Staff Reports
California’s homelessness nightmare keeps spiraling, and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest $160 million boondoggle is yet another glaring example of liberal failure on full display. The so-called CARE Court program—hailed by Democrats as the solution to mental health and homelessness woes—is an utter disaster. Nearly three years, millions flushed down the drain, and it has barely scratched the surface of the problem it was supposed to fix. This isn’t just incompetence; it’s a reckless disregard for taxpayers and the vulnerable people the system claims to serve.
The program was supposed to intervene in the lives of thousands suffering from severe mental illness, forcing treatment when needed and sparing them from sliding deeper into homelessness and crime. Instead, after pouring out nearly $160 million, fewer than 550 people have been helped by court-mandated treatment. That’s less than a fraction of what Newsom promised. Out of thousands who could have qualified, barely a couple of thousand petitions have even been filed statewide, and nearly half of those were thrown out. Courts are either overwhelmed or unwilling to enforce these orders, especially in liberal strongholds like San Francisco, where the majority of petitions are rejected outright.
California spent over $27 billion on homelessness under @GavinNewsom, yet the homeless population rose from 118,000 to over 180,000.
Massive spending, minimal results, and poor oversight. This is failure on a grand scale. pic.twitter.com/WaiigUb30A
— 🇺🇸SuperBasedInCali🇺🇸 (@SuperBasedInCa) August 28, 2025
Meanwhile, counties have wasted precious resources hiring staff in anticipation of a tsunami of cases that never arrived. San Diego, for example, hired nearly two dozen people—clinicians, psychologists, and others—who now sit on the sidelines while the problem grows worse every day. All the while, the state has shelled out $24 billion since 2019 trying to fix a crisis that is only getting worse. California now hosts nearly a quarter of the nation’s homeless population, with close to 187,000 people living on the streets. This is the price of one-party rule and progressive ideology put before real solutions.
On the political stage, Newsom continues to spin this failure as progress, boasting about numbers that don’t add up and outcomes that don’t exist. This kind of broken record nonsense is typical of a Democrat who values virtue signaling over actual results. While millions vanish in government coffers, genuine safety measures are ignored or outright rejected. Not surprising when the same politicians refuse to fund popular laws that could restore order in their cities. It’s a twisted game where taxpayers pay more and get less, cities become war zones, and the mentally ill get shuffled from bad to worse—all while Governor Newsom plays tough on crime theatrics.
This relentless failure isn’t accidental. It’s a feature of the left’s agenda that prioritizes open borders, unchecked addiction, and endless taxpayer spending on programs designed to fail. The question Californians should ask isn’t whether Newsom can fix homelessness—he clearly can’t—but why the state keeps rewarding failure with more money and time. When will common-sense conservative solutions be allowed to breathe? Until then, California’s homeless crisis will only deepen, fueled by liberal policies that push problems down the road and line the pockets of government bureaucrats.
