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Another Bad Idea in San Francisco (Homeless put in luxury hotels)
city-journal.org ^ | 4-3-2020 | Erica Sandberg

Posted on 04/05/2020 4:24:44 PM PDT by dynachrome

Instead, Mayor London Breed and the Human Services Agency came up with the plan to route over 3,000 people currently living in shelters and navigation centers into hotels. The city is planning to put thousands of physically and psychologically sick people into private hotel rooms, in some of the most luxurious hotels in San Francisco—the InterContinental, Mark Hopkins, and The Palace. Occupants would receive three meals per day, hygiene products, and access to nurses.

At first glance, the plan appears sensible. The shutdown has devastated the hospitality industry, and hotels stand empty. Filling rooms with guests of any kind is attractive for hotel owners, especially since tax dollars will foot nearly all of the bill.

On closer examination, however, serious problems emerge. According to Matt Haney, a city supervisor actively promoting the proposal, occupants would be quarantined to their assigned rooms and be required to follow strict rules. But many of these future luxury hotel guests are hardcore drug addicts. How will the city manage their drug needs in the midst of a pandemic?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bedbugs; california; homeless; sanfransicko
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To: ronniesgal

Wrecking balls and later burning the remains then haul away.


21 posted on 04/05/2020 4:32:26 PM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: dynachrome

The Tiki Room is now the Tick Room


22 posted on 04/05/2020 4:34:32 PM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: dynachrome

You mean, Nanking Nancy and all her Leftie buddies aren’t opening their doors for them??


23 posted on 04/05/2020 4:35:06 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: cherry

You’d have to burn the places down and rebuild.


24 posted on 04/05/2020 4:35:45 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: dynachrome

“Scat Francisco”


25 posted on 04/05/2020 4:36:00 PM PDT by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: dynachrome

So does that mean their carboard box is now their vacation home?


26 posted on 04/05/2020 4:39:25 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: dynachrome

And people wondered why Disneyland shut down all their hotels and sent staff home. “Oh, we’d LOVE to help you, but we’ve furloughed all our employees already and simply don’t have the staff to accommodate your requests...”


27 posted on 04/05/2020 4:40:11 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: dynachrome
Not to mention the filth and disease, soiling mattresses, vomit, urine, lice, you name it.
 
28 posted on 04/05/2020 4:40:51 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: All

From elsewhere. If true, the entertainment will be awesome:

“There’s also no exit plan. A four-month contract for the room occupants is being considered, but where all these people will go afterward is undetermined. California law stipulates that a person lodging in a hotel room for longer than 30 days is considered a tenant. Therefore, thousands of homeless people who have stayed in the posh hotels would become legal permanent residents, with protections against eviction.”


29 posted on 04/05/2020 4:41:02 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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To: dynachrome

I’d love to see pics of these hotels. I’m betting they have been closed for a while and are in seedy areas.


30 posted on 04/05/2020 4:41:16 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: dynachrome

hotel employees probably like the idea. it’s the only way they stay open, only way they keep drawing a paycheck


31 posted on 04/05/2020 4:42:50 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: dynachrome

That’s how New York City got bedbugs everywhere.


32 posted on 04/05/2020 4:43:07 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: JohnBrowdie

They’ll rethink it in about a week.


33 posted on 04/05/2020 4:43:55 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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To: dfwgator

they’ll be yelping!


34 posted on 04/05/2020 4:44:24 PM PDT by YouGoTexasGirl
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To: dynachrome

doubt it. if a stupid local government idea was the only thing that made it possible to keep my job and pay my mortgage, I’d certainly go with it.


35 posted on 04/05/2020 4:46:44 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: dynachrome

Our last stay over a year ago was at Marc Hopkins. It’s a beautiful hotel with amazing views of the city. This makes me really sad as I liked the hotel a lot due to price and location. Now, I won’t be there again.

Our friends got upgraded to the 21st floor and had a fabulous room with an outdoor balcony where you could see from the Oakland bridge to the golden gate bridge. Just plain stupid SF!!!


36 posted on 04/05/2020 4:47:35 PM PDT by YouGoTexasGirl
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To: gibsonguy
Anyone dumb enough to invest in a city run by LBGT Marxists kinda deserves what happens to them. Sooner or later you are going to regret it.


I can only imagine. What could go wrong? Glad I went in the early 90s; wish I'd seen more of it, but don't want to go back.
37 posted on 04/05/2020 4:48:26 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( Stop the fearmongering! Post flu statistics along side COVID-19 statistics!)
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To: dynachrome

they are actively destroyibg private property and the entire city


38 posted on 04/05/2020 4:48:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: dynachrome

For the homeless they are saying:

“Movin’ on up. Movin’ on up.”


39 posted on 04/05/2020 4:50:26 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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Another comment from elsewhere:

“Lice-a-roomie the San Francisco treat”


40 posted on 04/05/2020 4:53:30 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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