Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
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The announcement follows Newsom’s 2024 executive order, which directed encampment cleanups after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granted state and local governments more authority to remove them.
as described, it doesn't seem as bad as the title
but we all know the reality will not be as it is described
Bluemaga won't care. We told yall this is who he is. Immiserating the homeless is what he does for fun.
I wish they said how long people lived there before becoming homeless.
Ninety percent of participants became homeless in California, having been last housed in the state.
This means someone could have moved there there and been housed for a period of time before not being able to make ends meet.
There's also this at the end though..
Two-thirds (66%) were born in California.
So it seems it's still a mostly local issue.
Here's hoping that AOC or some other progressive wins the white house. Newsom, while better than Trump, is still shit.
As for Cali, I am hoping for Katie Porter or likeminded folk to take leadership when Newsom vacates his office. The homeless and everybody else needs help from someone who genuinely gives a damn.
Again with the zombie myth that Katie Porter is a progressive. She is even worse than Newsom.
Would bet cash money the DNC selects- I mean uh he fairly wins the DNC primary for next election cycle lol.
As though he hasn't already been selected.
he had so little influence after his sf mayorship, he tried to get elected a couple times statewide, but hes just not good overall. plus he doesnt really capture people outside of montery or rich people anyways.
... by making affordable housing and giving it to the needy?
Did you read the article beyond the headline? Is that what it said?
Yup, just making fun of the click bait, referencing the Anakin padme meme
I think you are conflating chronic homeless (less than 25% of all homeless) with people who are homeless for the first time, or have gone in and out of homelessness one or two times. The transiently homeless are absolutely driven there by lack of housing. Chronically homeless tend to have multiple issues that make serving them a challenge, but targeted support programs have been shown to make significant inroads even there.
This page has a lot of detailed breakdowns: https://endhomelessness.org/state-of-homelessness/
You have had conversations with many unhoused people and they've indicated they would much rather prefer sleeping in places with little security, a high risk of their few possessions being stolen, and little protection from the elements, to a safe, stable place of residence?
I'm quite skeptical.
I think you're buying republican narrative about the homeless. That is judgement, but so is your comment.
sounds like propaganda, even housing chronically homeless people, or people who druggies, have a very beneficial effect in an area. even if it doesnt immediately solve thier problems.
Edit: No judgement
i dont think that word means what you think it means
It seems like this is a bit of a political move. I understand that the article mentions connecting the homeless that are cleared with the local support structure. But it gives no mention of how those support structures will be improved. No additional funding or infrastructure provided.
From what I understand the local support structures are already at capacity and generally shelters are still unsafe (especially for women).
This is either coming from Newsome not understanding the issue at best. And a political move that will just cause more suffering at worst.
Dude's really method acting his trump "parody" isn't he.
Maybe he can send trans people to gulags too. After all, Newsom's message seems to be "Hey, I heard you like fascists... vote for me! I can do a fascism too!"
Experience has shown that trying to out-fascist the fascists always works really well for centrists. Anything but the compassionate, progressive politics people desperately want.
Trump has started going after the homeless. I can see Newsome taking action to keep Trump from declaring it an issue in California and sending in the National Guard and or the military. This may be a preemptive measure to address some radical moves by the current federal administration.
Trump has started going after the homeless. I can see Newsome taking action to keep Trump from declaring it an issue in California and sending in the National Guard and or the military.
He was going after the homeless before trump took office.
Yeah definitely wouldn't want the marines and national guard going to California. Is this sarcasm?
And where do you plan to have them go? Because they have to go somewhere. Perhaps instead of fighting a symptom you treat the cause. Like a complete lack of affordable housing. And things like corporations and hedge funds hoarding single family homes that sit empty, often not even on the market because they're treating them as appreciating assets not homes.
In order to actually address the homeless crisis, we would first have to fix U.S. Healthcare.
Or we could leave everything broken, with the wealth still being transferred upwards, and keep funneling the people that have been ground up and spit out into our growing for-profit prison industry...
I live in Canada, we have universal healthcare and we still have a huge homelessness problem. Its because everything is so fucking expensive now and there is pretty much zero support for mentally ill people or drug addicts. I live in a relatively small town and we even have a few homeless camps around. The police will raid them and make them move all their shit out every once in a while, but then they just come back again, they have nowhere to go
Also not disagreeing that the US needs to fix it's healthcare
2 seperate things. housing would have immediate benefit than, something like healthcare reform. not to mention all the laws around rent control, zoning laws and nimbys.
