By all means, let's STOP
writing tickets and let's START
fixing the problem!
Posted on 12/02/2005 2:10:35 PM PST by walkerk
Saying the number of homeless people being cited for camping has nearly tripled under Mayor Gavin Newsom, a group of religious leaders called on The City to suspend such “quality of life” citations Thursday.
Religious Witness with Homeless People said quality of life citations, which also include public drinking, urination and trespassing, criminalize people for not being able to afford housing and cost The City at least $342,000 a year to issue.
The group delivered an ordinance to Newsom’s office on Thursday in the hopes that he would introduce it before the Board of Supervisors. The ordinance would bar city officials from issuing quality of life citations until adequate housing and critical services are available to the homeless.
Trent Rhorer, executive director of the Department of Human Services, said the Newsom administration has made housing homeless people a top priority.
“We’ve placed well over 1,500 people in permanent supportive housing,” Rhorer said. “It would be nice to compare how many permanent housing units came online during the Brown and Newsom administrations. You would probably see a quadrupling.”
He said The City averages about 100 vacant beds in its shelters every night, so there is no reason people should be camping in The City. In addition, Rhorer said The City has an obligation to break up encampments since they can be a public health hazard. Rhorer said public defecation, rodent infestations and needles often accompany camping sites.
They must be writing them on $20 bills.
What's with "The City"? Cat lying on their shift key?
Religious Witness with Homeless People needs to house the bums in their churches and quit asking the taxpayers to bear the burden.
San Francisco is a giant toilet filled with aggressive thug career "homeless."
I'd wager not a lot of those religious folk actually reside in the city limits.
That's the usual nickname in the SF Bay Area. Also makes sure that we locals don't confuse it with the nearby "cities" (lower case [no cat]) of Oakland and San Jose.
It means that the taxpayers will come up with the money to pay for the house and also provide "supportive" care (like hookers, for instance).
Where do all these freaky groups come from and who funds them, anyway?
Religious Witness with Homeless People said quality of life citations, which also include public drinking, urination and trespassing, criminalize people for not being able to afford housing and cost The City at least $342,000 a year to issue.
Good grief! The city should hand those bums some kitty litter, a pooper scooper and send them on their way to the All Drinks Are On the House Bar and Grill.
Religious Witness with Homeless People said quality of life citations, which also include public drinking, urination and trespassing, criminalize people for not being able to afford housing and cost The City at least $342,000 a year to issue
Tell all the homeless to go to Religious Witness front doorstep, and use it for their Toilet! wait about a week and ask them if they still dont want citations.????
That is not true.
Thanks! It was the capital T that threw me off ... we used to refer to Oklahoma City as "the City," but never The City :-).
By all means, let's STOP
writing tickets and let's START
fixing the problem!
They are NOT homeless! They are "Domicile Challenged."
"...which also include public drinking, urination and trespassing, criminalize people for not being able to afford housing"
No, they crimilize people for urinating in public and tresspassing.
I must have visited some OTHER city named "San Francisco." I better sue Expedia. Someone I know was brutally assaulted by one of these vermin... in that other city named "San Francisco."
which also include public drinking, urination and trespassing, criminalize people for not being able to afford housing
-----I remember of some others who did this very same thing because they were homeless and they were called victims and got houses and checks. Flame on.......
LOL! They had better prepare to house 100% of all of the bums in the entire world, because they will all be coming to SF for that free "adequate housing."
What do you suppose most of the bums did with that money?
"I want permanent supportive housing" I also want a view of the bay. Could it also have amenities such as Bingo on Thurday and no liver and onions in the soup kitchen?
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