• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Here in California we’re saving the most money, by not jailing the homeless AND not housing the homeless.

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      Leaving them on the streets is also more expensive than housing them.

      When they’re on the streets, it means the government must pay for emergency services, extra sanitation work, police are called more frequently, etc.

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          1 year ago

          They passed a “camping ban” targeting the homeless. It passed the city council a month or two ago. I attended a bunch of protests, but couldn’t really do anything about it since I live in IB

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            Honestly not surprised. Back when I worked for the city the director of parks and rec would go on and on about “combating” homlessnes. No one seemed interested in prevention or help (this was up in north county tho) and if you asked they’d look at you like you were crazy

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              It’s not surprising, but it is disappointing. Mayor Gloria ran on a platform that specifically called out Faulkner for his unconstitutional attempts to ban homelessness, and he turns around and does this.