(INSIDE CALIFORNIA POLITICS) — San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan criticized Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature over a lack of funding for Proposition 36 on this week's edition of Inside California Politics. Mahan called the $100 million allocation 'embarrassing' during a wide-ranging interview on homelessness, mental health services, crime and more.

"I'm disappointed frankly," Mahan told host Nikki Laurenzo. "We said during the Prop 36 campaign it's a two-step process — the voters need to make clear that they expect accountability for retail theft and they want to see people get treatment, and then the governor and the legislature need to fund expanded treatment. It hasn't happened. One hundred million dollars in a $250, $300 billion budget is embarrassing. It's a joke. It's not

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