We must make saying “yes” to accepting help off the streets and into care as the only acceptable answer from those living on the streets.
- Provide Shelter
- Breakup Homeless Camps- a threat to public safety
- Conservatorship- People cannot choose to be homeless, we must help them help themselves
- As Mayor, I led the creation of Vista’s award-winning homelessness strategic plan that lowered the homeless rate
I strongly believe that we cannot allow people, many of whom suffer from mental illness or substance abuse, to choose homelessness. We need to utilize the conservatorship law enacted by Governor Ronald Reagan in 1967, which allows intervention for individuals who are gravely disabled due to severe mental illness or substance use disorder. San Diego County uses conservatorship 11.2 times less than other large jurisdictions, even though the Board of Supervisors directly oversees this tool through the County Conservator and Mental Health Department. It’s time to change that.
I was elected Mayor on a platform focusing on solutions to homelessness and led the creation of Vista’s award-winning Homelessness Strategic Plan. I’ll bring those same results to San Diego County as Supervisor.