San Francisco area homeless count increases by double digits

Associated Press ^ | May 16, 2019 | Janie Har

[Olog-hai]

A federal count shows the number of homeless people increased by double-digit percentages in three San Francisco Bay Area counties over two years as the region struggled to tackle the growing problem, including 17% in San Francisco and 43% in the county that includes Oakland.

More than 25,000 people were counted as homeless during an overnight tally conducted in San Francisco, Alameda and Silicon Valley’s Santa Clara counties in January. Detailed reports are expected later this year.

“The initial results of this count show we have more to do to provide more shelter, more exits from homelessness, and to prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place,” said San Francisco Mayor London Breed.

The San Francisco Bay Area is grappling with a homelessness crisis driven in part by too little housing stock and a raring tech economy that has widened the inequity gap. In San Francisco, the median price of a two-bedroom home is $1.3 million and a family of four earning $117,400 a year is considered low income. …

[wally_bert]

I’d like it there probably.

[JimRed]

Blue areas (can’t say blue cities, ‘cause I don’t know of any) should be packing their homeless on buses and shipping them to SF. Along with illegals who can’t be sent home.

[JimRed]

I got that reversed- RED areas, BLUE cities...which means just about ALL cities.