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EPISODE · Feb 4, 2026 · 17 MIN

Newsom’s $236 MILLION Mental Health Flop: Helped JUST 22 People in 4 Years

from News For Reasonable People · host Sean Reynolds

California spent $236 million on Gavin Newsom's Care Court program—supposedly a "completely new paradigm" to get the severely mentally ill off the streets and into treatment. The result? A whopping 22 people were involuntarily placed into care. That's $10.7 million per person. Even if you count the 684 voluntary participants (which completely misses the program's entire point), you're still looking at $345,000 per person. Meanwhile, California has over 187,000 homeless people, many with severe mental illness who desperately need help.Newsom's office insists they've helped thousands, but the numbers tell a different story. Critics call it exactly what it is: a costly bureaucratic maze run by a homeless industrial complex that profits from the problem never getting solved. It's like a diet company that doesn't want you to lose weight. Since 2019, California has blown through $37 billion on homelessness, and it's arguably gotten worse.Is anyone surprised the math isn't mathing? How do you defend this level of waste and failure? Drop your thoughts below, and if you're tired of watching taxpayer money disappear into the void, subscribe for more accountability coverage.

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