Los Angeles Pays $66,667/Year for Each Homeless Person

[Weatherman2020]

Perfect example of how Democrats run things.

The poverty level for a single person is $11,770. The median income for a single person in 2012 was $27k. The city is paying a billion dollars a year to support the homeless. And the problem only grows because companies (revenue) are fleeing Democrat controlled areas. There is no possible way to sustain this lunacy.

"Los Angeles County spends close to $1 billion a year caring for and managing homeless people, with a majority of the money going to their health needs, according to a new report. The study, produced for the county chief executive office’s homeless initiative, examined costs for 150,000 single adults who experienced homelessness during a 12-month period in 2014-2015."

Los Angeles County spends $1 billion managing homelessness, report finds

 

[TNHarley]

Nothing wrong with helping homeless but you have to do it right. They are obviously doing everything wrong lol

 

[martybegan]

Nothing wrong with helping homeless but you have to do it right. They are obviously doing everything wrong lol

It's because the idea isn't to "solve" the issue of homelessness, its because their idea is to treat the symptoms (and of course give some government bureaucrats life-ling cushy jobs where you are not expected to solve anything).

 

[Weatherman2020]

It's what happens when government takes over a task.

 

[Rustic]

Perfect example of how Democrats run things.

The poverty level for a single person is $11,770. The median income for a single person in 2012 was $27k. The city is paying a billion dollars a year to support the homeless. And the problem only grows because companies (revenue) are fleeing Democrat controlled areas. There is no possible way to sustain this lunacy.

"Los Angeles County spends close to $1 billion a year caring for and managing homeless people, with a majority of the money going to their health needs, according to a new report. The study, produced for the county chief executive office’s homeless initiative, examined costs for 150,000 single adults who experienced homelessness during a 12-month period in 2014-2015."

Los Angeles County spends $1 billion managing homelessness, report finds

Typical progressives, dumb as a bag of hammers

 

[waltky]

Should we give homeless people homes?...

Should we give every homeless person a home?
Tue, 26 Apr 2016 - Is providing housing without any strings attached the secret to solving long-term homelessness?

The Canadian city of Medicine Hat recently became the first city to end homelessness thanks to a surprisingly simple idea: giving every person living on the streets a home with no strings attached. Unlike many other homelessness initiatives, the so-called "Housing First" approach doesn't require homeless people to make steps towards solving other issues like alcoholism, mental health problems or drug addiction before they get accommodation. Four experts talk to the BBC World Service Inquiry programme about how and why the approach works and some of its limitations.

Sam Tsemberis: The light bulb moment

Dr Sam Tsemberis is a psychiatrist who founded Pathways to Housing in New York City in 1992, and developed the Housing First model. "In the 1980s I was working at Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital on the east side of Manhattan, and I walked about 30 blocks to work. "I began to walk past people that I recognised, people I had treated when I was working on the inpatient service at the hospital. They had gotten discharged, and were on the street, sometimes literally in the pyjamas that they had been discharged with from the hospital. It was quite disturbing. "Many of them told me over and over again, 'I need a place to stay, a simple, decent, affordable place of my own like I had before I became homeless'.

"People had to participate in psychiatric treatment or be clean and sober in order to get housing. That was a precondition. And curing addiction or curing mental illness is still something we don't know how to do, and that was exactly what was being asked of people. It was an impossible hurdle to jump over. "We began to do something that no-one had really done before, which was to take people on the street and offer them a place to live, no conditions other than sign the lease and pay your rent. "The other breakthrough was to offer normal housing. We rented housing from community landlords on the open market, and people lived in apartments with families, older people, younger people, students, people of all types, including some people who had just the day before been homeless, but were homeless no longer.

"In that first year we had 50 people. The rule-of-thumb in most treatment programmes is a third do better, a third do worse and a third stay the same. "At the end of the first year 84% were still housed: 84% of people who had been on the street for years. We knew we were onto something very important. "At first it was misunderstood, and I think people were very uncomfortable because they thought of it as enabling something that should be earned, but if you back up from moral judgments, homeless people are already suffering and providing them with a house actually gets us much closer to the goal that we all want. "We all want people off the streets and living a productive, meaningful life. This is just a much quicker, more effective and cost-saving way of getting to exactly that goal."

Philip Mangano: The conversion

 

[Mr. H.]

I work my fucking ass off and don't earn $66K/year. Fuck this fucking bullshit. Fuck you Democrats, Socialists, Progressives, Liberals. Fuck you all.

 

[Moonglow]

I work my fucking ass off and don't earn $66K/year. Fuck this fucking bullshit. Fuck you Democrats, Socialists, Progressives, Liberals. Fuck you all.

Eww, I'm gettin' a boner...

 

[Mr. H.]

I work my fucking ass off and don't earn $66K/year. Fuck this fucking bullshit. Fuck you Democrats, Socialists, Progressives, Liberals. Fuck you all.

Eww, I'm gettin' a boner...

Whatever turns you on, my little bitch.

 

[Moonglow]

I work my fucking ass off and don't earn $66K/year. Fuck this fucking bullshit. Fuck you Democrats, Socialists, Progressives, Liberals. Fuck you all.

