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Yes it's tragic. Typical SF sight (pile of garbage on sidewalk with e-Scooter, and hypodermic needles, + my cute dog): https://imgur.com/a/vUwkfGd https://imgur
by ncr100 8y ago
Yes it's tragic. Typical SF sight (pile of garbage on sidewalk with e-Scooter, and hypodermic needles, + my cute dog): https://imgur.com/a/vUwkfGd https://imgur.com/a/vUwkfGd. A lot needs to be done to fix this. CNN covered this too (warning: gross injection-wound imagery) https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/27/health/drug-use-san-francisco-streets/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/27/health/drug-use-san-francisco...
We need to REPORT the ISSUE with the city - use the "311" phone number to report people behaving suspiciously or who obviously need support. This generates METRICS.
Then, the CITY can use the metrics to justify ACTION. Politicians can feel "safe" by responsibly spending $$ beaucoup bucks $$ without fear of voter reprisal come election-time.
The PEOPLE can use the metrics to justify SOCIAL CHANGE. Why does the US face this problem? Is it because of our "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" mentality? How can the US adopt a holistic social approach, to accept and respond healthily to the fact that some people have harder times than others? There needs to be a change in attitudes.
- assblaster 8y agoDo you think there might be a cultural issue as well? I think individuals might be hesitant to report offenses because it might make them feel like they're trash-shaming the homeless/neighbors. I know for myself that I hesitate to cause any ruckus, and let people be, but I think the residents of SF take that view to the 10th degree.
- ncr100 8y agoSF residents do take extreme stances sometimes, yes. Shaming a disadvantaged person seems unhelpful, to me. Culturally I'm thinking about something which might not be what you were asking about -- the responsibility of the society to care for its disadvantaged or "ill fitting" citizens. US does have some programs to help but it's also famously still crushing large groups of its population. I don't know what the solution would be.
- gamma-male 8y agoThe country needs to throw money at the problem at this point. This is getting really bad.
- gamma-male 8y agoEverytime I bring up prop C here people tell me that spending more money on the problem won't improve anything, that these people are just never going to leave the streets and that they want to be there. The amount of bullshit people are willing to make up just so that they can live with the fact that there are people dying next to their tesla.
- tomjen3 8y ago300 million were recently voted as an increase in the budget to solve this issue. If more money is the issue we should see a decrease as this enters the system. But who are we kidding, it is not. A huge portion of them are too mentally ill to take proper care of them selves; A huge portion prefers the freedom and the drugs and another portion needs forced drug treatment. But all we ever hear is more money is needed, never what that money should be spent on. Because we both know it won't be spend on more cops to arrest people who shit in public, to keep those arrested for drugs from the places they previously frequented, or to raize illegal homeless camps.
- ncr100 8y agoYeah - our politicians can allocate the funds to implement the priorities requested by the citizens. At the same time the citizens need to establish more holistic expectations around what their society is all about. Materialism, identity defined by an individuals job, tribalism all help and hurt. I think we're missing a kind of consideration / a kind of subsystem in our societal system, resulting in the "unsolvable" situation we find ourselves in now. With a different perspective I think we could find new solutions.
- gamma-male 8y agoI hate this kind of argument. "Oh no it's my money, I don't want to pay for these fuck ups, I pay for my own healthcare and I work hard". Dude, just help the people around you, don't tell me you couldn't leave with less money. This kind of selfish mentality needs to go away.