Voices: River City

We're back, baby!   And today we're discussing how California's unhoused community was forced to deal with nearly three weeks of storms, while both local and statewide elected officials made calls for more violent sweeps.   To begin, Shannon discusses what went down here in Sacramento during the deluge, and how guests at Maryhouse were affected. Thousands of our neighbors are fighting for their lives, and yet elected officials such as Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna are focused on carrying out more unconstitutional homeless sweeps.   On the state level, Governor Gavin Newsom has given fiery speeches trying to place blame on municipalities for the state's rise in homelessness. However, if you look at the budget he proposed this month, you'll see that he's actually trying to *decrease* the state's commitment to affordable housing.  A recent study by the Corporation for Supportive Housing found that California could house all its unhoused constituents if we spent about $8 billion per year--about 3% of th