California is getting its own one-dollar coin in 2026, and the state’s Governor asked the public for design ideas. Gavin Newsom solicited submissions on his X account and said the coin should honor California’s innovations.
However, some of his critics were quick to post their ideas, including coins depicting tent cities and homeless encampment fires.
More suggestions for putting a homeless encampment on the coin were suggested on X, while another suggestion included a coin with the state of California, electric batteries and a mask symbolizing the governor’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the bottom of the coin, it reads, “In Newsom we trust.”
The state has spent 24 billion dollars on homelessness, yet the homeless population continues to swell.