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S.F. has cut homeless by 12,000, Newsom says
SF Gate ^ | 09/16/2010 | Heather Knight

Posted on 09/16/2022 4:09:14 PM PDT by DFG

A stroll through the Civic Center or the Tenderloin or, well, any number of neighborhoods in San Francisco may tell a different story, but Mayor Gavin NewsomWednesday said his administration has moved 12,000 homeless people off the streets since he took office in 2004.

He referred to his predecessor, Willie Brown, and his famous claim that homelessness in San Francisco could never be solved.

"It can be solved for the people in the city," Newsom said.

The 12,000 number includes those helped by programs including Care Not Cash to slash welfare checks in exchange for housing and Homeward Bound to pay for people's bus tickets home.

Dariush Kayhan, director of homeless policy for the mayor, said roughly 7,000 people have found permanent supportive housing and of those, 90 percent are able to stay housed.

Paul Boden, director of the Western Regional Advocacy Project, laughed when he heard the 12,000 figure and said, "That's a lot of bus tickets." He referred to the program as "Greyhound therapy" and said it merely moves the problem around.

But Kayhan says that's not true. The city paid for bus tickets for 5,000 homeless people who have a receptive relative or friend at the other end to greet them.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: homeless; homewardbound; newsom; sanfrancisco
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1 posted on 09/16/2022 4:09:14 PM PDT by DFG
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Sounds like they need tens of thousands of texas/fl illegals shipped there then.


2 posted on 09/16/2022 4:10:22 PM PDT by KnightAstronomer1
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To: DFG

Where did they send them?


3 posted on 09/16/2022 4:12:08 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: DFG

Because they’re being housed for free in vacant hotels...


4 posted on 09/16/2022 4:12:23 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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To: KnightAstronomer1

What’d Nuisance do? Kill them?


5 posted on 09/16/2022 4:12:31 PM PDT by Liz (MAN PROPOSES....GOD DISPOSES.)
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To: DFG

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. He’s lying, of course!


6 posted on 09/16/2022 4:12:33 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: DFG

Bussed them to Seattle?


7 posted on 09/16/2022 4:12:34 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protectio)
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To: DFG
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8 posted on 09/16/2022 4:13:42 PM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: metmom
Where did they send them?

Martha's Vineyard, I hope.

9 posted on 09/16/2022 4:13:54 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
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To: DFG

Newsome - just another Leftist Liar.


10 posted on 09/16/2022 4:14:28 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: DFG

He’s counting the people who sold their homes and left.


11 posted on 09/16/2022 4:14:33 PM PDT by PTBAA
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To: metmom

If they pulled an NYC, they shipped ‘em off to CA’s MAGA red bits.


12 posted on 09/16/2022 4:14:48 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: metmom

Yup.


13 posted on 09/16/2022 4:14:49 PM PDT by Ken Regis
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To: DFG

SF Gate 2010 article (when Newsom was SF Mayor) : SF bought 12,000 one-way bus tickets to transport homeless people out of SF. Human Trafficking Newsom?


14 posted on 09/16/2022 4:15:12 PM PDT by DFG
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To: metmom

“Where did they send them?”

They vaccinated them.


15 posted on 09/16/2022 4:15:42 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: DFG

They all died from AIDS


16 posted on 09/16/2022 4:17:09 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ( Liberty Valance Time. The point of a gun is the only law the left understands)
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To: DFG

Newsom slashed homeless....
This must be another unrelated story:
Suspect attacks NYC homeless man with food cart and knife//nypost.com ....
Apr 1, 2022 — A gory scene unfolded on a busy Queens street earlier this month when a madman grabbed a knife from a foot cart and slashed a homeless man ...


17 posted on 09/16/2022 4:17:25 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: DFG

“Greyhound therapy” = Kidnapping!


18 posted on 09/16/2022 4:19:29 PM PDT by Brandonmark (Made America Great Again! 11.08.2016 - A DAY OF RENEWAL is a )
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To: metmom

Rio Linda, maybe?


19 posted on 09/16/2022 4:21:12 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: DFG

Gee I need a ticket home to Marthas Vineyard

They care about people there


20 posted on 09/16/2022 4:21:13 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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