Posted on 07/15/2019 9:14:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
First rule of the multiverse: If progressives did not have double standards, they’d have no standards at all.
Neighborhood is filled with million dollar bay view condos (I used to live right there, a decade ago). The residents are right, but I’ll bet a strong majority of them vote “progressive” and don’t see the connection.
[First rule of the multiverse: If progressives did not have double standards, they’d have no standards at all.]
Yep.
SF’s gone; turn out the lights.
“...attracting additional homeless persons, open drug and alcohol use, crime, daily emergency calls, public urination and defecation and other nuisances.”
Just a deplorable observer here, but this seems to me as being disrespectful of people with alternative cultures and lifestyles. Daresay, I’d call it downright intolerant.
If you have more beds than homeless, the number of homeless will rise to equal, and then exceed the number of beds. This law is true no matter how many times it is applied.
If you give away things without asking people to pay for them, you will have more people asking for the things than there are the things.
If you take away money from those who are working, and give it to those who are not, those who are working will work less, or go somewhere that takes less of their money. Also, those who got something “free” will demand more things, no matter how much you give them, and they will grow to hate the people whose money they have received, and blame them their failures.
If you allow certain groups to commit crimes, you will have more crimes committed by those groups.
Socialism defined in one lesson.
More evidence of the hellstorm brewing in Urbania.
The south of market areas had about $20-$30 billion put into it in the last 20 years and that’s not stopping anytime soon witness all the skyscrapers going up around the 101 Corredor and of course the Giants Stadium is another billion dollar project it has attracted a lot of attention
Maybe the city should pass a law that if you are democrat you are required to take a homeless person into your home
NIMBY
Here’s the thing:
Why do homeless people who (presumably) have no jobs & can’t afford high -dollar housing, need to live in major cities— where the jobs & high-cost housing are located — in the first place?
Why not give them “sanctuary” in small towns?
And give the small towns the grant money for the shelters, additional police & social workers, etc?
Heh. I know why. A lot of them refuse to stay in shelters even when beds are available, because shelters have rules against sex, drinking, fighting, trash, drugs, etc.
Small town dwellers wont tolerate ‘em.
The reality is that many homeless do have jobs, SS or disability checks, just not enough to pay high rent.
They should just move to more affordable locales— most of which do not offer perfect California weather, but tough.
’Nuff said!
The only way socialism survives is with a large and brutal police presence. Take away the guns and anarchy reigns.
Obviously it's Trump's fault. /s
This would not have lasted long under the Clinton administration. As reported in the WSJ involved HHS taking over a small motel to act as a halfway house for drug addicts/homeless, etc. The local residents tried to stop such actions. They formed a neighborhood group, raised money, protested, and petitioned their local authorities to stop the takeover.
The Clinton administration sued the group for violating the human rights of those to be housed in the facility. They issued subpoena after subpoena asking for records, reports, minutes of meetings, ultimately bankrupting the group to the point where they were forced to cease. Not satisfied, the Clinton administration insisted the local neighborhood show their good faith by hosting the new residents at a ‘block party’. They insisted on reviewing the speakers, the entertainment, the food and drink to be served, etc.
Well, that’s not very woke, is it?
RE: Why do homeless people who (presumably) have no jobs & can’t afford high -dollar housing, need to live in major cities— where the jobs & high-cost housing are located — in the first place?
Well, in the case of San Francisco and Los Angeles, I can think of the following factors:
1) Welfare is generous
2) Sleeping on the streets is TOLERATED
3) These cities have the best weather in the country.
Those piers are long and large. Just open up one of them and don’t let them leave.
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