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How Tomiquia Moss, Newsom's Top Housing Official, Plans to Reduce Homelessness

Marisa LagosGuy Marzorati
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California Secretary of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Tomiquia Moss at KQED Headquarters in San Francisco on March 28, 2024. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)

As California grapples with how to reduce homelessness, Marisa and Guy sit down with Governor Gavin Newsom’s top housing official.  Tomiquia Moss spent her career trying to chip away at the state’s homelessness crisis, starting as a social worker in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood to now, as the Secretary of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency. 

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