SF mayors have been running on the platform of solving homelessness since the 70s and 80s. I’ve been here over 20 years and it only seems to get worse.
yes, the mayors, Brown, Newsom, Lee, Breed and many other run on the platform of "inclusion and acceptance" which get standing applause and ovations! Front page pictures taken, smiles and waves to all the supporters and now look! Where's the smiles now! Yet the same platform will reelect again!
@@jeffharrison1090 The average voter love listening to a beautiful narrative. And have trouble distinguishing the difference between emotion and fact. I was a minor, unimportant politician in Oakland
It is kind of absurd, I agree. Anyway, I'm the violinist featured in the video - I am a street musician, and learned this skill to support myself through some challenging phases of being unhoused. Anyway, I'd like to invite you to a live stream tonight (7 pm san francisco time) of classical music via my fb page, Oliver Levi (profile url: nomadic.olive) , and to check out some of the music I'll be posting on this account. This is how I'm keeping myself afloat during this pandemic situation where tourism and nightlife are out for the count. Peace!
Six months after this video was posted San Francisco is emptying out at an extraordinary rate. The homeless population will soon be the only inhabitants of the City, Perfect!
I live in San Francisco... I am not a drug addict (15 years clean)or criminal ... But I am disabled and I am watching this video on my cell phone in the back of the van that I live in with my husband and dogs after we were evicted from our rent controlled apartment that was demolished to make way for a shiny new complex @ 4000 to 7000 dollars a month rent ... They offered to rehouse us in an SRO in the Tenderloin as long as we are willing to give up our dogs that we have had for 7 years ... It was a dirty single room with a sink and no bathroom with people fighting all hours and getting high in the hall for 900 dollars of the combined 1600 me and my hubby pull in ...NO THANKS we'll take the van any day... This video is not showing an accurate portrayal of the struggle of San Franciscans... frankly it pisses me off!
As a Bay Area native, even the retails rents are outrageous. Small businesses have a hard time keeping up with the rents while providing reasonably priced food. Customers complain about pricing. All around, there are complains everywhere and the tech companies also demand tax breaks to stay in the city. Not sustainable!
These homeless people don’t have a job because they have been priced out of the employment market. If someone is worth 10$/h they can’t get to the 15$/h step. It basically says it’s illegal for you to work for me if you can’t give me x $/h of productivity.
What I mean is, while increasing the minimum wage might boost middle class wages. The poor and low-income people of right now will take the hardest hit. High minimum wage hurts the very people it’s suppose to benefit.
Well that’s my point, automation will soon cut out such cashiers. Why? Ain’t nobody will pay cashiers 15+ $/h when a robot can do it for basically free once acquired. I get what you are saying with the disconnection between a large successful company and its hard working employee. But this employee, who supposedly brings in a 20-30% increase in profit isn’t suppose to even bother about the minimum wage if he brings that much to a company. If the company isn’t ready to pay him more, he must realize that he is now part of a corporation which don’t care about the value of their employee. If there’s a minimum wage, they’ll just pay everyone at the bottom of ladder this wage, regardless of their productivity only because they need to fill up spots. And with minimum wage increasing, the less of those spots are created, especially amongst small businesses. While minimum wage might not affect big corporations that much, it kills small businesses. Sorry for the vocabulary I’m french
trollnerd I totally agree with companies in the likes of McD. They often use the rising minimum wage as an excuse to either set their wages right on it or cut down labor by replacing with robots. They can all afford to pay bare minimum, even if it rises to 15+, but don’t you think it kills local businesses? In my perspective it just kills opportunities to start/grow a business without even taking in consideration all the regulations and taxes the govnt imposes on entrepreneurs. I’m really interested in seeing others’ point of view especially from Americans considering im canadian
I could since that’s what this video was all about within 30 seconds. It’s a great and wonderful place. Everyone’s fabulous. But unfortunately It’s just a shithole though. Who in the hell that can afford to live there would want to?