In order to actually address the homeless crisis, we would first have to fix U.S. Healthcare.
It's too bad that neither party is interested in doing so.
I loved that they let a ton of people out of jail when they legalized marijuana and vacated a ton of convictions.
But then they literally just turned people out on the street with zero fucking pathways. No money, no home, no phone, just zero fucking resources.
It was an almost overnight explosion of homelessness in San Diego.
Sure they have always had a homeless population (the weather is particularly ideal for living outside most of the year), but nothing like it turned in to.
Clearing camps won't help. Like you said, you need to solve the root problem.
they Did that in sf, during the ASEAN conference in '23, and they came RIGHT back immediately. Its just PR for newsom. once newsome"im making fun of trump" news dies down, he will probably going back to not caring.
someone should pose that question to the red states that literally ship their homeless to california and then call CA a shithole for having a homelessness problem.
The vast majority of Californian homeless people become homeless in California. Some people do come here from out of state, but it’s around 10% of the total homeless population. 75% of homeless Californians even live in the same county they became homeless in.
California doesn’t have a ton of homeless people because everyone else is bussing homeless people here, it’s because it’s expensive as fuck (both rent and home prices).
A large amount of destitution is caused by people being bankrupted by medical bills.
The other big causes are untreated mental illness and addiction.
And a lot of addiction is caused by underlying mental illness.
The root cause of almost all these problems is healthcare.
There are quite a lot of unhoused people who would rather remain homeless. From the conversations I’ve had, it’s not always just circumstances beyond their control. Some have had negative experiences with shelters or social services, and many feel more freedom living outside the system than being tied to its rules and restrictions. It’s not the case for everyone, but for some, homelessness is a conscious choice rather than only the result of hardship.
i think nimbyism is more a problem in california, than the other 2 things. I remember a nimby group(white people) threw a huge fit over in norcal like 1-2 years ago. of a building/center being built. and then its zoning laws.
This sounds an awful lot like Louisiana...
Relocation begins: Jeff Landry's administration clears New Orleans homeless encampments
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
It started out as needing to clear everyone out allegedly for security reasons bc of the Bourbon street attacks and the Superbowl, but everyone assumed he was trying to just slap a coat of paint on the city. Then it happened again when there was a big Taylor Swift concert, now it's like every time "we have company" we should just understand Landry will be rounding up homeless people to make the city more presentable.
People keep saying Newsome is just doing this kind of shit to prove he's a centrist Democrat but I'm kinda starting to worry it might be a little more sinister than that.
Word of advice for California, be very cautious about allowing any state police or task force to permanently or semi permanently set up in your cities. If it gets proposed push back as loud and hard as you legally can, no matter what you local government might indicate about it.
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And if you can't stop it from happening make sure your city hammers out even the most obscure details in a contract. If you're not sure if you need to bother with getting it in writing, you do.
I changed the original headline bc it's misleading. It makes it sound like the contract was something city council wanted bc they wanted homeless sweeps. The city pushed for a formal contract bc State police were just doing it without any say from the city on how they rounded people up or where they took them.
200M spent on alligator Auschwitz and an estimated 450M annual operating cost.
Some googling tells me that an apartment building can cost about 200k/unit (I suspect it could be less). That's 1000 units. And then imagine what would happen if you put that yearly operating cost into healthcare and other social programs.
They want to build 1000 concentration camps. Florida is working on their second. Texas has one. Other states will certainly follow.
Maybe Newsom should be building homes instead of division.
they are already closing the concentration camp, due to how poorly managed its run.
Depending on quality you can make studio apartments, similar to hotel rooms, for close to $50k per unit.
The vice signaling at the Fed level such as the "alligator" compound, and the "encampments bother my snowflake sensibility, just move them" shit being done in D.C. is not a carbon copy of whatever California is doing. Success at their self-stated goals is TBD, but the California government is putting actual resources to attempt to provide appealing options to those being displaced.
From the linked article, bolding mine:
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the creation of a statewide task force aimed at dismantling homeless encampments on state property and expanding access to shelter and services.
The State Action for Facilitation on Encampments, or SAFE Task Force, will coordinate efforts across multiple state agencies, including the California Highway Patrol, Caltrans, and the state’s health and housing departments.
The governor’s office stated that the task force will prioritize sites deemed unsafe and collaborate with local governments to connect individuals with shelter, health care and substance use services.
