The Left continues to paint a false narrative regarding the surging homeless population here in Los Angeles, insisting it’s some nefarious result of conservatism gone awry. They argue measures that harken back to President Reagan’s two terms as governor of California, and later as our president, remain the driving factors for the current crisis. A 2013 hit piece for Salon drives this point home with various unsubstantiated claims masquerading as facts as well as patently ridiculous assertions regarding the role of deinstitutionalization and mental illness. Here’s just one particular gem:
President Reagan never understood mental illness. … he was a product of the Southern California culture that associated psychiatry with Communism.
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