Gavin Newsom: “For the first time in almost two decades, California has…”

“Mayor Lee and Jesse with his old hat, his former mayor and in Berkeley, and mayors across the region, in the bay and across the state of California. But For the first time in almost two decades, California has seen a reduction in unsheltered homelessness, visible reduction, close to double digits, 9.5%. Few states, by the way, just three states can lay claim to any kind of reduction like that. In the United States, you're Seeing increases all across the country, double digit increases in unsheltered homelessness.” (33:02–33:19)

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