California spends over $50k per homeless person per year.
How has homelessness only grown?
Because of double dipping and lack of oversight.
One homeless person goes and gets welfare from one place and then another day goes elsewhere. Both places claim them for a period even though they may only actually be going to one place a day.
If California actually wanted to end homelessness, they could, but then the NGOs and administrators couldn't profit off homelessness.
California is performative in altruisms and they will never accomplish anything of value on progressive values if they can't use it to give money to wealthy people.
I don’t suppose you have data for that?
Fuck Newsom for this, and all his regressive vetoes against laws throughout his tenure as governor to help fix this issue.
The governor’s office stated that the task force will prioritize sites deemed unsafe and collaborate with local governments to connect individuals with shelter, health care and substance use services.
You didn’t Read the article.
yup. fuck him, if he's candidate for president, just let the GOP win again
Why is it never the fault of the Democrats for constantly picking a lesser evil, but still evil character? Who are we appealing to with that? The moderately evil people? Brother the elections are years away, why are you so excited to throw your entire life and hope behind the first piece of shit who decided to swing?
Fuck him with a garden rake for running for President. The Democratic party will not survive another President of that mold. If he wins, get ready for President Stephen Miller and the end of all things in 2032.
if he’s candidate for president, just let the GOP win again
If he's nominated, the GOP will win again. No matter how much you scold people who you don't want to have any standards. Do better or lose. Those are your options and I'm certain you'll choose the latter.
Encampment sweeps kill.
https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-homeless-deaths-multnomah-county
But although the city spent roughly $200,000 per homeless resident throughout that time, deaths of homeless people recorded in the county quadrupled, climbing from 113 in 2019 to more than 450 in 2023, according to the most recent data from the Multnomah County Health Department. The rise in deaths far outpaces the growth in the homeless population, which was recorded at 6,300 by a 2023 county census, a number most agree is an undercount...
These deaths came during the same period that Portland began a two-pronged response to public pressure over homelessness. City leaders began moving homeless people out of public view by removing tents at a rate far surpassing those of its West Coast peers. Since 2021, it carried out 19,000 sweeps, and it dismantled over 20 encampments per day in 2024, according to city records.
At the same time, the city reduced money for stable permanent housing while dramatically increasing its investment in temporary shelters...
How is a city spending $200k per homeless resident and still not providing them with housing?
That's more than 8 years' worth of rent/mortgage at $2k per month. And even longer in a more reasonably-priced home.
I understand there are more expenses than just rent, but I also understand that it's nearly impossible to get a job if you don't have a permanent residence. If we've got a homelessness crisis that includes working families, why wouldn't the states want to help those families?
A rent/mortgage assistance program seems like it would do a lot more long-term good than simply "cleaning up" encampments.
nimbyism, probably preventing them from building affordable housing.
They know. It's the actual goal, not an unfortunate fluke of the system.
Why help the homeless when you can spend the same amount of money to inflict greater suffering.
Literally does say help the homeless but you would have had to have read the article to find that out.
but I guess enraging at minimal information is what we are now.
Were you fucking born yesterday? This is the same exact rhetoric of empty promises we get every time they sweep up the homeless, and it never ever happens. Where is all this housing? Where are the shelters going to come from? Has Newsom secured any funding for these assistance programs? Did he bother asking the homeless people why they weren't already in shelters? Gawd damn, you only see this level of ignorance and arrogance in two places, red and blue MAGA. You've polluted this entire thread with you're nonsense.
Fuck Gavin Newsom. The dude is scum. All the people blowing him are the worst
Where did all the newsom stans go?
EDIT: the number of downvotes is the number of people who agree with performative cruelty to homeless people.
The DNC hasn't run it's bots up yet today /j
nobody likes Newsome, but in contrast to the rest of the Dems.... he's actually effective at getting under the GOPs skin. That's the whole thing.
GOP doesn't give a shit about Jefferies yapping on the floor for hours. They don't care about another "strongly worded letter" from Schumer. And everyone, EVERYONE, hates Pelosi....
Yes, we all want more people like Mamdani. His policies are everything that I want, that most of us want. But you'd also have to be politically ignorant to not realize that his platform is on shakey ground nationwide. You can do something like Mamdani in a blue stronghold like NY. But across the nation? At this moment in time? No chance, you might as well just hand GOP the keys to power ad infinitium.
