the interview goes on. and as you might imagine, while nem and i strongly disagree on pretty much everything, but to the governor s credit, he did sit a down for an entire hour. he answered most of our questions. and by the way, that was something that the president of the united states, joe biden, is not even remotely capable of doin g. so without further ado, here is part one of my interview with california s democratic governor, gavin newsom govern. . all right. so i write you this pick on a lot of pick up. aot opicki m sure. you saw as well. and i m like, okay, i want to day, o an interview.o and but i don t want to do an interview. i want to make sure the audience understands upfront this is noupront, tht g me. i want you to answer and give your views. i would saany you representry probably about half the country, your view, yos ande other half represents mine. you agree? what kin ine.d of divided plus or m minus? certainly divided. yeah. question. wee rn, you know
out on the streets that we define as homeless, we better solve the housing problem if we re going to have an impact. and that s imp we establish this framework, what we call a ten year plan to end chronic homelessness in san francisco. it s in san francisco. okay. here we are.w th you want to know the results after ten years? okaye resu . here s a comparison. i don t need to look at my charts. ye i charts. i know the charts. i know these charts so well. after ten years, we reducedstret the street population by 33%. you know what? i m proud of the fact weth it established the goal. we did it with the with the bush administratiothshwithn repr . we did it with a framework. what we actually identifieifiedd by george w bush as one ofn stab the leaders in terms of establishing not only a frameworlish k of a plan, but delivering on what we promoted and promised. and i agree with you . e bi you know, michaelangelo said it best. the biggest risk in life is not hiat we aim to lowggs lifes
i wasn t uncomfortable up to a decade ago. now it looks like the inmates are controlling the asylum if you know what i am talking about. look, you know, you are a good litigator. you are just focusing on one small piece of the overall picture. bill: true. there are beautiful parts of the city. these are parts of the city that tourists like me staying at a hotel on knob hill are seeing. we are walking down the street and we are accosted by seven guys. that s not good for kids. and you are right. it s not good for the city and its image. you are not wrong to make this point. let me make this counter point. 10585 people off the streets since i have been mayor a 40% reduction in the street population. we converted cash to guaranteed access of services. care not cash initiative welfare reform reduced our case load by 83%. we are making real progress. with respect to 10 years ago i can assure you the phenomenon of panhandling is not unique to san francisco.
i wasn t uncomfortable up to a decade ago. now it looks like the inmates are controlling the asylum if you know what i am talking about. look, you know, you are a good litigator. you are just focusing on one small piece of the overall picture. bill: true. there are beautiful parts of the city. these are parts of the city that tourists like me staying at a hotel on knob hill are seeing. we are walking down the street and we are accosted by seven guys. that s not good for kids. and you are right. it s not good for the city and its image. you are not wrong to make this point. let me make this counter point. 10585 people off the streets since i have been mayor a 40% reduction in the street population. we converted cash to guaranteed access of services. care not cash initiative welfare reform reduced our case load by 83%. we are making real progress. with respect to 10 years ago i can assure you the phenomenon of panhandling is not unique to san francisco. bill: in new york they don
going to san francisco now. i wasn t uncomfortable up to a decade ago. now it looks like the inmates are controlling the asylum if you know what i am talking about. look, you know, you are a good litigator. you are just focusing on one small piece of the overall picture. bill: true. there are beautiful parts of the city. these are parts of the city that tourists like me staying at a hotel on knob hill are seeing. we are walking down the street and we are accosted by seven guys. that s not good for kids. and you are right. it s not good for the city and its image. you are not wrong to make this point. let me make this counter point. 10585 people off the streets since i have been mayor a 40% reduction in the street population. we converted cash to guaranteed access of services. care not cash initiative welfare reform reduced our case load by 83%. we are making real progress. with respect to 10 years ago i can assure you the phenomenon of panhandling is not unique to san