California's Gov. Gavin Newsom says 'doctors should be able to write prescriptions for housing' in bizarre proposal to tackle the homeless crisis

Doctors in California may soon be given the power to prescribe housing for sick patients.

In a radical new proposal outlines in a series of tweets on Friday, the state's governor, Gavin Newsom suggested a plan to combat the healthcare and homelessness situation in his state.

Newsom noted that healthcare and homelessness are not separate problems and suggested doctors should be able to prescribe a place to stay if they are treating a someone who is mentally ill that does not have stable housing.

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