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Some worry California proposition to tackle homelessness would worsen the problem

February 15, 2024
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Some worry California proposition to tackle homelessness would worsen the problem
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OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging voters to approve a ballot initiative that he says is needed to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis, a change social providers say would threaten programs that keep people from becoming homeless in the first place.

In 2004, voters approved legislation that imposed a tax on millionaires to finance mental health services, generating $2 billion to $3 billion in revenue each year that has mostly gone to counties to fund mental health programs as they see fit under broad guidelines.

Newsom wants to give the state more control over how that money is spent. Proposition 1, before voters on the March 5 ballot, would require counties to spend 60% of those funds on housing and programs for homeless people with serious mental illnesses or substance abuse problems.

The single formula would mean rural counties such as Butte, with a homeless population of fewer than 1,300 people, would be required to divert the same percentage of funds to housing as urban counties such as San Francisco, which has a homeless population six times bigger. San Francisco Mayor London Breed said she supports the measure. Butte County officials have expressed concerns.

Members of the Resiliency Empowerment Support Team (REST) Letha Croff, left, and Torie Baxter, second from left, talk to a homeless person sleeping under a bridge in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. The REST Program does daily visits to homeless encampments to get them into treatment or housing. Butte County officials fear the REST program would lose its funding if California voters approve Proposition 1 (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The funding from the millionaire tax in Butte County has mostly gone to prevention services to combat high suicide and childhood trauma rates. Officials estimated they would have to divert at least 28% of current funding from existing programs toward housing. They say the change could cause cultural centers, peer-support programs, vocational services and even programs working with homeless people to lose funding.

Tiffany McCarter burst into tears when talking about how the African American Family & Cultural Center she runs in rural Oroville, a city in Butte County, might have to close its doors. The 14-year-old center with a mission of breaking the cycle of trauma in the Black community relies heavily on mental health funding from the county.

Tiffany McCarter, executive director of the African American Family and Cultural Center, pauses as she discusses her fear that the14 year-old facility might close due to the loss of county mental health funding, during an interview in Oroville, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Tiffany McCarter, executive director of the African American Family and Cultural Center, pauses as she discusses her fear that the14 year-old facility might close due to the loss of county mental health funding, during an interview in Oroville, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The center offers an after-school program, art and dance classes and anger management sessions — designed to steer young people away from the streets. McCarter said some have learning disabilities or parents who are incarcerated.

“I’d love to solve the homeless problem,” McCarter, the center’s executive director, said as the halls filled with laughter of children who ran around her to win her attention. “But then which one of my kids are we going to leave behind?”

With makeshift tents lining streets and disrupting businesses in communities across the state, homelessness has become one of the most frustrating issues in California and one sure to dog Newsom should he ever mount a national campaign. The Democratic governor has raised about $10 million to back the ballot measure and has appeared in television ads promoting it, indicating it’s one of his top political priorities.

Already he has pushed for laws that make it easier to force people with behavioral health issues into treatment, and he touts the proposition as the final piece of the new approach.

“We are in a unique position to take what we have been promoting — these promises — and make them real, and finally address the issue that defines more stress and more frustrations than any other issue in this state,” Newsom said at the proposition kickoff event.

Resiliency Empowerment Support Team (REST) team member Beth Perkins, give a homeless person a hand warmer during a visit to a homeless camp in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. The REST Program does daily visits to homeless encampments to get them into treatment or housing. Butte County officials fear the REST program would lose its funding if California voters approve Proposition 1.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Resiliency Empowerment Support Team (REST) team member Beth Perkins, gives a person a hand warmer during a visit to a homeless camp in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, who authored the 2004 millionaire tax, said the funding is meant to serve homeless people with serious mental illnesses and that county officials and providers “miss the big picture.”

“While it has funded many good programs over 20 years, it has gotten away from the original purpose,” Steinberg said. “Nothing is more important than alleviating the unacceptable suffering of people living and dying on our streets.”

The two-part measure would authorize the state to borrow $6.38 billion to build 4,350 housing units, half of which would be reserved for veterans. It also would add 6,800 mental health and addiction treatment beds.

