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“This is a dramatic shift,” Newsom announced as he unveiled his “Ten Year Plan to Abolish Chronic Homelessness.” “This won’t all happen tomorrow. But it will get done.”
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Please tell me this is photoshopped?
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Please tell me this is photoshopped?
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/slideshow/Safe-Sleeping-Village-SF-City-Hall-homeless-tent-202514.php
"The Safe Sleeping Village model is being piloted as a short-term, temporary method of establishing minimum health and safety standards for homeless people in settings where services like food, water, sanitation and healthcare can be more effectively provided," Jonathan Streeter, the interim lead public information officer for the Homelessness Joint Information Center said in a statement. "San Francisco city agencies, through the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing continue to work with individuals on longer-term solutions."
Absolute bullshit, because you cannot turn loser druggies into winners. Everyone knows that. But they’ll steal a lot of money pretending otherwise
Fortwaynemobile saysAbsolute bullshit, because you cannot turn loser druggies into winners. Everyone knows that. But they’ll steal a lot of money pretending otherwise
I dunno, with the real estate prices in California, those taped off squares are worth some coin. Then you have to add in the value of the detached bathroom with attendants, free meals, and all you have to pay for is dope. What's not to like. However, if it catches on more will move there putting social distancing in peril again.
“The real reason why the encampment inhabitants refuse to access the shelters is simple — the shelters have rules. One rule, in particular, keeps the encampment inhabitants out of shelters and that rule is that drugs and drug use are prohibited.”
The accurate word for what we call “homeless encampments” is “open drug scenes”
Around the world they threaten public safety & are only dealt with through coordinated services AND (not or) law enforcement
Science:
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentra…
Open drug scenes: responses of five European cities
Background Open drug scenes are gatherings of drug users who publicly consume and deal drugs. The authors conducted a study of five European cities that have met such scenes constructively. The aim...
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
In California, politicians act helpless to deal with them
I’ve interviewed over 100 U.S. experts, politicians, and activists and none knew of Europe’s experience breaking them up
Most thought Europe had used harm reduction alone, which is false
“Homeless” is a propaganda word designed to confuse
It inappropriately combines addicts, the seriously mentally ill, with poor people who don’t have an addiction or mental illness problem
We can’t address the problem if we don’t describe what it is
In the 5 European cities, all passed through a phase identical to the one California is in now, where progressives insisted that the open drug scenes could be solved through helping services alone. After that failed, they all used a combo of services plus law enforcement
We Americans tend to be provincial and anti-intellectual and so it’s not surprising that even our leading experts are ignorant about what Europe actually did
But the urgency of the addiction, OD, and public safety crisis means there should be no more excuses
Please, if you really care about this issue, read the paper below. It’s not that long. It’s fascinating. It’s not behind a paywall. It debunks the misinformation about Portugal and the Netherlands. They didn’t legalize! They didn’t just hand out heroin!
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentra…
Open drug scenes: responses of five European cities
Background Open drug scenes are gatherings of drug users who publicly consume and deal drugs. The authors conducted a study of five European cities that have met such scenes constructively. The aim...
Right, society has rules, and if you refuse to follow them, you have to go to jail. There's just no other way. I wrote about this last year.
eyeonsf.com/2020/07/31/what-…
What the homeless can teach us about homelessness in San Francisco
Wondering why San Francisco has so many homeless? Let the homeless explain it to you. This post centers around a YouTube channel called “Invisible People”. Mark Horvath, who runs the channel, has i…
Treatment needs to be an alternative to jail, plus we need Cal-Psych
We don’t need to choose between open drug scenes & mass incarceration
Why California Governor Gavin Newsom Keeps Making Homelessness Worse
Plus: How It To Solve the Problem, Once and For All
https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
San Francisco is becoming irrelevant.
I've heard many a lib say they elected newscum to tackle the states homeless problem, which implies at least some people think he was adept for the task.
Stop believing that the vast majority of people vote for actual reasons. They're fucking stupid, and shouldn't vote at all. They have no principles.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18
Silly Con Valley USED to be a technological powerhouse. Now the main thing they produce is propaganda and censorship. This shithole is only relevant to communists and dictator cock-suckers now.
new companies will not come from Silicon Valley. The game is over here
There is so much technology development going on in the region, it can make your head spin.
Not desktop computer "tech" development that can be done remotely from Bangalore or wherever.
What some bullshit mRNA/DNA vaccine from Genentech? A better way to track your activities and spy on you from Google? Some bullshit green energy garbage that won't fucking work?
“This is a dramatic shift,” Newsom announced as he unveiled his “Ten Year Plan to Abolish Chronic Homelessness.” “This won’t all happen tomorrow. But it will get done.”