{"id":126509,"date":"2021-08-09T21:35:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T04:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=126509"},"modified":"2021-08-09T21:35:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T04:35:37","slug":"governor-newsom-outlines-approach-to-clean-safe-streets-for-all-during-visit-to-clean-california-site-in-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=126509","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom Outlines Approach to Clean & Safe Streets For All During Visit to Clean California Site in Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long Beach & Stockton, CA…During a visit to a Clean California site in Long Beach, Governor Gavin Newsom outlined\u00a0his plan<\/a>\u00a0for record investments in mental health services and behavioral health housing as part of a comprehensive approach to tackling the state\u2019s homelessness crisis. Earlier in the day, the Governor met with residents, outreach workers and Caltrans clean-up crew members at an encampment\u00a0in Stockton<\/a>\u00a0where unhoused individuals were offered options to move out of tents and into safer, more stable shelter and housing.<\/p>\n

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Governor Newsom at encampment in Stockton and Clean California site in Long Beach on August 5th.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to get to the root issues of why people end up on the street in the first place \u2013 and for many, that\u2019s due to deteriorating mental health conditions,\u201d said Governor Newsom. \u201cFor too long, California has had a piecemeal response to homelessness. When officials shut one site down, another one was likely to pop up. We\u2019re changing that mindset and working to remove encampments by treating the root causes \u2013 lack of housing and lack of mental health resources \u2013 by investing $3 billion for behavioral health and conservatorship housing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plan includes a $12 billion investment over two years to confront the homelessness crisis, helping the most unwell individuals move off the streets\u00a0and into housing with wrap-around services. As part of this investment, Governor Newsom led the charge for a $3 billion behavioral health housing initiative\u00a0<\/span>\u2013\u00a0the largest investment in California history for rebuilding the behavioral health pipeline. The $3 billion plan is expected to create 22,000 new beds and treatment slots, a component of the 42,000 new homeless housing units that will be created under the California Comeback Plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Governor Newsom at\u00a0encampment in Stockton and Clean California site in Long Beach today.<\/p>\n

Governor Newsom last year\u00a0signed legislation<\/a>\u00a0to strengthen Laura\u2019s Law and expand funding for the treatment of substance abuse. AB 1976 makes county participation in Assisted Outpatient Treatment (i.e. Laura\u2019s Law) automatic unless a county opts out. As of June 2021, a total of 31 counties in California have not opted out and will implement Laura\u2019s Law, covering 80 percent of the state\u2019s population. AB 2265 expands the kinds of services Mental Health Services Act funds can pay for, specifically addiction treatment. In addition, the Department of Health Care Services has leveraged over $260 million in federal opioid funding to support the Medication Assisted Treatment Expansion Project, allowing easy access to opioid addiction treatment in emergency departments and hospitals, primary care clinics, drug treatment programs, jails and prisons, and other health care settings.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me be blunt: it is unacceptable to not provide proper care to those struggling the most, who\u2019ve found themselves homeless due to mental health and addiction challenges,\u201d said Governor Newsom. \u201cWe cannot continue to tolerate the open drug use on our streets \u2013 we can no longer just look the other way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Governor\u2019s plan also advances CalAIM, a once-in-a-generation reform of our Medi-Cal system that will better manage risk and improve outcomes through whole person care approaches and addressing social determinants of health. This will better serve California\u2019s most vulnerable residents: the homeless, our children and people cycling in and out of the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n

To ensure that local governments fulfill their obligation to provide services to people experiencing homelessness and to create safe and clean streets for all Californians, the California Comeback Plan includes $147 million for encampment resolution and clean-up efforts.\u00a0In addition, the Governor has launched the $1.1 billion Clean California initiative to hire people exiting homelessness, at-risk youth, formerly incarcerated individuals and others to support state and local litter abatement efforts, providing them with a steady income to get back on their feet and lower the rate of recidivism. Caltrans will match local investments, focusing on the needs of more severely underserved communities, with the goal of funding 300 local projects throughout California over the three-year program.<\/p>\n

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