In your opinion why are there so many homeless people in LA and San Francisco ?

In Alameda County, the number of homeless residents jumped 43 percent over the past two years. In Orange County, that number was 42 percent. Kern County volunteers surveying the region’s homeless population found a 50 percent increase over 2018. San Francisco notched a 17 percent increase since 2017.

And on Tuesday, Los Angeles officials released the results of their most recent count: Homelessness was up by 12 percent over last year in the county and up 16 percent in the City of Los Angeles.

That puts L.A. County’s homeless population at 58,936 and the city’s at 36,300.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/us/los-angeles-homeless-population.html

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SW-User

Too expensive to live in CA especially those areas.

Nimbus · M

@SW-User People used to move easily.

SW-User

@Nimbus I don't know where you live but it's not that easy. Even with homeless resources, it's difficult for people. Lots of these people lost their homes and jobs. People who have resources always think it's easy. It's obviously not. Throw in mental illness or drug addiction and it's not easy at all.