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The homeless and trash situation in the bay area has exploded in the last 2 years. Big sections of 880 are strewn with trash like a dump site and there are tent
by 1290cc 7y ago
The homeless and trash situation in the bay area has exploded in the last 2 years. Big sections of 880 are strewn with trash like a dump site and there are tent cities populating the underpasses in Berkeley, West/East Oakland. The cities governments seem paralyzed between bickering homeless advocacy groups, CalTrans and tax payers furious at the decline of so many public areas.
Time is running out for some of the regions politicians. With hundreds of millions spent, it feels like there is almost zero impact.
- vuln 7y agoTry hundreds of BILLIONS spent. https://www.kpbs.org/news/2019/jun/13/californias-213-billion-budget-focuses-health-home/ https://www.kpbs.org/news/2019/jun/13/californias-213-billio...
- 1290cc 7y agoI'm probably looking in the wrong place but this was the only statement I could find on California's annual homeless budget in the linked article... "California's homeless and housing crises are linked, and the budget will spend $2.4 billion addressing those concerns." This is roughly 1% of the annual operating budget. Not much as $60k/person would cover just 40,000 people. Homeless advocacy/Non-profits would take a large percentage of this for administration so the per person dollar spend is far lower.