Posted Feb 10, 2022, 6:43 PM UTC
Upsetting but anecdotal and should not be considered as representative of a majority of the homeless population here.
From a McKinsey article:
Contrary to popular myth, the majority of homeless persons in the Bay Area are not coming from other regions: 89 percent of people experiencing homelessness in 2017 reported living in their county for one or more years.
And from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute 2019 report:
Across 94% of Bay Area people experiencing homelessness, 56% have been living in their county for 10 or more years
Of the 28,200 people experiencing homelessness in the Bay Area at a given time, only 3,000 have been in their county for less than one year
EDIT: just noticed the original tweet is from the guy who wrote San Fransicko and Apocalypse Never. I thought I caught the whiff of unscientific sensationalist bullshit.
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“A better life” hahaha no they are coming for cheap drugs and handouts.
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Yeah the guy you replied to just did a huge self own
What happened to Care not Cash?
Yet here is the link where it's true, they give out $619 a month to anyone making $0
https://www.sfhsa.org/services/jobs-money/county-adult-assistance-programs-caap
What, exactly, does the govt expect homeless people to afford with $619 in SF?
Food?
Drugs
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Assisted suicide.
Drug money and a luxury hotel room over an open air drug market.
Reminds me of the satirical Dead Kennedy's track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqnaHDdvh5I
PSA: tweet author is Michael Shellenberger writer of various books attacking things like the environmental movement and progressive urban governments.
He occasionally raises good points in his critiques but his writing is generally dogmatic, oversimplified, and plagued by out of context factual statements.
His background as a public relations professional for various industries also saddles him with exactly the sort of biased viewpoints he accuses environmentalists and urban politicians of having.
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He’s been super progressive his whole life but nice spin to discount his work lol
Writing a book about why concern about climate change is unfounded and another book with the literal subtitle “Why Progressives Ruin Cities” does not jive with my understanding of “super progressive.” He pushes pseudoscience and has had a recent surge in popularity because his theses fit the narrative Fox, Shapiro et. al are pushing to their audience.
Ben Shapiro would have turned his family over to the nazis out of principle.
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Oh, thank god, then we don't have to listen to anything he says and can pretend like it never happened!
Glad that problem was solved so easily.
Thanks for the opinion!
This is a rare instance where I agree with Shellenberger. He claims to be an environmentalist, but he is not. He claims to be a doctor ("ShellenbergerMD"), but he is not. But, I agree that current homeless policies are not working, are crazy expensive, and are ruining the city for the 99.5% who are not homeless drug addicts.
I think M D are his initials?
Agree with his policies on homeless, but the man has a feeble understanding of solar and it kinda undermines his other theories.
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But, but, but homeless advocates can take these out of state people and put them in a tiny house for a week.
Then POOF they are Bay Area residents!
It’s not lack of housing, it’s loving fentanyl more than housing
It is lack of housing. You don't notice most homeless people.
Propaganda
Yeah, I'll trust the guy who makes a living bashing SF, progressives, & environmentalism and the guy with face tattoos.
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Who is James and why should I give a shit about what he has to say?
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Feels like there an intentional promotion of this guy’s Twitter
This should not be surprising to anyone who has lived in the City for any amount of time.