The Los Angeles Homeless Containment Thread (apartments, crime, homes)

[Electrician4you]

Originally Posted by jm1982

It almost seems like the more billions raised for homelessness " the worse it gets right ?

They have been “working” on the “ homeless problem” for years now. LA even has their own Homeless Services Authority since about 1993. I believe currently it’s 430 MILLION dollar a year budget. And we still have a homeless problem with 430 million dollar budget .....What we have is a squandering and no responsibility to spending is what we have.

https://laist.com/2020/04/20/los-ang...s-spending.php

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by Electrician4you

They have been “working” on the “ homeless problem” for years now.

Hard Lives Made Harder by COVID: Homeless Endure a ‘Slow-Moving Train Wreck’
This was supposed to be the year California finally did something about its homelessness epidemic. COVID-19 upended that promise:

https://californiahealthline.org/new...g-train-wreck/

[Electrician4you]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Hard Lives Made Harder by COVID: Homeless Endure a ‘Slow-Moving Train Wreck’
This was supposed to be the year California finally did something about its homelessness epidemic. COVID-19 upended that promise:

https://californiahealthline.org/new...g-train-wreck/

He homeless problem will never go away. The amount of money is astronomical. And since homeless people don’t make any money someone. Has to pay for it. It will take and I’m being very miserly here 50k a year to house a homeless person. The cost to house a inmate is a average 40,000 give or take 20k depending on the state.. Nor does it take in account the mental and health services these people need. That’s also not counting the cost of building AND maintaining housing complexes so let’s say 100,000 a year for 50,000 people . That’s 5,000,000,000 dollars a year.

Let’s assume half get their crap together and become actual contributing members of society. That’s still 2,500,000,000,000 dollars spent on caring for homeless. And I’m betting quite a few of them want the free living without any rules.

People like to talk and say we need to do something....yeah...get ready to start paying I guess. A d considering the government is going to do the taking care you can see how the estimate will balloon to double. Why? Because our government is not only inefficient it’s very incompetent. But that’s most governments.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by Electrician4you

He homeless problem will never go away. The amount of money is astronomical.

It certainly has increased, and not just in Los Angeles, unfortunately. Apparently the increase in meth use does not help, either....nor does the pandemic. Possibly there will be more federal aid for the homeless with the new administration.

Last summer, Mark Casanova, of Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, told The Times that meth accounted for 70% of drug use among L.A.’s homeless population. Between 2005 and 2019, according to county data, more than 185,000 individuals who entered publicly funded treatment programs in Los Angeles were admitted for meth.

Op-Ed: Washington has to help with L.A.'s meth addiction:
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...ulation-opioid

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by Electrician4you

He homeless problem will never go away. The amount of money is astronomical. And since homeless people don’t make any money someone. Has to pay for it. It will take and I’m being very miserly here 50k a year to house a homeless person. The cost to house a inmate is a average 40,000 give or take 20k depending on the state.. Nor does it take in account the mental and health services these people need. That’s also not counting the cost of building AND maintaining housing complexes so let’s say 100,000 a year for 50,000 people . That’s 5,000,000,000 dollars a year.

Let’s assume half get their crap together and become actual contributing members of society. That’s still 2,500,000,000,000 dollars spent on caring for homeless. And I’m betting quite a few of them want the free living without any rules.

People like to talk and say we need to do something....yeah...get ready to start paying I guess. A d considering the government is going to do the taking care you can see how the estimate will balloon to double. Why? Because our government is not only inefficient it’s very incompetent. But that’s most governments.

The cost to keep an inmate in a California State Prison is $81,000 per year. There are a number of ways to provide housing for the homeless, it's not necessary to give them each a condo. Chicago requires owners of motels that are for sale to give the City an opportunity to buy it before it is listed, they rehab the motels and place homeless people in them. San Bernardino has successfully run homeless car parks for over a decade. Other cities have "tent cities", it's never 'cheap' but it doesn't have to cost 5 billion dollars a year, that's just silly. But here's an idea - maybe corporations could kick in some money to house them? They are the only ones who really benefited from Trump's tax bill.

[Finper]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

The cost to keep an inmate in a California State Prison is $81,000 per year. There are a number of ways to provide housing for the homeless, it's not necessary to give them each a condo. Chicago requires owners of motels that are for sale to give the City an opportunity to buy it before it is listed, they rehab the motels and place homeless people in them. San Bernardino has successfully run homeless car parks for over a decade. Other cities have "tent cities", it's never 'cheap' but it doesn't have to cost 5 billion dollars a year, that's just silly. But here's an idea - maybe corporations could kick in some money to house them? They are the only ones who really benefited from Trump's tax bill.

Yea Zuckerburg come out from behind the walls of your Silicon Valley compound and help a brother and sister out.

[Electrician4you]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

It certainly has increased, and not just in Los Angeles, unfortunately. Apparently the increase in meth use does not help, either....nor does the pandemic. Possibly there will be more federal aid for the homeless with the new administration.

Last summer, Mark Casanova, of Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, told The Times that meth accounted for 70% of drug use among L.A.’s homeless population. Between 2005 and 2019, according to county data, more than 185,000 individuals who entered publicly funded treatment programs in Los Angeles were admitted for meth.

Op-Ed: Washington has to help with L.A.'s meth addiction:
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...ulation-opioid

I have friends who are cops. They said the meth use is literally out of control. They all said the average person who does it live that lifestyle is clueless as to the opioid/meth epidemic that’s happening right now.

[CA4Now]

Positive news about Project Homekey, which has helped homeless families move into rehabilitated buildings purchased with a combination of funds from the state and the city of Los Angeles.

The opening of a site in a North Hills apartment complex early December capped a five-month sprint to use federal coronavirus relief funds that had to be spent by the end of 2020.

https://www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...meless-housing

[Racer46]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Positive news about Project Homekey, which has helped homeless families move into rehabilitated buildings purchased with a combination of funds from the state and the city of Los Angeles.

The opening of a site in a North Hills apartment complex early December capped a five-month sprint to use federal coronavirus relief funds that had to be spent by the end of 2020.

https://www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...meless-housing

From the article:


They were among 40 families to get a spot in an apartment building purchased with a combination of funds from the state and the city of Los Angeles. The opening of the site in early December capped a five-month sprint to use federal coronavirus relief funds that had to be spent by the end of 2020.


Not enough money as there are too many people who need and want help and then the ones who do not want help just more drugs and handouts.

Then of course look how much money goes to "consultants", not the ones who need it.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by Racer46

Not enough money as there are too many people who need and want help and then the ones who do not want help just more drugs and handouts.

True, but it's a start, and since someone mentioned on another thread that Project Homekey was a waste of taxpayer money, it's good to know that at least some families are being placed through it.