Obviously, Gavvy is is pre-presidential-run mode, so he pivots to a rare common-sense measure. Ultimately, though, something like this is truly needed. The streets of S.F. and L.A. are filled to drug-crazed lunatics... and that’s not even counting the homeless. But seriously, it’s just common sense to recoganize that there are lot of people out there on the CA streets who absolutely do need to in some kind asylum and/or live-in drug rehab program.
I've seen my share friend.
Are they people who want help, though?
I just came out of three and a half years in the mental health field. It would be nice if we could wave a wand or speak an incantation that makes a person have no more mental illness. But that's not going to happen. And often the biggest obstacle to better mental health is that the patient isn't willing to work toward his or her recovery.
It is impossible to help someone who refuses to do their own part in recovery.
It needs to be called “incarceration”, not “help”.