It is kind of absurd, I agree. Anyway, I'm the violinist featured in the video - I am a street musician, and learned this skill to support myself through some challenging phases of being unhoused. Anyway, I'd like to invite you to a live stream tonight (7 pm san francisco time) of classical music via my fb page, Oliver Levi (profile url: nomadic.olive) , and to check out some of the music I'll be posting on this account. This is how I'm keeping myself afloat during this pandemic situation where tourism and nightlife are out for the count. Peace!
I visited SF in 2017 on holiday and I couldn’t believe the level of poverty/hopelessness. I couldn’t cope with all the homeless people with clear serious health issues. I was traumatised by what I saw, one man was in a wheelchair and had breathing equipment. I am from Kenya and I was shocked at the so called first world poverty. It is worse than Kibera because most of the people there are healthy mentally as well real hasslers.
I am in India couldn't understand how is this possible... Can you explain a bit how has this happened?? These people tell we are third world country... People in India are much healthy than any other country with its Ayurveda
Ha, you witnessed failed dumbocrat policies in action. Why they refuse to vote the left wing dumbocrats out, is anybody's guess. Just plain old stupidity I guess.
@@shakthivelsaravanan9263 half of Americans think San Francisco is in a good place and that the policies that create this are great. USA Civil War 2 is coming
Lee Churchill it’s not given to them as a salary. It’s a grant used to pay for research. I work with docs who get grants all the time and it doesn’t line their pockets.
@@cassball7 are you sure about that? do your doctors work for free? or do they get, like, a 9 month salary upfront from, i guess, the hospital? the money comes from somewhere, and it's usually not altruism feuling the grant industry. there doesn't seem to be one size fits all grants. your observation, wherein you likely know less than you think you do when money is involved (and as if doctors are above essentially being bribed by pharma companies to push a certain product, that's a well-known practice i've seen happen personally), doesn't apply here to these two con-artists lining their pockets for googling public information.
She is just so satisfied with herself. Can't stand her smug smile. She's probably thinking, "I just got $30 million from these suckers. I'm just gonna keep bleeding them dry by blaming everything on 'structural racism' & telling them we need more $$ to solve the problem."
The study was a waste of money. Structural racism is not the cause of homelessness. Blaming everything else that aren’t the cause and symptoms of homelessness is stupid.
As a native San Franciscan I could only watch so much of this before I started to get really pissed! London Breed has been an awful mayor, Scott Weiner is in developers pockets, and while Mark Benioff is a forward looking thinker the $30 million will probably be wasted and we'll end up with answers to questions we already know. Taxing businesses to pay for supervisor folley is also a bad idea. The city is not the same or better, it's going in the wrong direction and there;s no stopping the idiocy that plagues city officials.
London Reed? HELL, Ronald Reagan started this mess Google it! I m a Black Professional Female, STOP BLAMING US FOR EVERY PROBLEM IN AMERICA!!!!! DAMM.IT!
Start doing what kind Sir? What are your suggestions to combat this social plague? Riot? Write a letter to your congressman? Jump into real estate? I'd gladly join the cause??
The problem lies in everything thing san Francisco does to fix a problem they create. They just create a few more problems. Then blame their socialist policies on capitalism and the free market. They add more socialism and taxes and blame capitalism. Problem keeps getting worse. I mean a 30 million homeless study. Drugs and a refusal to work and being supported by the government. People ignoring the issue of thier neighbor getting lost in the rat race.
It's called supply and demand. When there are more people wanting to occupy a patch of ground that can fit on that patch of ground, something is going to decide who gets to and who does not. Not trying to be men or insensitive, just pointing cold hard reality. If someone else wants it enough to pay more for it, why shouldn't they get it? Just saying.
Vote rent control and excessive building regulations out and you will be able to buy a superb place with a view of the Bay. The new Bay bridge - how long did it take bureaucrats to build? Was it longer than GGB? With all those modern power tools and technology was it quicker and cheaper than building the first one?
K Pak Yup, I am part of a large artist group. Our landlord is kicking us out soon so he can build condos on the lot and make millions of dollars. We as artists can barely survive as is, and now we can't find a new building for our studios. And even if we do find an ideal space, we can't afford the rent anyway.
@@julienbee3467 - No. But, it appears there is LESS diversity in SF today then 10 or 20 years ago. Its been a massive, greedy, techie money grab for some time and SF lost its soul in the process.
