After his $6.4 billion mental health bond measure just barely squeaked by with voters in March, Governor Newsom will begin disbursing half of it on July 1, and has combative words to the effect that counties better jump on it fast.
You're either part of the problem or you're not. Period, Newsom said at a Tuesday press event at Cordilleras Mental Health Center, directing his remarks at counties. Let's move out of the way. Let's do the right thing. It's time to do your job.
The measure hopes to add 4,350 housing units, requiring counties to spend two-thirds of the money they get on housing for people with mental illness or substance abuse disorders.
But are 4,350 housing units really going to make a notable difference in a state with more than 180,000 people?
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