Homeless already was being treated as a crisis in San Diego and California, but the election year may have added more urgency
Homelessness long has been an evolving crisis on the streets of San Diego and in urban areas across California, and it may become a political crisis for some Democratic elected officials at the ballot box.
But the governor and others understand Californians want to see visible progress — soon. To that end, Newsom last year pledged to help local jurisdictions clear hundreds of homeless encampments. His office said in February the state is on course to clear 1,000 camps by the end of this year. Along with other like-minded officials and advocates, these three contend homelessness largely stems from systemic problems related to the economy, inequality, cost of housing and lack of access to health care — particularly mental health and substance abuse programs.
However one interprets those elections, there’s no mistaking the intense focus to show action on homelessness across the state. “I don’t know enough about the facts behind how they’ve done it, but Philadelphia really does seem to have a handle on homelessness,” Lorena Gonzalezon Twitter while attending an AFL-CIO convention there over the weekend. “They’ve apparently invested in more shelter beds than unsheltered people & an active outreach team. Is this a model or is there more I’m not seeing?”
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