Wikipedia says there are ~7k homeless people in SF [1]. We are spending $250m/year [2]. That's $35k per person. At $3k/mo we could be housing everyone at market

Wikipedia says there are ~7k homeless people in SF [1]. We are spending $250m/year [2]. That's $35k per person. At $3k/mo we could be housing everyone at market rate in SF studios, or housing them somewhere cheaper plus paying them a basic income to cover food & clothing. I may be thinking about this wrong, but it seems like doubling our spend might be a bad idea when we're doing so badly with what we're spending already. (Interested in input from folks that actually know how these numbers compare to other cities' spending). However if we're actually doing well with the money we're spending (e.g. comparison to other cities is favourable) then absolutely let's increase the spend. I'm a little suspicious about the "let's tax the tech companies" mentality though; why not just a progressive individual income tax? (Or a moratorium on tax breaks for companies?) If we treat the tech companies like a piggy bank, then we'll eventually drive them away, and the whole region will be much less well off. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_San_Francisco_Bay_Area#San_Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_San_Franci... [2]: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/29-million-increase-for-San-Francisco-12902707.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/29-million-incre...