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I saw this YT short and wanted to share, when I googled further I got some more updates. Newsom is working to turn the old LA County Hospital into housing for homeless, it can be renovated into about 800 units to house people. Which is huge!
Then I saw this.
Governor Newsom announces major transformation of six vacant buildings in Los Angeles County into mental health and housing communities
They broke ground on transforming the 110 year old vacant Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk into this….
As part of his comprehensive approach to get people off the streets and into treatment and housing, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the groundbreaking of Los Angeles County Care Community, a state-of-the-art behavioral health campus that will transform six vacant buildings into a unified mental health and housing community providing 162 housing and treatment beds.
The project is supported by a $65 million investment through the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act under Proposition 1. The effort advances Mental Health for All, California’s initiative to build a stronger behavioral health system. This comes as Governor Newsom announced earlier this week $291 million in funding for housing and behavioral health services statewide, and California’s recent 9% drop in unsheltered homelessness.
The campus will include:
- Two subacute psychiatric facilities (32 beds) funded by the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) for young adults ages 18–25 with significant mental health needs.
- A 70‑bed interim housing facility with wraparound mental health services.
- Two permanent supportive housing buildings with 60 apartments for adults exiting homelessness.
- A shared community building for case management, wellness services, and onsite supports.
“This is exactly the type of project voters want us to be doing,” said Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who proposed and championed the project. “These buildings are doing no one any good sitting empty. By locking arms with the state, Los Angeles County is transforming them into a mental health care village where people can get the safe, professional, and compassionate treatment and housing they desperately need.”
“This project represents a long-term, 30-year investment in expanding treatment and recovery-focused care,” said DHCS Community Services Division Chief Marlies Perez. “It ensures that this site continues to evolve with the community, offering support, stability, and opportunity for the people who need it most.”
The project also supports California’s Path and Purpose initiative, which supports mental health, connection, and opportunity for young men and boys. One of the campus’ secure subacute facilities will specifically serve young men ages 18–25.
It seems Newsom is intent on making the last part of his term the launching pad for so much good. I hope whoever comes into office after him keeps on the same paths.
They also extended more mortgage relief for people who got hit with the LA Fire it will be in grants, not loans so no need to pay them back.
Just wanted to counter my I hate everything diary with something positive lol.
(Newsom haters...please post elsewhere, I have heard all your arguments, I don’t need to hear them again.)
