return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 months agoCalifornia's richest cities were told to build housing—but made it a crime to be homeless insteadwww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down12cross-posted to: housing_bubble_2@lemmy.worldcalifornia@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squareSte41thlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoQuestion, what do they do with the homeless people? Do they get arrested?
minus-squareMike D.@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-22 months agoI live in Oakland and moderate (mostly post) to the Oakland community. I don’t recall all the details right now but… I think they tell all the people leave and then throw everything left in the trash. EDIT - Here is a story our local NPR station - https://www.kqed.org/news/12006541/sfs-homeless-sweeps-have-cleared-over-1200-tents-where-are-people-going
minus-squareSte41thlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoInteresting, seems like it isn’t solving anything in the long run. BTW thanks for the link
minus-squareMike D.@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoSF says the people they are doing this to have not accepted the city’s very limited options for housing. There was recent article (help me find it) detailing there are over over 200 SF non-profits focused on housing funded by less than 10 govt agencies.
Question, what do they do with the homeless people?
Do they get arrested?
I live in Oakland and moderate (mostly post) to the Oakland community.
I don’t recall all the details right now but… I think they tell all the people leave and then throw everything left in the trash.
EDIT - Here is a story our local NPR station - https://www.kqed.org/news/12006541/sfs-homeless-sweeps-have-cleared-over-1200-tents-where-are-people-going
Interesting, seems like it isn’t solving anything in the long run.
BTW thanks for the link
SF says the people they are doing this to have not accepted the city’s very limited options for housing.
There was recent article (help me find it) detailing there are over over 200 SF non-profits focused on housing funded by less than 10 govt agencies.