Assembly Bill 255 would have allowed counties across California to use up to 10% of their state funding for housing homeless people in recovery with a requirement they maintain their sobriety. That's a loss of potentially millions of dollars that could have helped fund Father Joe's Villages new detox facility and sober shelter with 248 beds. WATCH HERE WATCH HERE"All the San Diegans who donate to Father Joe’s, that helps the sobriety shelter," said Josh Bohannan, chief strategy officer. The organization cannot use any state funding because it has a policy that clients must be clean and sober during their recovery stay. It allows support for recovery housing without creating a duplicative and costly new statutory category.”The Housing First policy isn’t working for everyone.