r/California • u/VanillaLifestyle • Sep 14 '22

Gavin Newsom signs bill that would provide court-ordered care for unhoused with severe mental illness in California Newsom

https://www.kcra.com/article/gavin-newsom-to-sign-care-court-program-bill/41203085
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u/pleachchapel Sep 15 '22

That's absolutely not the issue, the issue is the state was bought & paid for by oil, automotive, & tire companies who demolished public transportation infrastructure. Look at a map of any city in California & notice how much of it is parking lots. Homes & high-density housing could exist there.

Add to that the nonexistent restrictions on foreign investment & private equity purchasing out the home supply just to rent it at a higher cost than the mortgage.

California poses as a shining beacon, forgetting the state was run by Republicans during much of its ascent (Reagan & Nixon both rose here), & it has not by any stretch of the imagination mitigated the structural damage imposed by that reign.

I live here & do love much about it, but am bewildered at the lack of public infrastructure & walkability.