Newsom’s administration already has spent at least $22 billion on various programs to address the crisis, including $3.5 billion to convert rundown motels into homeless housing. California is also giving out $2 billion in grants to build more treatment facilities.

But the crisis is worse than ever, many say.

Brett, last name not given, who is homeless, left, is hugged by Beth Perkins, a member of the Resiliency Empowerment Support Team (REST) during a visit to a homeless camp in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. The REST Program does daily visits to homeless encampments to get them into treatment or housing. Butte County officials fear the REST program would lose it's funding if California voters approve Proposition 1.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Brett, last name not given, who is homeless, left, is hugged by Beth Perkins, a member of the Resiliency Empowerment Support Team (REST) during a visit in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The state accounts for nearly a third of the homeless population in the United States; roughly 181,000 Californians are in need of housing. A recent survey by the University of California San Francisco’s Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative found about two-thirds of homeless people in California have a mental health disorder, but only 18% had received recent treatment and only 6% had received any addiction treatment despite rampant abuse.

The state needs some 8,000 more beds to treat mental health and addiction issues, according to researchers who testified before state lawmakers last year.

California has 5,500 beds, down from as many as 37,000 more than a half-century ago, the governor said.

The proposal could also add beds in locked psychiatric facilities, which advocates say could force more people into involuntary treatment. Newsom and state lawmakers haven’t decided what types of facility would be built.

“From a humanitarian and civil rights perspective, we vehemently oppose Proposition 1,” said Mark Salazar, executive director of Mental Health Association of San Francisco, which serves more than 15,000 people monthly. “There are studies that show over and over that coercing treatment just doesn’t end well for the individual.”

Mark Cloutier, CEO of Caminar, which provides mental health services, employment placement and supportive housing to mostly young adults, believes the ballot measure is needed because the lack of housing and treatment beds means many people end up in jail or the emergency room.

Peer advocates May Chappell, left, and Anthony Hardnett hand out cups of coffee to people on the street outside the Hospitality House in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple with an unabated homelessness crisis. Hospitality House's programs are among a slew of prevention services that would face significant budget cuts if Proposition 1 passes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Peer advocates May Chappell, left, and Anthony Hardnett hand out cups of coffee to people on the street outside the Hospitality House in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Joe Wilson, who runs Hospitality House in San Francisco, said more housing and beds are needed but not at the expense of other programs like his organization’s two drop-in centers in the Tenderloin neighborhood and Sixth Street Corridor. Workers there, most of whom were once homeless, help navigate services for people, update resumes, and drive them to appointments.

“Everyone agrees that we need more resources for housing,” he said. “Is this the best way to do it? We don’t believe so.”

One of the center’s workers, Anthony Hardnett, a San Francisco native who was homeless and suffered from addiction issues, said many people he has helped have become independent and productive by learning new skills and hobbies, like in the chess club he hosts. The group connected more than 30 people to jobs last month.

“You’ve got to show them something different to change their mindset,” Hardnett said. “We can’t just give up on them.”

In the Butte County city of Chico, about 165 miles (265 kilometers) north of San Francisco, providers say the city’s only drop-in center for troubled youth is at risk. The 6th Street Center for Youth also offers rent assistance to college students, but workers do not believe that would protect it from having its budget cut.

Solace Kalkowski, who was sleeping in a truck after a breakup a few weeks ago, stands outside the 6th Street Center for Youth in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. Kalkowski said the center kept them from ending up chronically homeless. The 6th Street Center for Youth, Chico's only drop-in center for troubled youths at risk, also offers rent assistance to college students. But workers at 6th Street, do not believe that would protect it from funding cuts if Proposition 1 is approved..(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Solace Kalkowski, who was sleeping in a truck after a breakup a few weeks ago, stands outside the 6th Street Center for Youth in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Solace Kalkowski, who uses the pronoun they, found themself sleeping in their truck after a breakup a few weeks ago and said the center kept them from ending up chronically homeless.

“It’s a healthy outlet for me to come where people will listen and give you advice,” Kalkowski said. “I’ve been working on myself and being more productive. … Me having this chance, I’m blown away.”

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