Yesterday, Gov. Gavin Newsom joined other political heavyweights, including Mayor London Breed, to lobby voters on two of the city's biggest issues -- mental health, and homelessness. “We need to stabilize people. We need to deal with the underlying reasons they’re out on the streets and sidewalks in the first place, the reasons they’re self-medicating with drug and alcohol addiction,” said Newsom. That money would be used to build mental health treatment facilities. It would also build permanent and supportive housing for the homeless, and help homeless veterans.
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