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> It all wreaks of hypocrisy and downright poor fiscal judgement to me. I'm curious how much of it is hypocrisy and poor fiscal judgement vs. simple naïveté.
by rlt 8y ago
> It all wreaks of hypocrisy and downright poor fiscal judgement to me.
I'm curious how much of it is hypocrisy and poor fiscal judgement vs. simple naïveté. Has anyone studied where San Francisco's homeless population comes from? Is it mostly long-time residents who are down on their luck (whether due to economic hardship, drug addiction, or mental illness), or does San Francisco's extreme liberalness (tolerance for tent encampments, open drug usage, petty theft) attract people from elsewhere?
- fjsolwmv 8y agoThe perfect weather and the strong social services attract people from around the country.
- nodesocket 8y agoTo be fair, the also essentially non-existent enforcement of rules and laws and the fact that SF is a mecca for international tourist and panhandlers can make decent money (i.e. Union Square) plays a role. Let's not factor out the economics and lack of consequences for bad behavior.
- pvg 8y agoBoth of these are largely myths.
- tptacek 8y agoHowever attractive the weather might be, we don't have to use the axiomatic method to figure out where the SF homeless come from; the population is regularly surveyed, and is overwhelmingly local.
- mrgordon 8y agoSan Francisco has caught Nevada and New York sending people on buses to get rid of them. This is supposed to only be legal if the person has family in California they are meeting, but they just dump mentally ill people on Market Street and hope for the best. Nevada paid a large fine for this recently. Many of the people needed urgent help within hours of arriving. Truly horrific.
- sudouser 8y agoirvine has also done this, dumping homeless on the next county
- notjesse 8y agoDo you have a source for that? Sounds pretty egregious.
- birken 8y agohttps://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-Nevada-reach-tentative-settlement-in-6552026.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-Nevada-reach-tent...
- davidfischer 8y agoThis is not unique to San Francisco. https://www.10news.com/news/team-10/team-10-man-with-extensive-criminal-history-in-nashville-put-on-bus-sent-to-san-diego https://www.10news.com/news/team-10/team-10-man-with-extensi... > Partin's bus ticket cost $261.50. The receipt, dated February 2, 2015, is stamped with the name of a Nashville agency called Homeward Bound. Investigators at Team 10's sister station in Nashville, WTVF, learned the agency that has oversight of the Homeward Bound program is the Nashville Downtown Partnership (NDP), a group dedicated to making the city a great place to do business.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 8y agoBe careful. Some people might accuse you of calling all immigrants from Nevada and New York mentally ill.
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