To address homelessness, we need affordable housing and addiction treatment | Opinion

Addressing homelessness

“California has spent billions on homelessness. Audit shows we haven’t been tracking it | Opinion,” (modbee.com, April 11, 2024)

An audit done in 2024 revealed that the state spent $24 billion over five years to solve our homelessness crisis. Sacramento Homeless Union President Crystal Sanchez said recently that a real solution to homelessness is more affordable housing.

Proposition 1, passed last year, and CARE Court, established by Gov. Gavin Newsom, aim to address other root causes of homelessness by compelling treatment for mental illness, drug addiction and alcoholism…

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