Short answer: not likely. Long answer: they need to weed out the corrupted politicians that are only banking the funding for homelessness that in reality is going through shell companies and never ever ending up helping the cause. It's not just simply helping the homeless currently roaming in the area, but also fixing the economic structure presently in place as rent prices and overall cost of living remain insane. I'm no expert so I cannot say how plausible this is to fix everything, what I do know is that they certainly can't keep this up and expect it to even out or get better.
@Sal Brothman It used to be 'oh the mexi*ans are coming here illegally' altough that is one component to CA's overpopulation problem. The other is that theres so many people from the country and world that want to live in CA just on the hype alone. #1. Midwesterners and Southerns. A lot of LA SF transplants are from the Midwest, they have all the resources to buy homes in the midwest and plenty of good paying jobs , but they want to come to Cali for : ' i can't stand chicago, i hate the snow, that's why i moved to CA, the weather here is much better, i'm never going back'. #2. A lot of CHINESE and HINDI are invading CA, each of those countries has 1.2 Billion each, if 1% of their country decided to move here thats adding 12 million. The US only has around 600M. At some point this whole good somaritan acts has to take into account the real population issue. #3. THe rest of the world; corrupt politciains from around the world and kids want to live in CALI too. Another thing is that CA is not that big, it looks huge on a regular map but most of it dominated by unhinhabitable mountain ranges and moost of SC is basically a desert. 25% of what yyou see on a map of CA is what can only be habitable, which is why the COAST has the most popultaion. So CA is at MAX CAPACITY,you can't really expand anymore on the coast. Only in the Valley you can build more housing.However most of that land is owned by the AGG industry , CA is not losing it's main cash crops to house more implants because it will never stop. A good way for CA to stop the homeless issue IS to ID check the homeless at the shelters, if most of them are out of state, CA needs to bill those states that are sending their homeless to CA.
*"We have Diversity"* I wonder if they've ever been to any other American cities. Like, every American city has diversity. Even small towns in rural Iowa have diversity now days. "Diversity" isn't unique at all.
I agree. I've known many people who became homeless and in EVERY instance it was directly linked to drug addiction. As for the people who built San Francisco's skyscrapers now being homeless...I worked in the architecture and commercial industry for 35 years and I don't know any of those folks who are now homeless. What a weird statement that was.
@Ch Pe You for got, Check the White Priv then throw themselves off the Golden Gate. That is the Tolerance that SF has them! Honestly, I believe SF is under some kind of demonic spiritual force. In the 80 & 90's We would drive into SF during Christmas. Very nice and festive. Totally different now.. WE never bring our $$$ into that hell hole now.
@Ch Pe You'll have to go further than the immediate ebay bay now. Have you seen the other liberal control cities of Oakland and Berkeley? Looks slightly better only because there's more space between them. But really, just as bad, graffiti, boarded up store all for homeless & BLM! Politician are so concerned about good press/sound bites they neglect everything else! If you truly meant you're really looking to relocate to the immediate east bay and looking for a half-azz normal city, look Albany/el cerrito (very expensive) or other side of richmond in Pinole and Hercules!
Exactly!!! That's why the problem isn't fixed. They add this 30 mil into the total amount that's "addressing the homelessness problem." People need to wake up and vote these people out office. It's that simple.
So many of them are mentally ill and on drugs. So many times in BART stations and on the BART, I see used needles. One evening, around 7pm, I was in a BART car at the Powell St. Station and these homeless people were heating up their drugs on a spoon IN the train! The next stop couldn't get here fast enough. I ran out and ran to the first car with the conductor and let her know. It was scary!
@@arunavaghatak8614 Lower taxes, create environment for companies to come to SF, employment increases, tax base improves, SF saved. Thank you for asking, I'm glad to answer for you.
Cool One gentrification is a huge issue in SF. you’re obviously not from here. big companies moving in is displacing more people than it helps. the people coming to get those new jobs aren’t even from the city and it displaces people
The elite 1% ruined San Francisco by driving up rents so high that working people are homeless. I experienced this myself as an artist and bike messenger. I loved my life there for 17 years. The end of the 90s was the end of my life there. I sobbed watching my city disappear in the rear view mirror. If I could afford to live there I’d still be there.