I don't like Newsome, but I'm not trying to throw the whole country in the toilet waiting for the world to come around to Mamdani. Playing this "all or nothing" game is getting real people killed and lives ruined.
if Progressives are supposed to vote blue no matter who, then Centrists can too. If someone like Mamdani beats Newsom in the 2028 primary they can suck it up and vote for him.
I've swallowed loads the past three elections, it's their turn to take one for the team.
nobody likes Newsome, but
followed by 4 paragraphs of "you are going to vote newsom and love it"
If no one likes him, he's not gonna win. But let's face it. Winning isn't the point. Making sure no progressive is able to run is the point. And you'll campaign for someone you claim to hate in order to make sure that happens.
As long as cynicism is the logic for choosing candidates, we are never going to see real leaders at the helm of the party. But yeah, let's continue to not have faith voters can do better because the alternative sounds exhausting.
Something I don't think a lot of people realize is that Lincoln was a pretty shitty dude. Modern leftists would crucify him. He had a pretty shitty opinion on civil rights and only put an end to slavery so the fighting would end.
Is this the part where you tell us he’s a corpo shill and I should vote third party in protest?
Can always count on centrists to conflate criticism and disloyalty in the worst faith possible.
While many people believe that substance use, mental illness, or other individual factors are the main drivers of homelessness, extensive research shows that rising housing costs drive more people into homelessness than any other cause.
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/we-can-end-homelessness-in-america
I'm in Canada, Toronto specifically and the Homeless situation here is just as bad as it is in the US. I do volunteer work for a couple homeless outreach programs and I'd say easily since the pandemic the homeless demographic has drastically changed.
The stereotype that homeless people are junkies or mentally ill has shattered. The people I'm working with now are, for now, mentally fit and sober. More women than ever, more elderly, more minorities that in the past generally didn't have many homeless within them because their communities would help prevent them from being homeless i.e. Asians, Muslims, etc
So. Many. Have jobs. So many have families, children, and they are sleeping rough so that they can simply afford to have their kids or older parents or other family members continue to live with whatever roof they can afford over their heads. There are SO many that are sleeping rough because there is simply no room for them to sleep in the tiny studio apartment they can barely afford with their kids, wives, parents, whatever.
I'm handing out food to people who dont' even look homeless. They can't afford to BUY FOOD. All their money goes to rent or other important bills. I'm dealing with people who were on drugs and alchol who then got sober in hopes to get off the streets and find work only to relapse because there is no work or what work they can get isn't anywhere near enough to get them off the streets so they slump RIGHT BACK into that hole because, and they've told me first hand, "There's no point."
Lines are getting longer every month, The portions for food and other things we hand out are getting smaller because NO ONE can afford to donate ANYTHING anymore anywhere near the amount we need to cover the increasingly rising population we're working with.
And none of the politicians could give a flying fuck. None of them. Regardless of what side of the fence they're on and how far away from said fence they are. We could have fixed this years ago, decades ago, but we chose profits over people. We made this bed a long time ago, It's almost your turn to get into it.
For us volunteers this is no longer a battle we're fighting in hopes of winning. No, at this point we've lost. Now we're just hoping we have enough bandages to slow the bleeding as much as possible before we run out.
And none of the politicians could give a flying fuck. None of them.
They like it this way.
Even if the reasons where mainly substance use and mental illness, those are still societal issues that require societal solutions through better health care access and overall more social security.
It is wild to me that in America "Oh you have a mental illness? Well go die then and don't leave your corpse for me to see!" is somehow a position that is considered acceptable among "progressives". It is deeply reactionary and a hallmark of fascists.
Housing needs to be a right.
Newsome is such a two faced piece of shit.
Socially liberal ✅
Fiscally conservative ✅
He's not socially liberal though. He's socially center at best.
Behold the sparkle of champagne.
The crime rate's gone, feel free again.
Oh, life's a breeze with you, Miss Lily White.
Taylor Swifts on the screen today.
Convinced the liberals it's okay.
So let's get dressed to dance away the night.
While they kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor.
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor.
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight.
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor.
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor.
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight.
Guys, I found Jello Biafra's Lemmy account.
I wouldn't be surprised if he had one.
I was speaking with an older lady about who could be as energizing for the left as Bernie for the next election, I said AOC and maybe Jasmine Crockett on the same ticket. (which is a pipe dream, I'm sure)
Anyway, she said Gavin Newsom, and didn't believe me when I said he's a centrist. And I couldn't understand why she even felt he's a leftist. He must have some good pr somewhere that I'm not looking lol
The older lady is driven by name recognition.