Eww, I'm gettin' a boner...

Whatever turns you on, my little bitch.

A free home would be nice....

 

[Mr. H.]

I work my fucking ass off and don't earn $66K/year. Fuck this fucking bullshit. Fuck you Democrats, Socialists, Progressives, Liberals. Fuck you all.

Eww, I'm gettin' a boner...

Whatever turns you on, my little bitch.

A free home would be nice....

Bernie Sanders has one waiting for you.

As does Hillary Clinton, but you'll have to eat out her rotted and fetted pussy first.

 

[Moonglow]

I work my fucking ass off and don't earn $66K/year. Fuck this fucking bullshit. Fuck you Democrats, Socialists, Progressives, Liberals. Fuck you all.

Eww, I'm gettin' a boner...

Whatever turns you on, my little bitch.

A free home would be nice....

Bernie Sanders has one waiting for you.

As does Hillary Clinton, but you'll have to eat out her rotted and fetted pussy first.

Not the way she has coughing fits, it's like the shower they use on veggies in the supermarket to keep them moist..

 

[sonic]

Perfect example of how Democrats run things.

The poverty level for a single person is $11,770. The median income for a single person in 2012 was $27k. The city is paying a billion dollars a year to support the homeless. And the problem only grows because companies (revenue) are fleeing Democrat controlled areas. There is no possible way to sustain this lunacy.

"Los Angeles County spends close to $1 billion a year caring for and managing homeless people, with a majority of the money going to their health needs, according to a new report. The study, produced for the county chief executive office’s homeless initiative, examined costs for 150,000 single adults who experienced homelessness during a 12-month period in 2014-2015."

Los Angeles County spends $1 billion managing homelessness, report finds

LMAO - get your math straight sparky. 1 billion / 44,000 homeless is slightly less than $23,000. The bigger threat is uneducated Right Wingers who can't do basic math!

 

[Katzndogz]

Give them a home. They won't stay there.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Perfect example of how Democrats run things.

The poverty level for a single person is $11,770. The median income for a single person in 2012 was $27k. The city is paying a billion dollars a year to support the homeless. And the problem only grows because companies (revenue) are fleeing Democrat controlled areas. There is no possible way to sustain this lunacy.

"Los Angeles County spends close to $1 billion a year caring for and managing homeless people, with a majority of the money going to their health needs, according to a new report. The study, produced for the county chief executive office’s homeless initiative, examined costs for 150,000 single adults who experienced homelessness during a 12-month period in 2014-2015."

Los Angeles County spends $1 billion managing homelessness, report finds

As a person, who's seen skid row up close, I can tell you they aren't spending nearly enough. It's crazy sh**.

 

[waltky]

Homelessness increasing in Los Angeles...

Number of people homeless in Los Angeles increasing
Fri, May 06, 2016 - The number of homeless people in Los Angeles County jumped by nearly 6 percent over the past year to 46,874, in part due to a “historic” housing shortage, authorities said on Wednesday.

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority said in its report that the increase came about despite a reduction in the number of homeless veterans and homeless families. Homelessness among veterans dropped by 30 percent across the county, while the number of homeless families fell by 18 percent, largely thanks to an increase in funding by the US federal government. “Homelessness responds to resources,” authority executive director Peter Lynn said. “When we have systematically applied city, county and federal resources, we see results.” According to the report, the number of homeless people in the city of Los Angeles jumped by 11 percent while other areas in the county saw larger increases.

The vast majority of the county’s homeless — 34,527 — are without shelter, the authority said, meaning that they are living in tents, shantytowns or vehicles. “Despite our progress, Los Angeles is facing a historic housing shortage, a staggering mental health crisis and veterans are becoming homeless every day,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said. “As a city, we have launched efforts to tackle these issues, securing record federal investments in supportive services for veteran families, producing a comprehensive homelessness strategy report and expanding a robust winter shelter program. This year, we are doubling down on our work,” he added.

Garcetti in September last year joined several other elected officials outside his office, blocks away from the city’s notorious Skid Row, to announce a plan to spend US$100 million to eradicate homelessness. However, critics say that while such measures are welcome they fail to address the core issue of the loss of affordable housing.

Number of people homeless in Los Angeles increasing - Taipei Times

 

[Arianrhod]

Give them a home. They won't stay there.

Utah has. They do stay.

But I'm sure you have extensive research to back your claim, which you'll be happy to share with us.

 

[Vandalshandle]

Ther Right puts forth another case to euthanize the poor! I think they call it "compassionate conservatism".

 

[waltky]

L.A. tryin' to solve it's homeless problem...

LA votes to put $1.2 billion homeless measure on ballot
June 29, 2016 — The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to place a $1.2 billion bond measure before voters to raise money to fight homelessness.

The council voted 14-0 to put a measure on the November ballot to provide a decade's worth of money for shelters, permanent housing, drug and alcohol treatment and mental health services to the homeless. It also would provide affordable housing to poor people in danger of becoming homeless, ranging from the elderly to battered women and their children. Los Angeles is struggling to deal with a surging homeless population, now estimated at 27,000. "Every night in Los Angeles, tens of thousands of Angelenos — men, women, children, veterans, and seniors — sleep on our streets," Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a statement praising the council decision. "This crisis is pervasive, it endangers public health and stifles economic prosperity." "As we continue working on regional solutions with state and county officials, we must seize this moment — and we'll need everyone's help," the mayor said.

