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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fun4us2b · M

I have trouble following this article: Is it saying the homeless are following the money?

"And yet, communities around the state have been funneling more money into services for the homeless, like L.A.’s Measure H sales tax, which is adding about $355 million each year to the arsenal.

And almost 1,400 permanent supportive housing units built with money from Measure HHH, a $1.2 billion bond, are set to open in the 2019-20 fiscal year."

Wow - sounds like a lot of money - so super high taxes...and they talk about 100,000 homeless which the dollars quoted at $15K per person...I highly doubt that....sorry if I'm being thick...

Spoiledbrat · F

They just need to assist with living and cut the middle man who is getting rich from handing out. For example, The Salvation Army. @fun4us2b

fun4us2b · M

@Spoiledbrat Salvation Army is rich?

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@fun4us2b The factor that may be throwing you is the size of the state economy, which can easily raise those sums without a massive tax hike. This isnt West Virginia here.

Spoiledbrat · F

The captain is. He’s loaded. @fun4us2b

Nimbus · M

@fun4us2b It does seem odd.