I lived in Reagon's CA...he sucked as a governor. The reason he moved folks out may have had a bit to do with the ACLU more more likely budget cuts...plus hospitalization, like prison, doesn't do what some think it does, even he knew that...the net on the street really isn't that different. Prisons don't prevent crime overall, just from that one person in prison. It is true that when I'd hang out on downtown SJ after Agnews closed there were many more folks concentrated in 'half-way' houses...when they let the residents out in the afternoon, it was entertaining and very sad. But better/safer than prison. Now, of course, we have criminalized mental health care by refusing to treat illness with proper care so that drugs, alcohol, minor crime now rise and we all pay. This is the radical right being wrong. If we dealt with illnesses in terms of flourishing and wellness, we would all be better off, it would be cheaper, and the first line in a mental health crisis would not be the police.