Newsom Vows Renewed Effort to Tackle San Francisco Homelessness, Citing Public Frustration

Gavin Newsom joined Marc Benioff at Dreamforce and doubled down on tackling San Francisco's homelessness crisis, saying "everybody's jobs are on the damn line."
Newsom referenced the changing political landscape around homelessness, citing Mayor London Breed protesting a court order limiting homeless encampment sweeps.
Newsom said when he was SF mayor he was called "right-wing" for supporting sit-lie laws and spearheading the Care Not Cash program.
Newsom described seeing open drug use and homelessness near a police station in SF during a recent unannounced visit.
Newsom defined "California's foreign policy" as focusing on climate change action and plans an October trip to China to discuss climate issues.

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