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In reply to the discussion: Newsom to counties: Clear homeless encampments or lose funding [View all]whathehell
(29,502 posts)38. I see. Can you tell us what the particular
problems are and have been?
I don't think anyone expects the problem to be solved by "a magic wand", but to my knowledge, affordable housing has been a big issue (in the SF Bay area, especially) for closer to the last forty years rather than the last twenty.
I appreciate any information you can provide.
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A double hot potato of moving people with no place to live and reduced funding sounds super effective.
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 9
#1
Moving unsheltered people around just makes different groups of people unsafe/uncomfortable
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 9
#11
YES!YES!YES!! They are a problem but some cities are not doing anything or way too little besides that.
chowder66
Aug 9
#42
This is Newsom using the power of the purse to try to get cities to start solving the
chowder66
Aug 9
#15
Expanding shelters and more housing instead of shuffling them off to a different neighborhood.
chowder66
Aug 9
#16