The cost of repaying the bonds would fall on property owners, who on average would pay an extra $40 to $80 a year in taxes, according to city estimates. An alternative funding method would be to create a parcel tax on property improvements that could raise around $90 million a year over 10 years. The City Council postponed, until at least Friday, a decision on whether to put that measure on the November ballot. The council hasn't decided which funding method to pursue and would have until Aug. 12 to pull one or the other off the ballot. Both measures will face opposition from apartment building owners, said Dan Feller, president of the Los Angeles-based Apartment Owners Association of California. "We're taxed to death already," he told City News Service. "The city of Los Angeles already puts a cap on our income with our rent control, harasses us with property inspections, and now they want to put more tax on us."

City officials have a 10-year plan to battle homelessness at a cost of nearly $2 billion but haven't nailed down the funding. In May, the City Council approved a budget plan that set aside $138 million to provide services and 600 units of housing. However, part of that money would come from charging new fees to developers that haven't been approved. The council's decision Wednesday came as dozens of media outlets in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle were saturating online, TV and print publications with stories about homelessness. In San Francisco, several city supervisors are trying to place a measure on the November ballot that would create a 1.5 percent payroll tax on technology companies to pay for homeless and housing services.

The ordinance reflects a deep divide in a city where thousands of people have marched on city hall to halt evictions and decry spiraling rents they say is due to the growing number of newcomers to San Francisco. Supervisors have until Aug. 2 to get the ordinance through the 11-member board. Alex Tourk, a spokesman with technology advocacy group sf.citi, called the proposal a "disincentive to job growth" and the "antithesis of thoughtful policy development." "Instead of penalizing success," he wrote in an email, "legislators should be engaging many of these revolutionary companies who are changing the future of work as we know it to work with government on solutions to complex problems such as homelessness."

LA votes to put $1.2 billion homeless measure on ballot

 

[waltky]

Homeless man set on fire...

Calif. Police Hunt Suspect in Homeless Attacks
July 7, 2016 - A homeless man was attacked and set on fire between downtown San Diego apartments Wednesday, the fourth attack on transients in as many days by the same assailant who has killed two men and left two in critical condition.

Police officials said Wednesday that the person of interest seen in images shared with the public is now a suspect. Homicide Capt. David Nisleit said investigators are sure the man committed all four crimes, although he did not detail why they are certain. He implored the public to help find the man, adding that the department has already received many leads, and plans to follow up on every one. "We really need the public's assistance," Nisleit said. "I truly believe that's how we're going to make this case. Someone's gonna recognize this person and give us who it is, and we're going to find him and arrest him." Mayor Kevin Faulconer and Chief Shelley Zimmerman said cracking the case is the department's highest priority. Officers are informing those who are homeless of the attacks, showing them photos of the suspect, working to connect people with services and shelter, and advising them to be particularly aware of their surroundings. "These evil acts of violence are some of the worst I've seen in my 34 years in law enforcement," Zimmerman said.

Nisleit stopped short of calling the assailant a serial killer, which is defined as a person who commits three or more related homicides, but described the attacks as a series. "We consider him extremely dangerous," Nisleit said. "We need to have him removed from the community as soon as possible." The spree began Sunday. Police said the victims all suffered similar and significant trauma to the upper torso, but would not detail the injuries. The last three attacked had been sleeping; all had been alone. Police don't believe the victims are connected in any way. Angelo De Nardo was the first victim. He was found ablaze under the Interstate 5 bridge at Clairemont Drive in Bay Park about 8 a.m. An autopsy concluded the 53-year-old had suffered extensive injuries before being lit on fire, homicide investigators said.

Police said a man was seen carrying a gas can while running across northbound freeway lanes about two blocks away. He was described as between 30 and 50 years old, wearing a tan or brown jacket or sweatshirt and a baseball cap, and was carrying a backpack. The victims of Monday's attacks were identified Wednesday. Manuel Mason, 61, was found critically injured in the Midway District about 4:50 a.m. He is expected to survive. Shawn Longley, 41, was found dead near the tennis courts at Robb Athletic Field in Ocean Beach about 6:10 a.m. Witnesses to Wednesday's attack heard a commotion and saw one man crouched over another behind Koll Center Apartments south of Broadway at Columbia Street. One man ran to help the victim and yanked a flaming towel off of him, saving him from burns, Nisleit said.

He said the towel had been soaked in a flammable liquid and placed on the 23-year-old victim. He said the man suffered "significant trauma" to his upper torso, but he declined to describe what kind of weapon may have been used. The victim's family had not yet been notified of his condition, so his name was not released. The assailant was described only as a man of medium height and weight, wearing a hooded sweat shirt with the hood drawn tightly around his face, and possibly in jeans. A resident of the nearby Park Row condominiums, who did not want his name published out of concerns for his safety, said he witnessed part of the Wednesday attack after a banging noise woke him.

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