Chico

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Solace Kalkowski, who was sleeping in a truck after a breakup a few weeks ago, stands outside the 6th Street Center for Youth in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. Kalkowski said the center kept them from ending up chronically homeless. The 6th Street Center for Youth, Chico's only drop-in center for troubled youths at risk, also offers rent assistance to college students. But workers at 6th Street, do not believe that would protect it from funding cuts if Proposition 1 is approved..(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)