1y ago

'It’s mayhem and craziness:’ Californians react to Newsom’s order to remove homeless encampments

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1y ago

'It’s mayhem and craziness:’ Californians react to Newsom’s order to remove homeless encampments

www.nbcnews.com /politics/politics-news/s-mayhem-craziness-californians-react-gavin-newsoms-order-remove-homel-rcna165401

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While local governments are not forced to comply, Newsom said in a press conference on Thursday that he will withhold funding from cities and counties for not clearing encampments next year.
Fucking Eric Adams with a $1000 haircut 🤬
- Nope, he provided them a ton of funding to fix the problem … and they didn’t. Kind of their fault
  
  If by "fix the problem" you mean punish unhoused people for existing and/or just get them out of sight without doing anything about the underlying problems causing homelessness.
  Chief amongst them the sky high housing costs no doubt caused by the profiteering of some of Newsom's billionaire donors and former colleagues in the real estate industry.
Something needs to be done though. This a start but only half of a solution. The homeless do need to be taken off the streets and the massive roadside camps need to be demolished. It’s a legit health and safety hazard. Maybe make dedicated areas a little more off the beaten path and provide power and water and sewer services for them to set up in a more appropriate area in the woods.
- Or maybe the problem should not be swept under the rug, and the root causes, meaning the housing market, the economy and mental health should be treated.
  Note that many other places don't have a problem of homeless encampments this big. Wonder why.
  
  Isn't it partially the weather and partially because a bunch of other states ship their homeless there?
  
  And how would we do that? In places like SF we’ve spent billions trying to fix the problem … and nothing has been fixed. There are many options for help but the people on the streets choose not to seek for help, they made the decision to stay on the streets and this is the consequence.
- This a start but only half of a solution
  It's the second, worse half. Set up those services first. Destroying what little these people can scrape together only serves to push them further down.
We also need to address other states sending their homeless here
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