California Gov. Gavin Newsom's latest plan for the state's homelessness crisis asks voters to fund a major expansion of housing and treatment for residents suffering from mental illness and addiction.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom's latest plan for the state's homelessness crisis asks voters to fund a major expansion of housing and treatment for residents suffering from mental illness and addiction. Newsom announced Sunday that he will ask allies in the Democratic-controlled Legislature for a measure on the 2024 ballot to authorize funding to build residential facilities where over 10,000 people a year could live and be treated. The plan is the latest by the governor who took office in 2019 vowing to own the issue of homelessness in a state where an estimated 171,000 were unhoused last year.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will pay to build 1,200 small homes to help house the homeless population.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will pay to build 1,200 small homes to help house the homeless population. The Democratic governor made the announcement Thursday in Sacramento flanked by prototypes of the homes. It's the first stop of his planned four-city tour to make major policy announcements on housing, health care and public safety. The tour is replacing Newsom's traditional State of the State address. Newsom said local governments will decide where the small homes will go. He said the homes could go on state-owned land if it is available. Newsom said the homes can quickly house people currently living in encampments.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a first-of-its kind law to expand the ways in which people with severe mental health disorders can tap into court-ordered treatment. Critics say the model will force some people with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders into taking medication and therapy. California has spent billions of dollars to address homelessness. But residents say they're still confronted by homeless people who need psychiatric intervention. Newsom is a Democrat and former mayor of San Francisco. He says it's inhumane to allow sick people to languish outdoors. His model allows family members and others to petition a judge to draw up a year-long treatment plan.
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