{"id":2934,"date":"2023-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatebizglobal.com\/newsom-owns-another-california-crisis-along-homeless-problem\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T00:00:00","slug":"newsom-owns-another-california-crisis-along-homeless-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gatebizglobal.com\/newsom-owns-another-california-crisis-along-homeless-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom owns another California crisis along with the homeless problem"},"content":{"rendered":"
Seeing California Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> say he took responsibility for the homelessness problem in California and calling it “disgraceful”<\/a> while being interviewed by Sean Hannity this week was unexpected. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Newsom cited housing costs as being too high and regulatory thickets being too problematic, and he acknowledged the disparity of over 170,000 homeless in California<\/a> compared with 26,000 in Florida, states with comparable good weather, as Hannity pointed out. “I own it,” the governor said boldly.<\/p>\n But one central issue he didn\u2019t “own” but should have acknowledged is the associated mental health crisis.<\/a> Dr. Maria Raven, chief of Emergency Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, pointed out to me on Doctor Radio Reports on SiriusXM this week that there is frequently nowhere for the mentally ill to go from the emergency room after a brief hold except back out on the streets. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ‘WHERE DO I SIGN UP?’ SAN DIEGO HOMELESS WOMAN SAYS THEY\u2019RE \u2018SPOILED’ WITH FREE STUFF, PHONES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “The severe lack of affordable and supportive housing, high rates of mental illness among people experiencing homelessness and a dearth of community based mental health services means that many people experiencing homelessness end up in the emergency department,” she also said to me. <\/p>\n California\u2019s dysfunctional approach towards mental health goes back decades and is only getting worse. There has been a long focus on de-institutionalizing those with severe mental health problems, which sounds humane in theory, but not without the community-based services or housing to support it. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n