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wasupaloopa

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84. Alright don't. Get off my case

Sat Jun 8, 2019, 07:07 PM

Jun 2019

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For 9 1/2 years I worked for the county of Santa Barbara administering HUD and other homeless grants. I kept people in housing.

What the fuck did you do beside act like a know it all?

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Staggering homeless count stuns LA officials. [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2019 OP

from article Demovictory9 Jun 2019 #1

And yet LA County somehow is going to spend $300 million on 100% unverifiable vote-stealing diva77 Jun 2019 #2

I don't think so... stillcool Jun 2019 #33

Check out this post which provides facts and signed letters from experts to the contrary. diva77 Jun 2019 #55

Reading this makes me so frustrated. Makes me want to go and watch "Keeping up with the Kardashians" YOHABLO Jun 2019 #3

Sure. After all, much of this starts all across the nation, Hortensis Jun 2019 #16

You have to raise property taxes to fund the counties homeless programs. wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #39

Raise the cost of housing, to cover the cost of helping the homeless. Fla_Democrat Jun 2019 #78

My home town, Portland, OR is in the same mess Hulk Jun 2019 #4

"Many are irresponsible and create all sorts of problems for the neighborhoods they infest." RoadMan Jun 2019 #11

+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Jun 2019 #18

They're right. Try living around it for a while and you will agree. I work in SF Dream Girl Jun 2019 #30

So human beings are vermin RoadMan Jun 2019 #34

Where in the hell do you get off..? Hulk Jun 2019 #69

I didn't say it RoadMan Jun 2019 #75

Nice try, bud. Hulk Jun 2019 #79

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2019 #80

Where do homeless people go to poop? Not in the customers only bathrooms. wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #41

Sweet Jesus! Hulk Jun 2019 #70

Alright don't. Get off my case wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #84

It takes way more than compassion or empathy Dorian Gray Jun 2019 #82

I administered homeless grants in the county of Santa Barbara. Tell me about it. wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #85

Absolutely Dorian Gray Jun 2019 #86

HMIS is a data base of homeless people who have come wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #87

The city of Denver recently set up a tiny home community gldstwmn Jun 2019 #89

So you agree they "infest" neighborhoods? Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #44

Another stupid post. Hulk Jun 2019 #71

Read what you wrote. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #72

You can do better than this dehumanizing take. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #20

This view of homelessness is uncharitable in the extreme. Aristus Jun 2019 #42

Aristis is totally correct. Most homeless people are invisible from the rest of the population.. Stuart G Jun 2019 #74

I'm not arguing or being disrespectful DashOneBravo Jun 2019 #76

homeless enid602 Jun 2019 #46

Pretty much any west coast big city is like this shanti Jun 2019 #62

I was attacked by a homeless woman mnhtnbb Jun 2019 #77

Opioids, meth, and heroin are the main cause of the growth in this issue. TeamPooka Jun 2019 #5

Interesting. Do you have any data to Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #9

Tons TeamPooka Jun 2019 #23

if only it were that simple Blues Heron Jun 2019 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #27

Economy is good for the investor class RoadMan Jun 2019 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #53

then those officials need to get out more and Raine Jun 2019 #6

A country as big and free as ours will have a homeless problem of tremendous proportion. lindysalsagal Jun 2019 #7

republicans accept full reponsibility Achilleaze Jun 2019 #8

What Republicans are running LA? former9thward Jun 2019 #13

Yup, we have to own this one Amishman Jun 2019 #22

Homelessness is a NATIONAL CRISIS. maxsolomon Jun 2019 #35

Yes, it is a nationwide problem and one that each city attempts to address in its own way... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #45

Here in Sacramento too shanti Jun 2019 #64

Spot on. a la izquierda Jun 2019 #83

I bet a good chunk of the homeless are people of average means. Vinca Jun 2019 #12

I will take your bet. former9thward Jun 2019 #14

I agree with that, but the people who can afford the homes aren't the ones working Vinca Jun 2019 #17

And how does a person who has been priced out of a community scrape Coventina Jun 2019 #21

Pricing out of a community does not happen overnight. former9thward Jun 2019 #24

You make many allegations, but fail to provide support for any of them. LanternWaste Jun 2019 #26

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2019 #81

Except the 15% of all homeless adults that are identified as survivors of domestic violence LanternWaste Jun 2019 #25

You are wrong kcr Jun 2019 #31

I don't think there is such a thing anymore. Initech Jun 2019 #48

Nope...people of average means move farther out or out of the city altogether (or have roommates) Dream Girl Jun 2019 #59

Trump actually is dropping off undocumented immigrants in sanctuary cities perhaps. sarabelle Jun 2019 #15

I live in a nice neighborhood in Los Angeles County. TruckFump Jun 2019 #19

Really? When rent is skyrocketing so much that people can't afford it, you're surprised? Initech Jun 2019 #28

Except some homeless people move here for the nice climate. Easier to live on the streets in 50 Dream Girl Jun 2019 #32

that would mean they move for survival maxsolomon Jun 2019 #37

So it's not the high rent prices that are making them homeless? Dream Girl Jun 2019 #57

some homeless come to the city from elsewhere. maxsolomon Jun 2019 #60

Why would people move to a city that is completely unaffordable for most middle class people... Dream Girl Jun 2019 #58

so they don't freeze to death? maxsolomon Jun 2019 #61

Weather makes it much more liveable, but my point is it's not really the high rents Dream Girl Jun 2019 #63

maybe, maybe not. maxsolomon Jun 2019 #65

It is complicated and while eviction is a factor, there are protections, at least in SF... Dream Girl Jun 2019 #66

rent control exists in very few places in the land of the free. maxsolomon Jun 2019 #67

Those assholes. MrsCoffee Jun 2019 #51

High rent prices aren't the only reason too ... the limited supply of housing coming up for sale ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #47

The city's median price for a one-bedroom apartment was $1360 DBoon Jun 2019 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author SamuelTwain Jun 2019 #38

Do you know how offensive that is? Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2019 #40

Sorry, I was being sarcastic. I deleted the post. You're right. SamuelTwain Jun 2019 #43

Thank you.N/T Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2019 #56

What percentage have come to LA from somewhere else? LeftinOH Jun 2019 #49

what percentage of people with homes came from somewhere else? Kali Jun 2019 #52

In Salt Lake City we also have major homeless issues Calculating Jun 2019 #50

I guess SLC is a Librul City so that's why there's a problem? maxsolomon Jun 2019 #54

The homeless tend to gravitate toward fast-growing cities with mild winters and where panhandling is dalton99a Jun 2019 #68

1962 book: The Other America, Michael Harrington.. Stuart G Jun 2019 #73

Residential housing has been turned into an asset class JCMach1 Jun 2019 #88