By Xenia Shih Bion, California Health Care Foundation, March 2, 2020
Governor Gavin Newsom made an unconventional move in his second annual State of the State address — he devoted almost the entire speech to California’s housing and homelessness crisis. It is clearly on the minds of many Californians. A recent CHCF and SSRS statewide poll found that more than 8 out of 10 state residents say addressing homelessness is an “extremely important” or “very important” issue.
“The problem has persisted for decades — caused by massive failures in our mental health system and disinvestment in our social safety net — exacerbated by widening income inequality and California’s housing shortage,” Newsom said during the 42-minute speech. He then outlined several mental health and housing proposals to assist people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Here are some of the health and housing proposals to watch from the governor’s speech on February 19, 2020.
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