Nearly 33% of homeless nationally are in California.

[Missourian]

According to the Associated Press almost a third of homeless people live in California.

This article cited incredibly unaffordable housing.

Why isn't California able to solve it's homeless crisis?

If California was a country it would have the sixth largest GDP in the world.

They have some of the highest tax rates in the country.

And it's not a matter of not spending money... They throw mountains of money at the problem...but is it spent wisely?

Remember that one toilet public bathroom that had a pricetag of $1.7 million dollars?

Link


If that's the kind of monetary decisions being made to battle the homeless crisis... It's no wonder no wonder they are losing ground.

An excerpt from the article...

 A ccording to the study, more than 90% of the state’s homeless residents are from California and more than 75% have lived in the same county where they were last housed. Researchers also found that 47% of all homeless adults are 50 or older.

A common misconception is that people choose to be homeless, but the report shows the cost of housing in the state has become unsustainable.

“They want to get off the streets, they want to get help, they want to get into some sort of stable housing situation, I don’t think it’s a matter of people choosing to be homeless per se but it’s because of their circumstances in life,” Wheeler said.

Study reveals details why California makes up one-third of U.S. homeless population

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – A new study reveals California makes up roughly a third of the nation’s homeless population, with roughly 171,000 individuals considered unhoused in the sta…

www.kget.com

 

[candycorn]

Any solutions you could offer would be welcome.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

They’re all strung out on drugs. Duh.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

California caused this crisis by trying to fix social problems by regulation. First there is a very high minimum wage. West Hollywood is toying with a $25.00 an hour minimum wage. This makes repair and maintenance services very high so rents have to be raised accordingly. It also reduces the workforce as employers fing ways of making do with fewer people. Property taxes cause additional increase in rents. Rent control only exacerbates the housing problem. Landlords unable to maintain the rentals on the amounts they can charge just remove the units and take the benefit from the tax loss.

 

[progressive hunter]

Any solutions you could offer would be welcome.

get a job and make something of yourself,,,

 

[Skylar]

According to the Associated Press almost a third of homeless people live in California.

This article cited incredibly unaffordable housing.

Why isn't California able to solve it's homeless crisis?

If California was a country it would have the sixth largest GDP in the world.

They have some of the highest tax rates in the country.

And it's not a matter of not spending money... They throw mountains of money at the problem...but is it spent wisely?

Remember that one toilet public bathroom that had a pricetag of $1.7 million dollars?

Link


If that's the kind of monetary decisions being made to battle the homeless crisis... It's no wonder no wonder they are losing ground.

An excerpt from the article...

 A ccording to the study, more than 90% of the state’s homeless residents are from California and more than 75% have lived in the same county where they were last housed. Researchers also found that 47% of all homeless adults are 50 or older.

A common misconception is that people choose to be homeless, but the report shows the cost of housing in the state has become unsustainable.

“They want to get off the streets, they want to get help, they want to get into some sort of stable housing situation, I don’t think it’s a matter of people choosing to be homeless per se but it’s because of their circumstances in life,” Wheeler said.

Study reveals details why California makes up one-third of U.S. homeless population

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – A new study reveals California makes up roughly a third of the nation’s homeless population, with roughly 171,000 individuals considered unhoused in the sta…

www.kget.com

Three things.

Enormously expensive housing, first and foremost. This is the root cause of most homelessness, full stop.

Temperate climate. You can survive outside in the winter in a lot of California. The same isn't true of say, Wisconsin or New Hampshire.

9th circuit rulings that without housing in place there is a right to sleep on public property.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

They’re a bunch of drug addicts. If they weren’t, they’d recognize California’s dysfunction and move out of state.

 

[Independentthinker]

According to the Associated Press almost a third of homeless people live in California.

This article cited incredibly unaffordable housing.

Why isn't California able to solve it's homeless crisis?

If California was a country it would have the sixth largest GDP in the world.

They have some of the highest tax rates in the country.

And it's not a matter of not spending money... They throw mountains of money at the problem...but is it spent wisely?

Remember that one toilet public bathroom that had a pricetag of $1.7 million dollars?

Link


If that's the kind of monetary decisions being made to battle the homeless crisis... It's no wonder no wonder they are losing ground.

