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Adam Gray: “We got to look at the systems and that means doing tough…”

Featuring: Adam Gray, Democratic | U.S. House, California, District 13

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13th Congressional District Candidates Debate

Published | Video Starts at 41:34

And I said, you know, for every several billion dollars we give laden skid row gets, you know, seven blocks longer. Like this isn't, this isn't working. Just throwing money at the problem. We got to look at the systems and that means doing tough work. and it means sitting down with county officials, city officials, law enforcement officials. It means giving our law enforcement officers support so they're not out there being mental health workers, which means funding mental health programs and drug addiction programs. (41:34–41:38)

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Asserts that systemic issues need to be addressed through tough work.

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