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#California is here for you, Tekel Carlisle. Tekel lives at Oakland's Henry Robinson Center, where @GavinNewsom visited today to announce CA's first-ever statewide plan to fight #homelessness with a historic $1 billion. He came to #Oakland to see what's working... 
"The Henry" is a rapid re-housing center, where homeless residents move in, get access to social services + housing assistance, and have time to build a constistent daily life. As Tekel put it, "It's a place where I can get back my 'get back' focus."...
The results inspire us. 88 percent who exit The Henry move into permanent affordable housing within 6 mos. TY @CommunitySvcs. We stood w/ @Mayor_Steinberg + @mridleythomas, co-chairs of a new commission that will scour CA for models that work -- and then scale up statewide...
Rapid re-housing, more affordable housing, $$$ for homeless prevention + mental healthcare -- it's all part of a bold vision from @GavinNewsom to fight the unacceptable human suffering of #homelessness. If you want to join, oaklandhomelessresponse.com and let's #GetBackFocus
