California to make $3.3 billion available for mental health, substance use treatment centers

Hammered by mounting pressure to address the growing homelessness crisis in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday his administration will make $3.3 billion available ahead of schedule for counties and private developers to start building more behavioral health treatment centers as part of his efforts to fund housing and drug use programs.
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[@thatpointinlife]

We already squandered $24B on homelessness and mental health, and that had negligible effects, at best.
Why not whip out another $3.3B, right? 🤷‍♂️

[@monsitime9370]

Noooooooo!

[@facitenonvictimarum174]

That's crazy 🤪

[@sentotalkacili7407]

Don't glorify the amount of money. but what is the money used for? focus on the quality, effectiveness of programs and policies that are right on target to tackle the homelessness problem. Also keep an eye out for opportunistic and corrupt people who take advantage of this disbursement of funds.