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Gavin Newsom: “We had 188,000 homeless in California.”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Conversation Between Gavin Newsom and Michael Savage on Politics, Health, and Society

Published | Video Starts at 45:24

There was no support for cities and counties. And it felt that way. We had under Schwarzenegger. It's not a knock on Arnold, but goes back to 2005. We had 188,000 homeless in California. Just not new. What's happening, it metastasized into a cancer. Especially during COVID And what's happening in the streets. We're blaming Covid, but you know, no civil society would tolerate this, Gavin. (45:24–45:29)

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