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California has some of the worst municipal governments in the country. Shockingly poorly governed. Live a year in Singapore. Live a year in San Francisco. Your

by wycs 8y ago

California has some of the worst municipal governments in the country. Shockingly poorly governed. Live a year in Singapore. Live a year in San Francisco. Your opinions on many things will change. Hearing the performative compassion of San Francisco‘s politicians and the results: streets covered in human shit, crazed heroin zombies colonizing them, a pathetic protest culture pushing zoning legislation that extracts rents from everyone; one is reminded of this Kipling poem: http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_copybook.htm http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_copybook.htm

wjossey 8y ago
As someone who lives in LA, I have to agree. Really poor local government structure. Our city council just 10-2 voted to authorize the city attorney to settle a lawsuit which will now restrict the city’s ability to cleanup homeless encampments as well. So, might be getting worse, not better. I recently moved to Encino, which has its issues but our homeless encampment is hidden down by the dam. When I lived in Beverly Grove, I had people sleeping on my sidewalk, and clusters of people setting up camp in the alleyways 100 yards from my house. What was remarkable was the volume of trash that accumulated, along with broken glass and hypodermic needles. It was absolutely jaw dropping. It’s truly not compassionate to let people live on the steets. The city and the state must expand conservatorship and start getting these people the help they need.
- yyyymmddhhmmss 8y ago
  It’s not a mistake. The tech industry wants low regulations, so they gut the government. Simple process, really.
  - wjossey 8y ago
    Not sure what you’re referencing. Tech isn’t a big constituency in Los Angeles, so hard to blame that. And I don’t even see how tech regulation has anything to do with homelessness management in Los Angeles.

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California has some of the worst municipal governments in the country. Shockingly poorly governed. Live a year in Singapore. Live a year in San Francisco. Your

by wycs 8y ago

wjossey 8y ago
As someone who lives in LA, I have to agree. Really poor local government structure. Our city council just 10-2 voted to authorize the city attorney to settle a lawsuit which will now restrict the city’s ability to cleanup homeless encampments as well. So, might be getting worse, not better. I recently moved to Encino, which has its issues but our homeless encampment is hidden down by the dam. When I lived in Beverly Grove, I had people sleeping on my sidewalk, and clusters of people setting up camp in the alleyways 100 yards from my house. What was remarkable was the volume of trash that accumulated, along with broken glass and hypodermic needles. It was absolutely jaw dropping. It’s truly not compassionate to let people live on the steets. The city and the state must expand conservatorship and start getting these people the help they need.
- yyyymmddhhmmss 8y ago
  It’s not a mistake. The tech industry wants low regulations, so they gut the government. Simple process, really.
  - wjossey 8y ago
    Not sure what you’re referencing. Tech isn’t a big constituency in Los Angeles, so hard to blame that. And I don’t even see how tech regulation has anything to do with homelessness management in Los Angeles.