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Gavin Newsom: “This year we did something we hadn't done in 15 years and…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Published | Video Starts at 07:00

And this is something that every governor, every mayor comes in and says, this is what I'M going to work on this is, this is number one. And it seems like, is this an unsolvable problem? It's solvable. This year we did something we hadn't done in 15 years and that is we saw close to a double digit decline in unsheltered homeless that had not happened in the state of California, down 9%. That's progress. We're finally seeing real progress. We're finally seeing. And, but Jimmy, this is important to know as a former mayor, the state of California, when I was mayor, the state was not involved in homeless policies. (07:00–07:11)

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Asserts that California saw a 9% decline in unsheltered homelessness, the first such decline in 15 years.

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