Your problem is that the parties have shifted so far right, most of the democratic support in California would actually be centrist republicans.
California is overwhelmingly not super liberal, though there are notable exceptions.
There is no easy fix for poverty and homelessness in CA. It should legitimately be a national level issue given that the homeless populations here are near to small size city.
CA has grown all it could in the last 6 decades and now is contracting. I moved here 20 years ago and the grown is absolutely staggering.
The biggest problem CA has with housing is that it’s housing and zoning policies cater to people who (or whose grandparents) moved to Cali in the 50s and 60s. “Neighborhood character” is defended by even nominally left-wing demagogues in California.
You fix housing costs by creating more places to live. Californians rejected this to such an extent that Newsom had to take a nuke, statewide, to local zoning ordinances.
I moved where I am 4 years ago. I was able to afford it by working hard as fuck and saving every penny. I didn’t inherit shit from my parents and we came to US in late 90s.
Am I a shitty person for not wanting a homeless housing anywhere near my neighborhood? Fuck it, I’ll take it one further - I don’t even want apartment buildings anywhere near me.
I’m not an exception. Vast majority of people around me are immigrants with similar stories.
The shittiness stems from the motivation.
I don’t want homeless people because nobody should be homeless. You don’t want homeless people because you think they’re gross.
We are not the same.
