Posted on 09/10/2019 3:08:31 PM PDT by Innovative
resident Trump has ordered White House officials to launch a sweeping effort to address homelessness in California, citing the states growing crisis, according to four government officials aware of the effort.
The planning has intensified in recent weeks. Administration officials have discussed using the federal government to get homeless people off the streets of Los Angeles and other cities and into new government-backed facilities, according to two officials briefed on the planning.
But it is unclear how they could accomplish this and what legal authority they would use. It is also unclear whether the states Democratic politicians would cooperate with Trump, who has sought to embarrass them over the homelessness crisis with repeated attacks on their competency.
Trumps directive is part of his broader effort in recent months to shine a light on problems in California and a number of major U.S. cities, including Baltimore and Chicago. He has complained about what he says are years of failed Democratic leadership that have led to sustained poverty and crime.
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Leave it along, let the west coast work it out or die from disease, which ever comes first.
I agree. They created the problem and let them handle it.
Deport. I like it.
CA needs to feel the pain of bone-headed far left policies from its bone-headed far left politicians.
Then maybe it will see the light and turn back to American
Start by doing this
During the Trump roundup this should be done.Check the precinct list of registered voters where these people resided. If theyre on that list, Federal crime, charge them and those that enabled them to vote knowing they were illegals. If enough noise is made it should discourage illegals still here from voting. Besides determining how they got a drivers license show how much its costing taxpayers of that state. Also point out increased premiums on drivers insurance rates. As well as demonstrate how that areas ,local ,state and federal taxes are increased by diverting educational, medical, food and housing allocations to meet illegal’s needs at citizen expense.
Is is not hard to fix. File multi billion dollar lawsuit on LA for housing discrimination. Then declare LA & San Fran EPA and CDC disaster areas, and fine the living hell out of them by holding back federal funds until they clean up their mess .
That is a good idea. In fact that is the only way this is a good idea.
You think the states are going to refuse a massive influx of federal resources to solve the homeless problem?
California is the 5th biggest economy in the world. I’m pretty sure that we generate more in federal taxes than we use.
Of course most of what we generate goes to making life easier for the citizens of other countries illegally living in the United States, so there’s that.
Exactly how, legally speaking, is Los Angeles practicing housing discrimination?
I know, its certainly not going to help American/Californians. Its not just the homeless and druggies who suffer, its also the people in bother parts of the cities who could well come down with third world diseases.
Thank you! This is what I was thinking. Notice the cities involved. What do they have in common? LA, Chicago, Baltimore...
Two results readily possible: the Dem poli’s accept the help, giving the President a “white horse” moment or they reject help, giving him the “well, you own the problem” moment will all the emotional appeals that follow.
I’m loving this move. It’s a win-win I can get behind!
I think it is a BIG Mistake to help this godforsaken State in any way. He should be Holding it up as a Joke of a State and Make fun of all the Stupid this State is doing, and all the Stupid crazy politicians. And of course mention that maybe it is time to Sell California back to Mexico.
The ONLY thing that gets on these people’s nerves is when you Laugh at them and Ridicule them in Public.
Not a Federal problem. 10th Amendment, Constitution does not allow for housing.
Classic Trump.
‘If you can’t get it done, I will’ is how he rolls.
Yup. We are playing with fire here in California.
People tend to think that the big reason that we don’t have diseases like typhoid and diptheria and other once common serious diseases is due to better medicines.
But a bigger factor is because have great public sanitation. We have sewers, we pick up garbage, we have safe water, we have toilet facilities.
Of course that’s what we USED to have, before we began allowing tens of thousands of urban campers to live and #### in the streets.
California is now like a giant petri dish for serious disease. And at some point our luck will run out. And like everything else that starts in California, it won’t stay here.
NAH; the PROG/LIB/DEM/COMMIES would try to pin that on us and the news media would help them.
I say release plague infested rats and fleas, typhus infested lice, donate to them smallpox contaminated blankets.
Just make sure the antibiotics and vaccinations are ready for the normal people.
Epidemics happen in DEMOCRAT SHITHOLES, it’s just medieval justice.
Thus sayeth the BEZOS.
Well, allowing people to camp on the streets is already spreading across the country.
We have incredibly smart people, they just need to focus and find a solution to this problem.
Why wasn’t this a problem 30-40 year ago?
Two reasons:
1. The Rats hadn’t been running the big cities long enough for their slimy ways to become infectious.
2. We still had mental hospitals where most of these folks wound up.
Emphasis on number 2.
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