If hypothetically he could solve the housing crisis overnight, why wouldn’t he? He’s obviously got his sights on the presidency, and being able to resolve the housing crisis in one of the largest states is an easy way to get a lot of positive attention. He could solve the housing crisis over night, then for the next 4 years (trump’s/Biden’s presidency) he can take time to resolve other problems and pad his resume even more.
In my opinion, if Newsom is anything worth his salt, he would invest public funds into tiny homes and basically guaranteed jobs for the homeless, rather than being cool with things like:
living in the BART facilities
living in tents on the street
being rounded up into random buildings/facilities because Xi is coming
$20 minimum wage for everyone but Panera Bread since the CEO is my friend
Newsom, literally with the stoke of a pen, could invest public funds into helping the homeless in a provable way, yet he does not. The only conclusion I can come to is that he does not want to.
Please, convince me otherwise, but the state of, at least, SF under Newsom (and big tech, admittedly) has greatly deteriorated
Do you think California is not spending any money homelessness? 17.5 billion dollars in 4 years is nothing to scoff at. This includes money spent on housing, as well as temporary housing and appropriate services. So you’re right in that Newsom can invest public funds to helping homeless in a provable way, but he has actually done that.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/11/us/california-homeless-spending/index.html
Until we get our housing shortage sorted out (something that will take years maybe even decades to sort out, even if Newsom was a god king and made the decision to prioritize this issue over all others), we will continue to have this housing and by extension unhoused issue. Homelessness has been increasing throughout the country (source) and with a big contributions being from a shortage of housing built. States should be working on creating new housing(as several states, including California are doing), but the Federal government should be doing what they can to support the states in resolving this issue.
he doesn’t want to solve it. homelessness is a threat to keep the people who are on the verge from rioting.
but how would he solve it over night?
If hypothetically he could solve the housing crisis overnight, why wouldn’t he? He’s obviously got his sights on the presidency, and being able to resolve the housing crisis in one of the largest states is an easy way to get a lot of positive attention. He could solve the housing crisis over night, then for the next 4 years (trump’s/Biden’s presidency) he can take time to resolve other problems and pad his resume even more.
i’m guessing they’re saying by rounding them up and locking them up. I’m not the OC, however, so I’m not saying he could do it overnight.
In my opinion, if Newsom is anything worth his salt, he would invest public funds into tiny homes and basically guaranteed jobs for the homeless, rather than being cool with things like:
Newsom, literally with the stoke of a pen, could invest public funds into helping the homeless in a provable way, yet he does not. The only conclusion I can come to is that he does not want to.
Please, convince me otherwise, but the state of, at least, SF under Newsom (and big tech, admittedly) has greatly deteriorated
Do you think California is not spending any money homelessness? 17.5 billion dollars in 4 years is nothing to scoff at. This includes money spent on housing, as well as temporary housing and appropriate services. So you’re right in that Newsom can invest public funds to helping homeless in a provable way, but he has actually done that. https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/11/us/california-homeless-spending/index.html
Until we get our housing shortage sorted out (something that will take years maybe even decades to sort out, even if Newsom was a god king and made the decision to prioritize this issue over all others), we will continue to have this housing and by extension unhoused issue. Homelessness has been increasing throughout the country (source) and with a big contributions being from a shortage of housing built. States should be working on creating new housing(as several states, including California are doing), but the Federal government should be doing what they can to support the states in resolving this issue.