Frisco Pays Employees $300K but Can't Afford Port-a-potties for its Homeless

[longknife]

One has to wonder what San Francisco, which has some of the wealthiest citizens in the nation, is doing with all their money. After all, the major tenet of liberalism, which San Francisco declares is its guiding public policy, is to help the disadvantaged and poor.

It's just another typical city controlled by progressives who really only care for themselves and their continued power. Here are some examples:

There are many examples of salary extravagance. For example, according to the website TransparentCalifornia. com, Madonna P. Valencia, the manager of the Dept. of Public Health, had a salary of $275,395.65 in 2016. In addition to that, she received benefits of $65,154.15 in that year for a total compensation package of $340,549.80. Another manager of public health, Theresa A. Dentoni, received $276,109.42 in 2016 and benefits of $64,073.87 for a total of $340,183.73. And this in a city that cannot afford to make portable toilets available to residents.

The assistant medical examiner, Harminder S. Niarula, another person in public health, had a total salary in 2016 of $336,000. Stephen C. Wu, a senior physician specialist, earned $336,000 in 2016. Another supervising physician specialist, Catherine T. James, collected $333,000. And nursing supervisor Patricia Carr got $333,000.

Much more @ The Politics of San Francisco's Homelessness Problem

 

[Penelope]

You can expect it to get worst, since Hud funds have been decreased.

DC has the highest homeless count. Maybe Trump can open his hotel.
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It would be easy to dismiss such extreme poverty as a product of human frailty. Ben Carson, secretary of housing and urban development, has described poverty as a “state of mind”. Farha takes a contrary view.

“If I turned to San Francisco and there were 100 people who were homeless, I might say, ‘Hmm, this is probably about psychological disability, drug dependence, a history of sexual abuse in their childhood’ or something like that. I might be able to say that it is very individualized.

“But when you’re seeing the numbers of people who are homeless here and in every other city, you just know it’s structural.”

There is almost nowhere in the US that is affordable for those earning minimum wage. The country is short about 7.5m homes for extremely low-income renters. In San Francisco, the waitlist to get into a homeless shelter is more than 1,000 names long.

“In international human rights law,” Farha said, “providing shelter to people who are homeless is the absolute minimum standard for any country, regardless of resources.”

San Francisco or Mumbai? UN envoy encounters homeless life in California

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who benefitted from those tax cuts again.

 

[longknife]

Just a thought. In the early years of this nation, "homeless" people were probably frontiersmen. Those who left behind the structured, government-run environment for total freedom.

Could it be that "homeless" may include a lot of people who simply want out of the system?

 

[Penelope]

Just a thought. In the early years of this nation, "homeless" people were probably frontiersmen. Those who left behind the structured, government-run environment for total freedom.

Could it be that "homeless" may include a lot of people who simply want out of the system?

Subject change.

 

[longknife]

Just a thought. In the early years of this nation, "homeless" people were probably frontiersmen. Those who left behind the structured, government-run environment for total freedom.

Could it be that "homeless" may include a lot of people who simply want out of the system?

Subject change.

How?

 

[longknife]

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

You can expect it to get worst, since Hud funds have been decreased.

What makes the federal government on the hook for bailing out San Francisco?

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Just a thought. In the early years of this nation, "homeless" people were probably frontiersmen. Those who left behind the structured, government-run environment for total freedom.

Could it be that "homeless" may include a lot of people who simply want out of the system?

Most homeless people are either addicts or suffer mental issues of some kind

 

[IsaacNewton]

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Just a thought. In the early years of this nation, "homeless" people were probably frontiersmen. Those who left behind the structured, government-run environment for total freedom.

Could it be that "homeless" may include a lot of people who simply want out of the system?

That was my parents. Total freedom. No boss telling you what to do. No landlord looking up your ass. No one threatening to turn off the lights or heat. No time clock to punch. Freedom. There's a family in California that just lost their children for such freedom.

 

[OnePercenter]

One has to wonder what San Francisco, which has some of the wealthiest citizens in the nation, is doing with all their money. After all, the major tenet of liberalism, which San Francisco declares is its guiding public policy, is to help the disadvantaged and poor.

It's just another typical city controlled by progressives who really only care for themselves and their continued power. Here are some examples:

There are many examples of salary extravagance. For example, according to the website TransparentCalifornia. com, Madonna P. Valencia, the manager of the Dept. of Public Health, had a salary of $275,395.65 in 2016. In addition to that, she received benefits of $65,154.15 in that year for a total compensation package of $340,549.80. Another manager of public health, Theresa A. Dentoni, received $276,109.42 in 2016 and benefits of $64,073.87 for a total of $340,183.73. And this in a city that cannot afford to make portable toilets available to residents.

The assistant medical examiner, Harminder S. Niarula, another person in public health, had a total salary in 2016 of $336,000. Stephen C. Wu, a senior physician specialist, earned $336,000 in 2016. Another supervising physician specialist, Catherine T. James, collected $333,000. And nursing supervisor Patricia Carr got $333,000.

Much more @ The Politics of San Francisco's Homelessness Problem

They could do much better in the private sector.