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Gavin Newsom: “The original sin is not just the lack of investment in…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Announces Homelessness And Mental Health Policy Reforms

Published | Video Starts at 27:05

But ultimately we fell short. No state has been more impacted than the state of California for one reason. The original sin is not just the lack of investment in behavioral health. It's a lack of investment in housing, period in the state. We all skipped seventh grade. Econ 101, supply, demand. It's not complicated. And for decades and decades and decades we had housing policies frankly outsourced to local government, just as … (27:05–27:13)

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Asserts that California's issues stem from a lack of investment in both behavioral health and housing.

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