The lawsuits went on for 20yrs before Reagan was president. The courts ruled we couldn't keep people institutionalized forever and had to release most of them. Reagan just got stuck implementing it.
Reagan wanted to use the money to build up the military. It was the beginning of the homeless problem. Seriously mentally ill people were put out on the street.
He did that as Governor of California.
Also the Mulford Act
The lawsuits went on for 20yrs before Reagan was president. The courts ruled we couldn't keep people institutionalized forever and had to release most of them. Reagan just got stuck implementing it.
Over 50,000 beds were closed for being "too inhumane." Big mistake
Reagan wanted to use the money to build up the military. It was the beginning of the homeless problem. Seriously mentally ill people were put out on the street.
And starting the whole amnesty crap.
That was his second term. He made a deal with Democrats .. that they never upheld