California Governor proposes sweeping mental health reform and new beds for treatment.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a measure to fund a major expansion of housing and treatment for residents suffering from mental illness and addiction. The proposal would ask California voters to authorize funding to build residential facilities where up to 12,000 people a year could live and be treated. The initiative would be partially funded by general obligation bonds that would raise between $3 billion and $5 billion to go toward construction of “campus-style” facilities along with smaller homes and long-term residential settings. The plan is the latest by the governor to address the state's homelessness crisis.