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It's cute that you think they're trying to save money 😂
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Here in California we're saving the most money, by not jailing the homeless AND not housing the homeless.
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Leaving them on the streets is also more expensive than housing them.
When they're on the streets, it means the government must pay for emergency services, extra sanitation work, police are called more frequently, etc.
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True. I should have said "saving money".
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San Diego has entered the chat. I'm still fuming over that ban.
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Oh fuck what happened in SD?
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They passed a "camping ban" targeting the homeless. It passed the city council a month or two ago. I attended a bunch of protests, but couldn't really do anything about it since I live in IB
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Honestly not surprised. Back when I worked for the city the director of parks and rec would go on and on about "combating" homlessnes. No one seemed interested in prevention or help (this was up in north county tho) and if you asked they'd look at you like you were crazy
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It's not surprising, but it is disappointing. Mayor Gloria ran on a platform that specifically called out Faulkner for his unconstitutional attempts to ban homelessness, and he turns around and does this.
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They're making money on people being in jail of course.
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And get slave labor!
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Hell at this point it's that added with another nefarious reason. It's because in places like the US homeless are on par with untouchables.
Our hierarchies are so segmented they may as well be castes: and that's by design. If there's a group as poor off as homeless individuals then it shows other "lower castes" that they better fall in line or get kicked down to their level.
Why not help these homeless individuals? Because it takes money away from the "top castes" money pile. It also takes away the threat of homelessness that the "upper castes" use to keep the "middle castes" in line.
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