Marin has $18M in homelessness grants stuck in pipeline

Marin County, San Rafael and the Bolinas Community Land Trust are still waiting to receive $18 million in state money awarded in March to address homelessness.

The county, which is managing the grants, received the contracts at the end of September, but the agreements must still be approved by county supervisors, and that won’t happen until Nov. 19.

Gary Naja-Riese, the county’s director of homelessness, said, “We had to legally review the contracts and make sure there were no issues...