Posted on 08/21/2023 1:58:18 PM PDT by DFG
A local council meeting in an affluent San Francisco neighborhood descended into chaos when hundreds of 'rowdy' residents began booing plans to place homeless people in a nearby hotel.
Crowds of angry Millbrae residents packed out their local community hall on Friday to protest 'Project Homekey' proposals to house 100 rough sleepers at the La Quinta hotel on El Camino Real, close to the city center.
So many people turned up that hundreds had to stand outside the 300-man capacity hall to hear proposals outlined by San Mateo County Executive Mike Callagy.
But Callagy's speech was quickly 'drowned out' by boos from the audience, according to Jordan Grimes, the leader of a grassroots campaign group for affordable housing who was present at the meeting.
Videos show the crowd loudly remonstrating in scenes akin to a sports stadium crowd. Some residents yelled their opposition, while others waved signs, flung their arms in the air and made thumbs-down gestures toward the speakers.
'The crowd is rowdy and angry, booing the County Exec until he's drowned out completely. Multiple times,' Grimes live-tweeted from the overflow area outside the hall.
He said the situation escalated when county staff hosted a Q&A session - which was quickly overrun by 'people having their own conversations' and 'yelling'.
Brandishing home-made signs reading 'Don't Bully Millbrae', 'Protect Us' and 'Safety for Millbrae', the neighbors aired their concerns about public safety and the proximity of the hotel to several schools.
Like many cities in San Mateo County, Millbrae has a high median household income of $141,399 - while also being home to a hefty rough sleeping population.
Millbrae resident Patricia Lam came early to secure a seat - equipped with a large sign reading 'keep our children and seniors safe'.
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The folks with the masks are burying their own message.
Courage is needed to fight the Cabal.
Useful idiots never connect the dots until it’s too late.
I wonder if even some of these folks will wake up from woke and vote for normal conservative policies…? Probably not.
Embrace the suck!
Is one of those signs “Trans Parents”?
Like what the people want, or don’t want, has ever meant ANYTHING to these people.
It’ll happen as planned.
I think it says “transparency”....the sign is small so they had to cut it in half.
and they’ll STILL prolly move them in...
I love it when libs show there hypocrisy in a public forum
The anguish of these clowns who voted for Sanctuary Cities now brings joy to my heart.
Is there a GoFundMe that allows me to buy a tent for a homeless person to live on the front lawn of a moron in Millbrae?
Keep masking up you boobs and Suck it up buttercups
Thomas Jefferson-—”The Government you elect is the Government you deserve”
Uhhhh, Milbrae is not a San Francisco “neighborhood”. It is a separate city. I’ve been there, taken walks around San Andreas Lake in the hills.
Why don’t these bleeding heart fools open up their houses to these homeless instead?
people who voted for sh## are now unwilling to eat sh##, oh the humanity
“rough sleepers”?
San Mateo County voted 78% for Biden in 2020. 75% for Newsom in 2022.
The “rough sleepers” probably do a few break-ins in between naps....
Not a “San Francisco neighborhood.” San Francisco went rapidly down hill once the hippies moved in, and Marin to the north and Alameda across the bay to the east has also been loopy for a long, but this county, San Mateo, as well as Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Solano, and Sonoma were at least modestly conservative until the 80s and have now turned deep blue. This is what you get, you stupid bastards, when you vote for libs. And they’ll continue to vote the same way
A room full of people who pee int their pants, because it feels so nice and warm.
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