Homeless in California

 Red State:

One of the biggest issues facing California is rampant homelessness and the inability to compel homeless people who are mentally ill to comply with treatment recommendations, specifically medication and inpatient treatment. Billions of dollars have been spent over the last two decades on housing, bridge housing, treatment programs, and more, yet the problem - and the body count - has only grown. Now that people nationwide are aware of just how bad the problem is, Gov. Gavin Newsom knows he has to deal with it if he ever wants to be a serious candidate for national office. So, he got a $6.4 billion ballot measure placed on the March ballot advertised as a way to get mentally ill homeless people treatment and housing and became the face of the campaign.

Newsom won re-election in 2022 by nearly 20 points, his Yes on 1 campaign raised over $21 million to flood the airwaves - digital, TV, and radio - and the No on 1 campaign spent just a few thousand dollars. The California Republican Party didn't even take a stance opposing it (more on that in a future piece). It should have been an easy win for Newsom, right?

Wrong.

As of Monday morning, the measure was only ahead by 17,000 votes, with over 200,000 unprocessed ballots statewide. That's been the margin for nearly a week, and Newsom's so panicked about a possible loss that he canceled his State of the State speech scheduled for Monday.

In addition, he's launched a massive statewide effort to find the votes needed to ensure the passage of Prop 1, through his Campaign for Democracy PAC.
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While California is mostly a wealthy state, it is also a state with a lot of homeless people who can't afford the high cost of housing.  The homeless tend to live in tents or broken-down mobile homes and trailers.  Many of the homeless may also be drug addicts who spend most of their money on dope instead of rent.

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