An excerpt from the article...

 A ccording to the study, more than 90% of the state’s homeless residents are from California and more than 75% have lived in the same county where they were last housed. Researchers also found that 47% of all homeless adults are 50 or older.

A common misconception is that people choose to be homeless, but the report shows the cost of housing in the state has become unsustainable.

“They want to get off the streets, they want to get help, they want to get into some sort of stable housing situation, I don’t think it’s a matter of people choosing to be homeless per se but it’s because of their circumstances in life,” Wheeler said.

Study reveals details why California makes up one-third of U.S. homeless population

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – A new study reveals California makes up roughly a third of the nation’s homeless population, with roughly 171,000 individuals considered unhoused in the sta…

www.kget.com

The best place to start is voting out the blue team.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Any solutions you could offer would be welcome.

Forcibly round them ALL up, forcibly take their drugs away, and keep them imprisoned until they are free of their addiction.

It of course will never happen, as long as existing laws are unchanged.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Any solutions you could offer would be welcome.

Reopen all the mental institutions we closed in the 70s and 80s.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Three things.

Enormously expensive housing, first and foremost. This is the root cause of most homelessness, full stop.

Temperate climate. You can survive outside in the winter in a lot of California. The same isn't true of say, Wisconsin or New Hampshire.

9th circuit rulings that without housing in place there is a right to sleep on public property.

The "root cause" is the fact that most all of them are alcoholics and or drug addicts.

 

[candycorn]

Forcibly round them ALL up, forcibly take their drugs away, and keep them imprisoned until they are free of their addiction.

It of course will never happen, as long as existing laws are unchanged.

And we currently have few prison beds available, a shortage of prison guards, and also that pesky constitution that doesn't allow for wholesale "forcible round ups"

 

[StoneCold]

And we currently have few prison beds available, a shortage of prison guards, and also that pesky constitution that doesn't allow for wholesale "forcible round ups"

You expect them to obey laws, or the Constitution?
I bet they don't!

 

[candycorn]

You expect them to obey laws, or the Constitution?
I bet they don't!

Well, the SCOTUS could just outlaw homelessness I suppose.

 

[bodecea]

According to the Associated Press almost a third of homeless people live in California.

This article cited incredibly unaffordable housing.

Why isn't California able to solve it's homeless crisis?

If California was a country it would have the sixth largest GDP in the world.

They have some of the highest tax rates in the country.

And it's not a matter of not spending money... They throw mountains of money at the problem...but is it spent wisely?

Remember that one toilet public bathroom that had a pricetag of $1.7 million dollars?

Link


If that's the kind of monetary decisions being made to battle the homeless crisis... It's no wonder no wonder they are losing ground.

An excerpt from the article...

 A ccording to the study, more than 90% of the state’s homeless residents are from California and more than 75% have lived in the same county where they were last housed. Researchers also found that 47% of all homeless adults are 50 or older.

A common misconception is that people choose to be homeless, but the report shows the cost of housing in the state has become unsustainable.

“They want to get off the streets, they want to get help, they want to get into some sort of stable housing situation, I don’t think it’s a matter of people choosing to be homeless per se but it’s because of their circumstances in life,” Wheeler said.

Study reveals details why California makes up one-third of U.S. homeless population

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – A new study reveals California makes up roughly a third of the nation’s homeless population, with roughly 171,000 individuals considered unhoused in the sta…

www.kget.com

Where they don't freeze..
Lots in Hawaii too.

 

[bodecea]

Well, the SCOTUS could just outlaw homelessness I suppose.

Trying that in some red states.

 

[catatomic]

One thing I think is these homeless people stay in rather than leave California.

 

[progressive hunter]

Well, the SCOTUS could just outlaw homelessness I suppose.

SCOTUS doesnt make policy or laws dumbass,,,

 

[progressive hunter]

One thing I think is these homeless people stay in rather than leave California.

california is far to valuble to the country to just walk away,,

better to fix the problem and outlaw democrats,,,

 

[lennypartiv]

And we currently have few prison beds available, a shortage of prison guards, and also that pesky constitution that doesn't allow for wholesale "forcible round ups"

Yeah, liberals wouldn't let us do anything smart.