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Bad Idea San Francisco homeless update: homeless caused $3 million damage in hotels

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  1. Sanctity

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    It is just extra hard for them, especially females and children, at the moment. They need their own place to relieve themselves and clean themselves without the risks of getting infected or spreading. Tents with rigged fans to circulate air along with portable toiletries and clean water source would help. There are people with the money to make this happen.
     
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  2. tinman

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    I’m not against helping the homeless
    The San Francisco way of helping has not helped
    They say they want to build more shelters
    But they’d rather use that real estate for corporations or expensive apartments
    Instead of trying to get them off drugs the city gives them free needles. That has only attracted more homeless

     
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    It is one of the most appealing cities in the world for people to live in...... so Democrat or Republican, the government is doing something right.
     
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  4. tinman

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    There’s no middle class.
    It’s overrun now with tech bros.

    nature wise it’s amazing.

    Still like Los Angeles better. But that’s my personal choice
     
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    None of those things are goals of the program as described. The program is to prevent the homeless population from becoming a massive Covid 19 swamp.
     
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    damn, ur ignorant

    my uncle is a short order cook, his wife is a seamstress. their 2 paychecks help them to buy a house in SF and raised 3 kid, 2 of them work in the silicon valley

    there are many families like my uncle who live in SF​
    SF natives are overly concerned w being cosmopolitan in the traditional sense, a la NYC, Paris, London

    Angelenos don't give a rip about tradition, they just want to be cool. thus, the valley girls / beach boys, the car culture
     
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  7. tinman

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    Where’s the bet on your account ?

    wasn’t talking to you LOF
     
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    The goal isn't to help the homeless, it's to isolate homeless people who have tested positive for Covid or waiting for test results so they don't spread the virus
     
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    That's the same article just in the NY Post instead of City Journal - same author.

    I just don't think it's true that they are being put up in luxury hotels given from what I seen it's more like Motel 6's.
     
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  11. tinman

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    I wont say I have a better idea since the city never had enough homeless shelters but

    from that article in the post:

    Even with complementary lodging and amenities, city workers report at least a 20 percent attrition rate. Of the guests who remain, roughly a third stay outside all day, not taking the shelter-in-place rules seriously.

    didn’t seem as successful as they thought it would be
     
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    Maybe not in SF, but those sound like anecdotal vs. any kind of statistical study. The direction to put people in hotel rooms for dealing with COVID came from the CDC and many cities have done this. I can't speak to SF's execution but it seems other cities have had success with this strategy.
     
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    This topic is interesting because
    The need to shield people from covid doesn’t mean you should allow them to continue destructive behavior
    Such as alcohol and drugs
     
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    I still haven't read through this thread. What's going on here? Hotels and living in Cali? Yes, you're a NorCal dude.
     
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    I live about an hour outside of san fran and you would have to pay me A LOT of money to live in that dump.
     
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    East Bay? Pennisula? Mountain View?

    where you at bro?
     
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    East bay
     
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    Did you ever roll up to oracle for a rockets game ?
     
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  20. astrosrule

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    Ya i used to go to every game till about 3-4 years ago, the fans and the environment was just so shitty i had no interest in being there anymore
     
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