Gavin Newsom: “Did not have a strategy for integrating issues of substance…”

“No strategies, no plans, no approach. State of California was absent. State did not have a strategy for behavioral health. Did not have a strategy for integrating issues of substance abuse and mental health. Did not have a strategy to integrate housing. Did not have a strategy to support cities and counties as it relates to developing strategies to get people off the streets of sidewalks.” (25:20–25:25)

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