"It's insane to me that the city with so many rich people and incredibly valuable companies is such a mess, your telling me that a small city with an incredibly wealthy population can't figure out how to keep the tenderloin from being full of tents and open drug use? Or get some form of functioning public transit? Pretty pathetic."
SF resident for 15 years until I left.
I walked around and talked to homeless. From the dozens I have talked with:
1. They are not from SF.
2. They were homeless somewhere else and it sucked.
3. Pan handling cash is easy. $100+ a day.
4. The SF programs kick ass. Suboxone clinics, Free cell phones, free bus passes, monthly stipends $$, even occasional housing
5. The police do not hassle much, you can shoot up on the street no problem.
It is a system designed to create more homelessness.
SF resident for 15 years until I left.
I walked around and talked to homeless. From the dozens I have talked with:
1. They are not from SF.
2. They were homeless somewhere else and it sucked.
3. Pan handling cash is easy. $100+ a day.
4. The SF programs kick ass. Suboxone clinics, Free cell phones, free bus passes, monthly stipends $$, even occasional housing
5. The police do not hassle much, you can shoot up on the street no problem.
It is a system designed to create more homelessness.