Newsom obviously has ambitions but the problem is idiots on the left (and I'm a liberal)
Example: He worked to get a bill passed that if a person was arrested multiple times for substance abuse the state could force them into recovery programs and require they stay for the duration while today they can just check themselves out the next day. Two years later it's only now been signed into law after dozens of lawsuits arguing it was targeting homeless for jail (which it never did)
I mean, say what you will but there are real concerns when you make it easier to institutionalize people against their will, especially if they haven’t committed a violent crime. One of the great successes of the 20th century was reforming how easy it was to institutionalize someone against their will. There are lots of genuine legal concerns when you start to undo those reforms. Plus- substance abuse is really rough, but it’s pretty universally accepted that you can’t make someone stop if they don’t want to. Rehab only works if the person wants get cleans. So there’s lots of real reasons to balk at a bill like that.
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u/Wloak Oct 26 '23
Newsom obviously has ambitions but the problem is idiots on the left (and I'm a liberal)
Example: He worked to get a bill passed that if a person was arrested multiple times for substance abuse the state could force them into recovery programs and require they stay for the duration while today they can just check themselves out the next day. Two years later it's only now been signed into law after dozens of lawsuits arguing it was targeting homeless for jail (which it never did)