The announcement follows Newsom’s 2024 executive order, which directed encampment cleanups after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granted state and local governments more authority to remove them.

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[–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

How is a city spending $200k per homeless resident and still not providing them with housing?

That's more than 8 years' worth of rent/mortgage at $2k per month. And even longer in a more reasonably-priced home.

I understand there are more expenses than just rent, but I also understand that it's nearly impossible to get a job if you don't have a permanent residence. If we've got a homelessness crisis that includes working families, why wouldn't the states want to help those families?

A rent/mortgage assistance program seems like it would do a lot more long-term good than simply "cleaning up" encampments.

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