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Mf actually trying to monetize the homeless 💀 (hexbear.net)

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-14/california-homelessness-epidemic-licensed-tent-villages

The camps are managed by Urban Alchemy, the San Francisco-based nonprofit that has rapidly grown into a multimillion-dollar street services enterprise and embodies an elastic philosophy of shelter.

Aggressive marketing aligned with rising public discontent over homelessness made for a winning strategy. By 2021 it reported $51 million in revenue primarily from contracts for street outreach and shelter operations in San Francisco; Austin, Texas; Portland, Ore.; and Los Angeles.

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when the headline is a question, the answer is no

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OI BRUV U GO' A LOICENSE FUH DA' DERE POVA' EE?

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Nothing will ever get better, but in fact it can get worse.

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:gabriel-bell:

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