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Only 15 emergency shelter beds in all of Palo Alto?! And an estimated 150 men, women, and children competing for those spots every night? That's disgusting. C
by Asparagirl 13y ago
Only 15 emergency shelter beds in all of Palo Alto?! And an estimated 150 men, women, and children competing for those spots every night? That's disgusting.
Companies who have HQ's in Palo Alto: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Companies_based_in_Palo_Alto,_California http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Companies_based_in_P...
Not one of those companies, some of which are valued in the billions, could pick up the cost of sponsoring another ten emergency beds? Another five, even?
- a3n 13y agoPossibly, but they'd have to bring in their profits from offshore, and that would be taxed.
- chris_mahan 13y agoAhhh, but you see, if they were taxed, then Palo Alto would have the money to build more shelters.
- toast0 13y agoPalo Alto doesn't have an income tax. Maybe California or the federal government would have the money though.
- chiph 13y agoThat might be something the legislature could do (Sacramento, maybe Washington) -- corporations buying municipal bonds are exempt from the tax.
- smm2000 13y agoAs soon as you increase number of shelter beds, you increase number of homeless in the city. For example see San Francisco. It's impossible to solve this problem locally.