San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, who cut his city's homelessness by 25% through a "recovery first" approach, is running for California governor on a platform of competence over politics. Meanwhile, a progressive nonprofit championed by San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston faces fraud charges for allegedly stealing $115,000 meant for homeless families, highlighting the corruption plaguing California's $24 billion homelessness spending spree that actively bans the drug-free recovery housing that actually works.
A Seattle frontline worker exposes what we all see in the encampments—and why California banned the cure.
San Jose's mayor has cut homelessness 25% while Sacramento lets good policies die in bureaucracy. He's running for governor.
Dean Preston championed Providence Foundation as a model partnership. Now two employees face fraud charges.
San Jose's mayor reduced homelessness by a quarter while Sacramento fumbled. Now he's bringing receipts to the governor's race.
The San Jose mayor who actually cut homelessness 23% wants to bring his results-first approach statewide.
A startup founder who actually delivers results vs. Sacramento's endless theater. California finally has a real choice.
SF nonprofits preside over overdose deaths while collecting billions. The city just renewed their contracts anyway.
Newsom's mental health program spent $10.7M per person while California's judges cling to broken ideology.
SF's state legislator asks Attorney General to probe missing trees instead of addressing homelessness, drug deaths, or housing.
Street outreach workers from SF to Seattle confirm what politicians refuse to admit: half of people using drugs in public already have apartments.