Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed in March a two-part ballot initiative to tackle homelessness, focusing on mental illness and substance abuse, which would provide 10,000 beds in new, voluntary treatment facilities but one funding source is controversial.
“We should be addressing it at the highest priority. Not a 30-year bond that’s going to cost more than twice the amount of money that we’re going to be borrowing,” Assemblyman Joe Patteson said.