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It's a mix yeah? Berkeley as a whole has a poverty rate 6% higher than the national average. .6% higher than Oakland.
by bpicolo 9y ago
It's a mix yeah? Berkeley as a whole has a poverty rate 6% higher than the national average. .6% higher than Oakland.
- notyourday 9y ago2015 fiscal berkeley operating budget was 293 million. https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/2015/05_May/Documents/2015-05-12_WS_Item_01_Proposed_FY_2016.aspx https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/2015/05_M... 2017 homeless number is about 1000: http://www.dailycal.org/2017/05/29/berkeleys-homeless-population-nears-1000-homeless-shelter-crisis/ http://www.dailycal.org/2017/05/29/berkeleys-homeless-popula... If every one of them is provided a $3k/mo apartment, it would increase the budget by 36 million. Berkeley population is estimated at 121k http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/berkeley-ca-population/ http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/berkeley-ca-popul... 20% of berkeley population lives below powerty level. So lets say it is 100k that are left. 36M/100k is what? $360 per person? There, I just solved Berkeley homeless problem at a price of less than 5 bottles of Napa Valley Cab per person who screamed at the sky in the city of Berkeley the day Trump became President Elect.