'It’s mayhem and craziness:’ Californians react to Newsom’s order to remove homeless encampments - eviltoast
Local officials and advocates are divided over how to respond to the directive, which has left homeless people without a clear idea where they will wind up.
  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
    191·
    3 months ago

    While local governments are not forced to comply, Newsom said in a press conference on Thursday that he will withhold funding from cities and counties for not clearing encampments next year.

    Fucking Eric Adams with a $1000 haircut 🤬

    • TheStar@lemmy.world
      33·
      3 months ago

      Nope, he provided them a ton of funding to fix the problem … and they didn’t. Kind of their fault

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
        51·
        3 months ago

        If by “fix the problem” you mean punish unhoused people for existing and/or just get them out of sight without doing anything about the underlying problems causing homelessness.

        Chief amongst them the sky high housing costs no doubt caused by the profiteering of some of Newsom’s billionaire donors and former colleagues in the real estate industry.

        • TheStar@lemmy.world
          14·
          3 months ago

          Nope I do not mean that. $24 billion in funding plus 4 billion in grants to local governments. All of this before they decided to start removing homeless people from the streets. Don’t tell them they haven’t tried to fix the root cause, they have, they just couldn’t manage to do it, and honestly I can’t blame them, rehabilitating homeless people is a tough job that money can’t do.

          • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
            32·
            3 months ago

            Don’t tell them they haven’t tried to fix the root cause, they have

            Do you have a source of every local government in California trying to implement regulations that only the state and federal governments are empowered to enact? Other than your ass, I mean.

            rehabilitating homeless people is a tough job that money can’t do.

            Oh. You’re one of those victim blaming “homelessness is because of drugs and mental illness” bigots. How disappointing.

  • Cornpop@lemmy.worldEnglish
    166·
    3 months ago

    Something needs to be done though. This a start but only half of a solution. The homeless do need to be taken off the streets and the massive roadside camps need to be demolished. It’s a legit health and safety hazard. Maybe make dedicated areas a little more off the beaten path and provide power and water and sewer services for them to set up in a more appropriate area in the woods.

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      253·
      3 months ago

      Or maybe the problem should not be swept under the rug, and the root causes, meaning the housing market, the economy and mental health should be treated.

      Note that many other places don’t have a problem of homeless encampments this big. Wonder why.

      • TheStar@lemmy.world
        32·
        3 months ago

        And how would we do that? In places like SF we’ve spent billions trying to fix the problem … and nothing has been fixed. There are many options for help but the people on the streets choose not to seek for help, they made the decision to stay on the streets and this is the consequence.

        • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          Yeah, it’s their fault, not the nonexistent public (mental) healthcare, not the insane inflation and housing prices, not any of that.

          Maybe those billions should have been spent differently. How many houses did you build out of those billions for example?

    • qwertilliopasd@lemmy.world
      81·
      3 months ago

      This a start but only half of a solution

      It’s the second, worse half. Set up those services first. Destroying what little these people can scrape together only serves to push them further down.