The issues of street disorder, homelessness and mental health will be top of mind when municipal leaders in British Columbia gather in Victoria for their annual convention. The organization represents almost 190 local governments, including municipalities, regional districts, and First Nations and its members meet all week to talk about issues affecting their communities and to lobby higher levels of government for help. The government also announced plans to build more than 400 mental health beds at new and expanded hospitals in BC by modernizing 280 outdated beds and adding more than 140 new mental health beds, with more to come. Mandewo said local governments have praised the government's approach, but they also want to see more action. Another pressing issue is affordable housing and housing supply, she said.