Doctors should be able to write prescriptions for housing the same way they do for insulin or antibiotics.

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) February 21, 2020

We need to start targeting social determinants of health. We need to start treating brain health like we do physical health.

What’s more fundamental to a person’s well being than a roof over their head?

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) February 21, 2020

10 million Californians—1 in 4—suffer from some type of behavioral health condition.

It’s not a narrow issue.

It’s not a new issue.

Physical health and brain health are inextricably linked.

And our healthcare system has been designed to treat only one of those.

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) February 21, 2020

Let’s be clear: Massive failures in our mental health system and disinvestment in our social safety net—exacerbated by widening income inequality and our housing shortage— has led us to where we are today: too many Californians left to live on our streets.

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) February 21, 2020