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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So the headline of the thread was wrong.
Must be like the many references to suburbs of Detroit vs the decrepit City of Detroit. The Detroit Metropolitan airport is in Romulus. The Detroit Zoo is in Royal Oak. All the major “Detroit” radio stations are in Oakland County. Except WJR.
And the City of East Detroit (a suburb) changed its name officially to Eastpointe to avoid the nasty word.
They usually do until it affects them personally.
I left my shit in San Francisco
High on a hill it calls to me
Standard British term.
Not too surprising to see it in British media, is it?
You need to get out more.
Remember to light the bag before pressing the doorbell. Heh-heh!
A couple bags of gas tossed on the roof and a bottle rocket would keep those homeless people from moving in. That was my thought when I started reading this article.
The California version of “Where’s Waldo”
Where is the conservative in this crowd? Hell, where is the liberal CA Republican?
I can not bring myself to care about what happens to these people. The destruction of the country by illegals and homeless druggies is a foregone conclusion. My hope is that I get the pleasure of seeing the “sanctuary cities” in flames before the nightmare gets to me.
I would give a month’s paycheck to see a hotel for illegals and “homeless” erected in the middle of my BIL’s gated community in Florida. Cosmic justice.
What this does is expose these migrants to American socialism at the onset of their new settlement here. The word will go out that American socialism is the best there is and encourage more to come here. It also ensures that the Democrat Socialist have imported a new voter base they can depend upon in 2024. Expect the illegal voter registration effort to gear up soon.
I was born in Milbrae in 1952. Recently I did a Google street view of that house. It is NOT what I would call an affluent neighborhood. I assume it is not the neighborhood referred to in this story. OTOH, housing costs what they are, maybe a working class street is considered affluent.
My neighborhood in small town Kentucky looks much, much nicer and it is not labeled “affluent”. Just middle class.
“rough sleepers”
New PC name for the homeless.
A democrat is in office so the MSM has to sanitize the homeless situation therefore there are no homeless just “rough sleepers.”
Thanks for making me feel better, I only have to get up twice a night to urinate. This getting old crap is for the birds.
Millbrae is where you get off BART if you want to go to SF International Airport. It is not a SF neighborhood but could be called a suburb.
.....laugh......
Hahaha. You reap what you sow, idiots.
My thoughts exactly!
I know.
That’s right, they should do so!
Open Mental institutions ,that’s where most of the homeless came from
“Transparency”
Or were you just joking?
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