The issue of homelessness is another example of a government boondoggle.  While there are certainly Californians who find themselves in hard times and without a home, the problem we see on a daily basis has been completely caused by our politicians and a failed social experiment.  The decriminalization of drugs, combined with nationwide mental health crisis, and home unaffordability, has caused California to hold the title of the worst homeless crisis in America.  California’s elected officials created a problem, and are doing everything in their power to not solve it. In the last five years, California has spent $24 Billion on homelessness.  During that same time, California’s unhoused population grew by 30,000 people. Even worse, state leadership cannot track where the money went.  This is a problem that decades of their policies and agenda has created.  We can not allow these same politicians to act like they have a solution during election years.  It is time for a leader with the ability and desire to clean up their mess.

Protect our Communities

• Use Grants Pass v. Johnson to encourage cities to clear homeless encampments
• Expedite the construction of emergency shelters and supportive housing

Address drug addiction and mental health challenges

• Direct resources toward substance abuse to include legislation that will allow forced treatment when necessary
• Provide for increased mental health clinicians and first responders who encounter these individuals on a daily basis.

Government Accountability

• Conduct a full audit of every entity receiving tax payer money to ensure that money is actually being spent on those who are homeless and homelessness prevention, rather than lining the pockets of those in charge of that entity
• Prioritize state funding to organizations that have a successful track record of getting the homeless into treatment and housing
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