Some worry California proposition to tackle homelessness would worsen the problem
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Peer advocate Anthony Hardnett holds hygiene kits they offer to people in need at the Hospitality House in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple with an unabated homelessness crisis. Hospitality House's programs are among a slew of prevention services that would face significant budget cuts if Proposition 1 passes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)Members of the Resiliency Empowerment Support Team (REST), Beth Perkins, left, and Letha Croff, right, talk with a homeless person during a visit to a homeless camp in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. The REST Program does daily visits to homeless encampments to get them into treatment or housing. Butte County officials fear the REST program would lose its funding if California voters approve Proposition 1. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)People who have come in off the street keep warm and dry in a lounge area at the Hospitality House in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple with an unabated homelessness crisis. Hospitality House's programs are among a slew of prevention services that would face significant budget cuts if Proposition 1 passes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)Peer advocate Anthony Hardnett assists a person at the Hospitality House in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple with an unabated homelessness crisis. Hospitality House's programs are among a slew of prevention services that would face significant budget cuts if Proposition 1 passes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)Windy Click, director of community engagement, greets people at the entrance to the Hospitality House in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple with an unabated homelessness crisis. Hospitality House's programs are among a slew of prevention services that would face significant budget cuts if Proposition 1 passes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)Wayne Foot receives a back and neck massage from masseuse Lisa Whitney at the Hospitality House in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple with an unabated homelessness crisis. Hospitality House's programs are among a slew of prevention services that would face significant budget cuts if Proposition 1 passes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)Windy Click, right, director of community engagement, and Cherie Davis, program manager, stand outside the Hospitality House in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple with an unabated homelessness crisis. Hospitality House's programs are among a slew of prevention services that would face significant budget cuts if Proposition 1 passes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)Members of the Resiliency Empowerment Support Team (REST) team Letha Croff, left, Torie Baxter, center and. Beth Perkins, right, walk through the woods to visit to a homeless camp in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. The REST Program does daily visits to homeless encampments to get them into treatment or housing. Butte County officials fear the REST program would lose its funding if California voters approve Proposition 1. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Members of the Resiliency Empowerment Support Team (REST) Letha Croff, left, and Torie Baxter, second from left, talk to a homeless person sleeping under a bridge in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. The REST Program does daily visits to homeless encampments to get them into treatment or housing. Butte County officials fear the REST program would lose its funding if California voters approve Proposition 1 (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Solace Kalkowski, who was sleeping in a truck after a breakup a few weeks ago, stands outside the 6th Street Center for Youth in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. Kalkowski said the center kept them from ending up chronically homeless. The 6th Street Center for Youth, Chico's only drop-in center for troubled youths at risk, also offers rent assistance to college students. But workers at 6th Street, do not believe that would protect it from funding cuts if Proposition 1 is approved..(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Tiffany McCarter, executive director of the African American Family and Cultural Center, hugs Josiah Banks before he leaves the center for the day in Oroville, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. McCarter fears the 14-year-old facility with a mission of breaking the cycle of trauma in the Black community, might have to close if it loses mental health funding from the Butte County.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)A person works on a computer, one of the many services provided at the 6th Street Center for Youth in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. Providers say the center is Chico's only drop-in facility for troubled youth that helps provide clothing, meals, and also offers rent assistance to college student Workers at the center do not believe that these services would protect it from funding cuts if Proposition 1 is approved in March. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Shean Sutjin-Osby, 7, looks over books in the library at the African American Family and Cultural Center, in Oroville, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. The 14-year-old community center, that offers a variety of programs including after school programs, art classes, anger management sessions could be forced to close if it loses it's funding from Butte County. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Resiliency Empowerment Support Team (REST) team member Beth Perkins, give a homeless person a hand warmer during a visit to a homeless camp in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. The REST Program does daily visits to homeless encampments to get them into treatment or housing. Butte County officials fear the REST program would lose its funding if California voters approve Proposition 1.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Brett, last name not given, who is homeless, left, is hugged by Beth Perkins, a member of the Resiliency Empowerment Support Team (REST) during a visit to a homeless camp in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. The REST Program does daily visits to homeless encampments to get them into treatment or housing. Butte County officials fear the REST program would lose it's funding if California voters approve Proposition 1.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Windy Click, director of community engagement, looks out toward people on the street at the Hospitality House in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple with an unabated homelessness crisis. Hospitality House's programs are among a slew of prevention services that would face significant budget cuts if Proposition 1 passes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)Tiffany McCarter, executive director of the African American Family and Cultural Center, pauses as she discusses her fear that the14 year-old facility might close due to the loss of county mental health funding, during an interview in Oroville, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Amaya Cates,10, left, watches her sister, Ayiana, 8, work on a computer at the African American Family and Cultural Center, in Oroville, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. The 14-year-old community center that offers a variety of programs including after school programs, art classes, anger management sessions could be forced to close if it loses it's funding from Butte County. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Peer advocates May Chappell, left, and Anthony Hardnett hand out cups of coffee to people on the street outside the Hospitality House in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple with an unabated homelessness crisis. Hospitality House's programs are among a slew of prevention services that would face significant budget cuts if Proposition 1 passes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Peer advocate Anthony Hardnett holds hygiene kits they offer to people in need at the Hospitality House in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple with an unabated homelessness crisis. Hospitality House's programs are among a slew of prevention services that would face significant budget cuts if Proposition 1 passes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