Her and the vast majority of the rest of the American voters.
There's plenty of left leaning Americans who think Doug Ford is a good guy because he says shit about Trump. It shouldn't be surprising.
That pipe dream would be so fantastic!
Corporate media and billions in oligarchy money.
It is sad that we keep having to repeat the same thing over and over again yet people refuse to learn. The Democratic party and the Republican party are both tools of the same oligarchy and they both fight against the normal people in different flavors. The Democrats happily gave the last election to Trump instead of stopping an US backed genocide and since then they often cooperated to help Trumps fascist power grab.
Unless the party is fundamentally changed and all its current and past leaders ousted and disgraced, it cannot be a means for bettering society.
People just remember he was the mayor of one of the most liberal cities in the US, so it translates in their head as him being liberal.
most name recognition, but in reality his policies always sucked, after he wasnt mayor, he sorta disappeared, because of his lack of charisma, he couldnt get elected multiple times in california. he is a favorite amongst some well off people, but not everyone else. i was there when he was still married to kimberly guillifoyle.
Gavin has done what no one else is doing, punching back, speaking Trump's language. It's getting attention from all quarters. Meanwhile Dems are busy shutting him down preemptively because purity tests. It's another fascinating move from the "we don't want to govern" party.
Punching back is the absolute bare minimum requirement for a supposed opposition party (looking at you Schumer and Jeffries).
But Newsom has been repeatedly demonstrating that he is willing to throw our trans friends and unhoused neighbors under the bus for political points. Ask yourself, if he's willing to betray one group, what's stopping him from betraying any other group should he decide that it's politically expedient?
This has nothing to do with "purity tests"
Wanting your governor to not kill poor people isn't a purity test...
Newsom can talk ahit about Trump all he likes. Maybe it'll help instead of just being an empty gesture, we'll see.
But even if it succeeds, that doesn't mean I'm obligated to support him in 2028. Though I might add him to the list of centrists I despise slightly less than the others.
Clear encampments by.... Giving them homes to save money?
Can’t wait to be yelled at to stop complaining and vote for him in 2028
That's already happening...
And he's only the preordained nominee. We haven't gone through the kabuki primaries yet.
These comments make it so clear no one is actually fighting for change they are fighting to go back to not caring about politics. Newsom will throw trans people under the bus and the blue maga will tell us that it's better than what Trump was doing as he continues on the same path. He'll kill homeless people by the thousands but it will be ok because at least it's not trump.
Vote Blue! (Who we tell you to)
Keep complaining, but also when the system gives us the option between fascism and radical centrism, I'm going to hold my nose and vote for the radical centrist.
But I'm also going to continue voting in other races, protesting, lobbying my representatives, and trying to effect change in other ways. You should too. Voting in the presidential race is not the start and end of activism.
Diet-Fascism™
This is the trick the fascists are playing on us. They've corrupted both sides, and hope we'll believe that the one that is "less fascist" will be able to save us from the one that's "more fascist". NOPE, surprise, it's fascism all the way down! The game is rigged, the trap is sprung, the only winning move is not to play.
If you're familiar with the 4 boxes of liberty, it's time to understand that the ballot box has already failed us and abandon the idea that we can vote our way out of this mess. We're past that. We're firmly in the jury box stage right now and it's not looking too promising with the amount of judicial interference going on, the administration flaunting rulings that don't go in their favor, and the supreme court stacked.
With the fourth box, understand that the first and possibly even most potent ammunition you will ever have access to is free speech. But it will also be the first to run out. Use what's left of it while you still can. Be vocal. Be a shit disturber. Many people need their shit disturbed, some need it to wake them up with the information they're not willing to accept, others need it because they're fascists themselves. Disturb them. Attend protests. Prepare to go on strike. Collective action is more powerful than people give it credit for. The country cannot function without wage-slaves feeling chained to their jobs, clinging to it like a lifeline and too afraid that rocking the boat will see them let go. This is a method of control. Prepare for turmoil and disruption. Find people who can help you and support you when things go south. Seek community and resilience, find people who will look out for you, and do what you can to look out for them. Find ways to organize if you can. There is strength in numbers. The clock is ticking, and it's not going to wait for you to be ready. Get ready now, and get involved. This is everyone's fight, and if you're not already fighting, you're late, get moving.
