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In reply to the discussion: Meanwhile at a S.F. Walgreens [View all]While the recall of Newsom is expected to (thankfully) fail, it would be foolish to think that a growing resentment won't see the return of the GOP. It's not like it hasn't happened in the past. Privately, many liberals will express their exasperation with the homeless issue and the utter incompetency of the government to address it. God forbid you say anything critical about the situation, lest you be labeled a heartless and insensitive asshole. Meanwhile, encampments have taken over large swaths of public land like the Civic Center, which is basically a homeless village at this point. You can even find them camping out in what is supposed to be environmentally-protected areas like Land's End, and Muir National Forest. Berkeley finally cleaned out one particularly large encampment along Highway 80 and ended up removing over 30 TONS of garbage.
Good luck to Seattle; if they continue making excuses instead of providing actual treatment for drug addiction and mental illness, they're going to follow the same path.