Yeah. Emptying the asylums onto main street was regarded as an act of kindness by the left. (At least that’s what they claimed!)
As governor of California, Not Ronaldus Magnus' brightest moment. He did not propose turning all nut jobs in California loose, but he did not veto the law, either.
The mildest ultimate result of that, nationwide, was the creation of the gigantic, growing homeless subculture.