE OF THAT PROJECT, THE STATE PROMISED TO PROVIDE HAS BEEN DELAYED BY A LOT. GOOD EVENING. I’M TY STEELE. AND I’M ANDREA FLORES, KCRA THREE CAPITAL CORRESPONDENT. ASHLEY ZAVALA PRESSED THE NEWSOM ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ON THE HOLDUP. WE HAVE BEEN MOVING AT AN UNPRECEDENTED. RATE AT A SACRAMENTO HOMELESSNESS UPDATE. GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S ADMINISTRATION REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DELAY TO 1200 TINY HOMES IT PROMISED TO DELIVER STATEWIDE. NEWSOM ANNOUNCED THE ORIGINAL EFFORT THIS PAST SPRING, SAYING. 350 OF THEM WOULD BE PROVIDED TO SACRAMENTO BY THIS FALL. I GET IT. YOU WANT TO SEE PROGRESS AND YOU WANT TO SEE IT NOW. BUT THE TINY HOMES ARE NOT READY. AND WITH STILL NO CONTRACT SIGNED OR BUILDERS SECURED, NEWSOM, SENIOR ADVISER ON HOMELESSNESS COULD NOT SAY WHEN THEY WOULD BE. I CAME FROM THE LOCALS, RIGHT? SO WHEN IT COMES TO PROJECTS LIKE THIS, IT’S JUST NOT OVERNIGHT. YOU HAVE A WHOLE PROCESS THAT YOU GO THROUGH. AND WHAT WE’RE DOING IS WE’RE AIMING TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS SO THAT WE COULD QUICKLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY GET PROJECTS GOING, BUT ALSO MAKE IT SAFE AND RIGHT AND QUALITY. PEOPLE DESERVE DIGNITY IN THE SPACE THAT THEY’RE IN SO THAT IS THE ANSWER. THANK YOU. SO BUT ON THAT NOTE, THEN, I MEAN, IF THE GOVERNOR DIDN’T SAY THE TINY HOMES WERE COMING OVERNIGHT, HE SAID THEY WERE COMING THIS FALL OR BY THE THIS FALL AND NOW IT’S MID OCTOBER, MID 20, 24 AND OCTOBER. I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN, WHAT’S WHAT’S THE HOLDUP I GUESS THEN. SO I ACTUALLY WENT AHEAD AND EXPLAINED THAT ALREADY THERE WAS ACTUALLY PROGRESS BEING MADE. THERE WAS NO HOLDUP. WE’VE BEEN CONTINUING THE MOMENTUM, AS I MENTIONED, THAT WE WENT AHEAD AND WE PASSED LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT MORE FLEXIBLE TO STREAMLINE. THAT’S NOT A HOLDUP. THAT’S PROGRESS. WE ALSO WENT AHEAD AND CREATE A PROCUREMENT PROCESS WHICH ESSENTIALLY MAKES LOCALS EASIER TO HELP GET THIS GOING AGAIN. THAT’S NOT A HOLDUP. THAT’S PROGRESS. AND LATER THIS MONTH, WE ANTICIPATE FINALIZING A CONTRACT FOR THE STATE AND MAKING LOCALS THE PURCHASE EASIER. SO, AGAIN, THAT’S NOT HOLDUP. THAT’S PROGRESS. FACING A BARRAGE OF QUESTIONS AT THE FUTURE SITE OF A MENTAL HEALTH CAMPUS OFF OF STOCKTON BOULEVARD. HALF SAKAKA STEPPED AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE AND LET SACRAMENTO MAYOR DARRELL STEINBERG DEFEND THE NEW TIMELINE. ONCE THEY’RE DELIVERED, THEN THEY’LL GO UP SOON ON WHEN THE GOVERNOR WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS THAT IT’S GOING TO DO SOMETHING IN OCTOBER. SHOULD THE PUBLIC NOT BELIEVE HIM? I THINK I WELL, I’M SORT OF THIS WAY MYSELF. I THINK YOU ESTABLISH YOU LAY OUT A VISION, YOU PUSH HARD FOR AGGRESSIVE ACTION, AND THEN YOU GET A LOT FARTHER THAN YOU WOULD HAVE GOTTEN. AND A LOT SOONER THAN IF YOU DIDN’T PUSH HARD. THIS NEW SITE IS SET TO GET HALF OF THE 350 TINY HOMES PROMISED TO SACRAMENTO. OFFICIALS SAY THE SITE WILL BE READY TO BREAK GROUND BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, BUT NOTED THEY’LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TINY HOMES IN SACRAMENTO, ASHLEY ZAVALA KCRA THREE NEWS. THE OTHER 175 TINY HOMES PROMISE TO SACRAMENTO ARE SLATED TO GO AT A FUTURE SITE AT CAL EXPO. OTHE