I wish CA was better on dealing with homelessness, it infuriates me that homelessness is seen as a problem rather than a symptom. I thought LA was better than this, but I guess I'm wrong.
You know why though-- California is a hot commodity. Why spend any amount of land you can sell to developer$ on creating housing for the homeless? The fact that the Democratic Party has been taking large ear-marked contributions from developers is proof solid of that. And then housing costs just drive up displacement and homelessness even more. Our priorities suck.
Austin's dealing with the same thing. Our homeless shelter is less than 1/4 the size it needs to be to serve our homeless population and is in the heart of our downtown entertainment district. Rather than deal with the issues leading to us having so many homeless people and expanding the shelter, there's talk of building a new shelter on the outskirts of town (far from all the downtown locations that actually provide services for the homeless like job training, food pantries, disability, VA, etc while our public transpo is SHIT) and selling that land to a developer instead.
Ugh, this is awful. My city has a no sit lie ordinance that's been terrible. California really is the worst about this, and since rents keep going up, it's only going to get more serious.
This is disgusting. It is not just the poor who are forced to live in their vehicles, but also responsible drunks, RVers and rubber hobos that are being punished here. It's one thing to fine people for dumping waste on the street, but to cite people for parking a vehicle in a legal overnight parking spot just because they remain in the vehicle overnight... Ugh. Shameful. Any progressive house- or apartment-dwelling motherfucker who supports this kind of nonsense should take a good hard look at themselves and decide if they truly believe in America's promise of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, or if their idea of the American dream is some kind of ugly gated community like you see in third world countries.
This is awful for the whole country, not just California, because often as that state goes so does the rest of the nation. To the one person that voted against this, good on you. You at least seem to have a conscience.
I get that people in homes want to feel safe, but newsflash, the people without homes want to feel safe, too. Instead of treating the issue properly by helping these people, you do everything to make it worse, and then act shocked when the issue gets, y'know, worse.
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This is similar to San Fran putting spikes on the cement where homeless would sleep.
How about we find somewhere for these people instead?
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Ugh, this is awful. My city has a no sit lie ordinance that's been terrible. California really is the worst about this, and since rents keep going up, it's only going to get more serious.
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http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-homeless-storage-20161021-snap-story,amp.html
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I get that people in homes want to feel safe, but newsflash, the people without homes want to feel safe, too. Instead of treating the issue properly by helping these people, you do everything to make it worse, and then act shocked when the issue gets, y'know, worse.
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