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To be free from what? Responsibility? So they flock to SFO for free stuff.
What free stuff?
Better weather and kindred spirits.
The woman with a dog and her husband are from Florida and sought a geographical solution to their addiction challenges. It followed them up the east coast then onto NOLA, Vegas, LA and SF.
This is what right-wing media like Fox News don't want people to know, and what me living in this city on a regular basis - many of the homeless are those escaping their hometowns somewhere in Middle America and being free (or so they say) in San Francisco. Many of them prefers to be homeless, and maybe proud of it. They travel around the country by train and they loves panhanding on the streets of big cities - New Orleans, Denver, Los Angeles, etc. They go where it's fun and San Francisco is one such places.
The point is - homelessness is a complicated issue that is MUCH MORE than just, "Hey them liberals don't take care of their cities." There are certainly people who are living here and lost their houses, but there are also people who come here just to sleep on the streets.
Three homeless - two from Illinois and one from Ohio
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We have lot of homeless in Florida too from all over the US, and saying is that the "scum settles on the bottom" (bottom = south / warm weather).
you are so far off. why are they running to CA? They aren't running from a craphole they are running to a craphole because you tolerate sloth and worthlessness. most of them want easy access to drugs which you readily provide
Drugs are easy to come by anywhere.
The HUD mandated Point in Time homeless headcount is conducted in late January. There were 760 homeless in Fargo, ND in late January. Most are white people and addiction and mental illness are common amongst this population.
A warm spell in Fargo in late January is low teens.
I've known for a long time that a significant percentage of these homeless people are from other states. It's really not hard at all to figure out. These are the kids that have been broken, raped, molested, beaten, neglected now hooked on drugs and think California is a paradise. They come out here and can't make it. We should send them all back to their red states and let you all handle the mess you've created by not handling your ****.
Do you feel the same towards people who come to the US illegally and insist upon staying?
Also, is there meaningful data to conclude the majority of homeless are from Red states are did you just make that up or resort to wishful thinking?
The HUD mandated Point in Time homeless headcount is conducted in late January. There were 760 homeless in Fargo, ND in late January. Most are white people and addiction and mental illness are common amongst this population.
A warm spell in Fargo in late January is low teens.
It’s 60-70’s in LA.
If I were homeless, I would certainly look for a temperate climate. Makes total sense.
It would require legislative action and funding in state houses across the nation. This is a state responsibility and the feds really have no reason to be involved with it. This really could be wrapped up with an effort to bring back the mental institutions. It is all expensive no doubt but so is the cost to society of all the vagrants and crime. Mentally ill would go to the institution, homeless people go to the homeless camp. Best idea is that these facilities would be located near each other, homelessness, addiction and mental illness are all often related.
This is a humane solution to the homeless problem. It would make the streets safer, more sanitary and it would protect the health and well being of the homeless. Mental institutions would remove dangerous people from the streets and even work to reduce America’s mass shooting problem as well. Also we must remember that the people who live in cities have a right to not have their neighborhood become a vagrant camp, have a right to sidewalks and parks that are human feces and drug needle free. No one should ever mistake a American city with Calcutta. It’s worth every penny to remove and humanely house this problematic population.
We have lot of homeless in Florida too from all over the US, and saying is that the "scum settles on the bottom" (bottom = south / warm weather).
There are homeless living in places not intended for human occupation, spitting distance from Mar-a-Lago.
The only places one in less likely to encounter homeless people in Florida are the barrier islands with relatively high bridge tolls and no walk on traffic.
Hundreds of old motels just off 41 operate at full year round capacity, sheltering homeless families.
Not anymore. Just like any other US citizen who decides to move to your state, once they do they are your state’s resident to take care of, just like they are your asset to tax. They are no longer whatever state they came from homeless, they are yours. Nice try, though.
Now, if you want to discuss non-citizens that is a different story.
Not really. A US citizen remains a resident of their home state even if they move overseas. Anyone changing their residency within the United States needs to take certain steps like: pay taxes, establish a domicile, change voter registration, car registration.
Anyone can visit another state, with that state having some responsibility for emergency aid. I suppose a case could be made for being reimbursed by the home state. Novel idea, though. Not going to happen.
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