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whathehell

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38. I see. Can you tell us what the particular
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 06:55 PM
Aug 9

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
But there are shelters and other places they can go JI7 Aug 9 #2
what lifestyle WhiskeyGrinder Aug 9 #4
? newdayneeded Aug 9 #13
FALSE nt intrepidity Aug 9 #5
The shelters are hell holes and not safe Johnny2X2X Aug 9 #8
How about the people who have to live or work near these encampments? newdeal2 Aug 9 #10
Moving unsheltered people around just makes different groups of people unsafe/uncomfortable WhiskeyGrinder Aug 9 #11
There are homeless encampments and there are itinerant encampments. haele Aug 10 #43
Why? tavernier Aug 9 #19
Shelters are underfunded Johnny2X2X Aug 9 #22
Thanks! tavernier Aug 9 #27
There are shelters and there are shelters. maxsolomon Aug 9 #20
this is true rollin74 Aug 9 #26
Blanket statements don't exactly work here LearnedHand Aug 9 #30
Appropriate shelters or quonset huts with bunks? haele Aug 9 #37
More about the issue chowder66 Aug 9 #14
Problem is the NIMBYs haele Aug 9 #39
YES!YES!YES!! They are a problem but some cities are not doing anything or way too little besides that. chowder66 Aug 9 #42
WTF are they going to do with them? Arthur_Frain Aug 9 #3
This is Newsom using the power of the purse to try to get cities to start solving the chowder66 Aug 9 #15
I pin my hopes on this part of his statement intrepidity Aug 9 #6
What does "produce results" look like? WhiskeyGrinder Aug 9 #7
Good question for Newsom. nt intrepidity Aug 9 #9
Expanding shelters and more housing instead of shuffling them off to a different neighborhood. chowder66 Aug 9 #16
So how do you do that if your funding is cut WhiskeyGrinder Aug 9 #35
They've been given grants or money already. chowder66 Aug 9 #41
Newsom going under the bus. nt LexVegas Aug 9 #12
He shouldn't. He's trying to get cities to act instead of putting a bandaid over the problem. chowder66 Aug 9 #17
Homelessness would be an excellent plank to a platform. Prairie_Seagull Aug 9 #18
Expect to hear nothing about Homelessness in this campaign maxsolomon Aug 9 #23
Sorry but homelessness IS an issue edisdead Aug 9 #21
Agreed. There needs to be a stick here, as well as carrots. maxsolomon Aug 9 #24
Good. WarGamer Aug 9 #25
How about some Affordable Housing whathehell Aug 9 #28
There is affordable housing being developed all over CA maxsolomon Aug 9 #31
Are you a builder? whathehell Aug 9 #33
No, Architect maxsolomon Aug 9 #34
I see. Can you tell us what the particular whathehell Aug 9 #38
The basic issue is that non-profits cannot maxsolomon Aug 9 #40
Some of these camps Mz Pip Aug 9 #29
Someone is prepping for a presidential run in the future (nt) hardluck Aug 9 #32
That's all this is? Posturing for 2032? maxsolomon Aug 9 #36
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