Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Newsom cuts threaten disabled and unhoused Gov. Newsom’s May revisions to the budget aiming to revert $50 million in statewide funding for the Housing and Disability Advocacy Program (HDAP), will worsen the homeless crisis. This funding helps homeless people with disabilities get into actual housing. In our community, this is a priority. Our HDAP-funded staff have helped 135 people get into permanent housing since 2021. That’s 135 people who would be on the streets without HDAP funds. The majority of these people are over 55...