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Of course it is. Does no one remember when other states were paying for bus fares to California to get the homeless out of their state? Does no one remember s
by iJohnDoe 5y ago
Of course it is.
Does no one remember when other states were paying for bus fares to California to get the homeless out of their state?
Does no one remember states paying to fly the homeless to Hawaii?
The above might sound ridiculous, but what sounds cheaper? Solving California’s massive homeless problem or simply getting the homeless out of the state on the next plane or bus?
- jdavis703 5y agoI’ve posted detailed numbers here before, but the overwhelming numbers of homeless people in the Bay Area came from the Bay Area. Source: https://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ExecutiveSummary_SanFrancisco2019.pdf https://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ExecutiveSu...
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y agoThere’s some nuance to that. 70% were already in SF when they became homeless, but the vast majority of San Franciscans aren’t from here. Only a third we’re even born in California. So it seems like people move here, become homeless, and stay. And 30% coming here after becoming homeless isn’t peanuts.
- jdavis703 5y agoMany of those people from outside SF came from neighboring counties or within California. It’s a tiny minority coming from out of state.
- devoutsalsa 5y agoEvery place does this. I was homeless in San Francisco & applied for assistance. They made sure to let everyone know they'd buy you a one way ticket to pretty much any place you wanted to go.
- addicted 5y agoThe difference is that they will return to places like SF, LA and NYC, because they are treated much worse in other places. Basically, take your one way bus ride to Dallas, where you then take a 1 way ride back to SF, from where you’re unlikely to go back to Dallas.
- paul_f 5y agoYou might be on to something. Make it easy to be homeless and you should be surprised when you have more homeless.