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John Whitmire: “This state needs a mental health system to help people get…”

Featuring: John Whitmire, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Houston | Texas

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The State of Houston: A Conversation with Mayor John Whitmire

Published | Video Starts at 1:02:09

During the freeze, 20 degrees, I was out with the police begging homeless to go to Fondy Recreational center, one of our warming centers. Getting back to elections matter, This state needs a mental health system to help people get off the street. Also, the homeless is impacted by the criminal justice system. You go down at San Jacinta tonight behind the county jail or the one right there on San Jacinta at midnight tonight, they raise that big old garage door and 300 defendants are released. (1:02:09–1:02:15)

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Asserts the need for a state mental health system to assist the homeless.

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