You see, that’s why I just can’t get behind this guy. Sometimes he is on point, other times he is a complete fuckhead. At least he isn’t full-time fuckhead like basically every republican, but that isn’t saying a hell of a lot.
He's never in point. He made some tweets, then he made a knockoff Trump store hoping people would be dumb enough to buy that shit.
He's a scumbag though and through, only interested in advancing his career.
If he fights back against Trump, he's an ally. That doesn't make him a friend.
See also: Liz Cheney.
That's dumb. He's not an ally and neither is Cheney, and Kamala lost because she embraced a right wing crowd (including Liz Cheney, heh) instead of rejecting them, and you're making the same mistake again.
Not as bad as Trump but still fascist isn't good enough, these people are not your allies, they want the same things Trump wants but without giving him all the benefits. Their only problem with Trump is that he wants to have all the toys to himself.
Don’t get me wrong, if he ends up being the candidate, he gets my vote, but I’m gonna complain the whole time. Just wish we had better choices than hard-right and right-lite.
So he is a fan and tweeting with capitalized words is not to mock Trump but to pay homage?
Apparently it's really hard to not be an asshole.
Maybe provide some place for them to go.
The governor’s office stated that the task force will prioritize sites deemed unsafe and collaborate with local governments to connect individuals with shelter, health care and substance use services.
I mean... In DC they're just jailing them. Lots of commenters here are trying really hard to make this apples to apples with trump.
The system isn't perfect, but California is one of the better states about funding relief programs for the homeless. The major issue is that the weather there is nicer than the surrounding mountainous/desert regions so they are a funnel for the homeless population. South Park made a lot of jokes about this years ago. The real estate value in California is way too high and the only way to fix it is by legislating it away.
Houses are for living, not speculation. -IYKYK
We need to treat the homeless like the UN treats refugees and build tent cities with organized work/training/healthcare. I just don't see how we can do this without the optics being horrible.
Houses are for living, not speculation.
The US making any moves like China would result in one of the biggest crashes this country has ever seen. It's politically toxic without a revolution or a crash and neither party would pursue it because the upper middle class would revolt if their "wealth" in housing equity would disappear. Even China can't fully commit.
okay but did you know he tweeted in all caps?
Dude was on a roll
Does this 🙄
He’s been “doing this” for years dude. He dresses it up with fancy language but homeless camp sweeps have been happening in CA for a long time and have been ordered by him through executive order, driven by his rich NIMBY donors.
Despite surveys in 2023 showing sweeps resulted in police citations as of often as offers for housing he continued with criminalizing homelessness, encouraging local governments to create anti camping ordinances in 2024 (aka criminalizing homelessness)
Flip sides of the same coin. He can play the part because he is basically trump with decorum and slightly different masters. Trump sold out to the extreme right white nationalist fascist crowd, Newsom sold out to the corporate world fascist crowd. If Silicon Valley decides that lgbt support is bad for business Newsom will flip flop (see his appearance on the charlie kirk podcast, testing the waters). He will always back things that fuck over workers and benefit the corporate class.
vote blue no matter who though. Unless it’s someone from the dsa or psl that actually represents your interests of course, then of course the democrat leadership can’t possibly endorse the candidate and will split the vote because they’d rather potentially hand the election to a republican than give you a candidate that serves your interests instead of their donors. But remember, if you don’t vote for them you’re a fucking tankie piece of shit
He's been abusive to the homeless since his time as mayor of SF.
I know, and am aware, but that's not the point here. The thing is, he has a good standing at the moment, and people tend to forget the bad things immediately. Just look at Trump. I expected him to ride the wave and use it for his own campaign. But instead, he decided to revert back to his old behavior and be a dick about it.
This isn't new, he was a on a propaganda roll, and lots of people won't even see this.
That's what I mean, propaganda works best if you're consistent, at least somewhat.
Had to remind us who he really is.
Thanks I hate it.
Someone please tell the Democrats that they can stop now, they've already allowed fascists to ascend to national power. Ease up.
What a nice guy.
I can see you didnt read the article. You just Just raged at the title.
So much is not covered in rage bait titles.
this is the same tactic that got us trump this second time.
When all encampments are deemed unsafe and local services are already stretched to the breaking point, I think we can be justified in calling this out for the performative anti-homeless bullshit it is.
Nothing short of a complete reorganization of the economy so that working class people are prioritized instead of billionaires will fix this problem though.
Agreed with the second statement but the first is just abandoning people instead of helping them and that is negligence.