I live in California and have liberal acquaintances who actually think that the homeless problem is a result of Ronald Reagan kicking the mentally ill out of state hospitals. They seemingly do not know that laws originate in the legislature and the governor is not who wrote the law just because he signed it. Same with Newsom. He didn’t write the laws about sentencing or criminal charges. Those were initiatives that were voted into law by the people themselves. I admit to voting in favor of the two initiatives. They sounded like nice things to do and we have relatives who aren’t always on the same side of the law as we are.
The ultimate fault belongs to the people who wrote the drug laws. They made people who were trying to have fun into criminals. They drove up price of drugs so that people who were addicted or chronically influenced would not be able to afford to use drugs while maintaining a house and a car.
The politicians are mad about this because that's their job.