How do the 1% of people who pay high rent cause the remaining 99% of rents to also be super high? People living in mansions aren't trying to rent up a studio apartment.
My first trip to San Francisco was in 1980 after I had graduated and decided to fly to NYC from London and travelled overland to San Francisco before flying back to Singapore. I still recalled it was a pleasant and beautiful city. My next trip was 5 years later when I flew into San Francisco and spent a few days there before flying to Phoenix to start my MBA program. Over the years, I have been to San Francisco many times as I preferred to fly into SFO instead of LAX. However, over the years the city has deteriorated, especially the areas around Union Square. Vagrants, homeless and beggars seemed to gather in these areas. The places smelled of urine and shxt. Once I accidentally walked into the Tenderloin District and I was shocked to see needles and syringes on the streets. There were drug addicts everywhere. It is likely both my wife and I will give San Francisco a miss should we travel to the U.S. again. It is a pity the city has deteriorated so much.
Every person I talk to from New Yorkers or East coast, Midwest, Texas, Florida etc. All these squares want to live here because they know this is where it's at. This is the place to be, that's why all these weirdos are moving in. Demand and supply, supply the Rich and dam the less rich.
No dude.. OVERPOPULATION is the issue. Need more restrictions on immigration from every place in the freakn planet and no more welfare queens coming to Cali for the bennefits.
@@Swagalious689 were it a boyfriend giving clean needles for drugs to their meth g/f and using the same reasoning the gummint does, we would view that as some kind of co-dependent relationship that's all sorts of fucked up. just when the gummint does it it's being socially responsible, especially when the taxpayer is paying for it. how about this: make a gofundme so people who believe it's a good idea can spend their money on it and see how that works out.
@Ch Pe That whole square was going downhill before the pandemic. All those retail businesses get robbed every day. Macy's gets hit hard every day from all the transients on meth. They sometimes come in with makeshift weapons with razor blades on them. Its awful. This is such a beautiful and expensive city but you would never know it.
These two researchers from UCSF is the problem. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on studying the homeless with nothing to report. How can structural racism create homelessness when the City is helping big tech companies develop its downtown to attract overpaid tech workers to come here to displace and drive up the cost of real estate and tell us we are too selfish not to allow the city to ruin our neighborhoods. The greedy politicians are in bed with the developers to massively develop the city with no regard to our quality of life. There is just no more land to develop without sacrificing our quality of life but the politicians just don't get it. From another study, 75 % of the homeless in San Francisco are from outside of the city, they are mostly drug addicts and/or mental which the city pander and coddle with millions of our tax dollars and that's why this problem only gets worse.
Used to love going to San Francisco as a kid. I wouldn't come within 50 miles of it now. The entire Bay Area is a lost cause, and the voters allowed it to haplen.
It'll never happen. I read a book: "The San Francisco Earthquake." Corruption and graft were rampant in 1906, even while thousands of people died. Why should that change now?
"In homelessness we've had remarkable success using evidence based policies in permanent supportive housing to really decrease homeless in people with significant disabilities." Meanwhile homelessness has skyrocketed every year.
Sure. 30 Million dollars for 2 doctors to STUDY homelessness rather than using these 30 Million dollars to build 200 residential units for 600, 700 homeless people. Seems legit.
Soooooo no one is gonna mention the insane amount of drug use or the bills that virtually decriminalized drug use and the mental health disparity.... 30 million dollars to have 2 doctors say the majority of homeless people are just poor...... bruh. 🤦🏻♂️
A Safeway Food clerk in the 80's was able to live in a 2 bedroom apartment in any part of the mission or noe valley and still have money to save on the side and enjoy life. WTF happened to us?
1. RE speculators. 2. Foreign RE Investors / Speculators aka Slum Lords. 3. Success (?!) Of SF and it's Globalistic and Technologist Visions. Runner up: Too many unsavory Tech speculators (investors) who throw boku bucks at any bs connected brass ring chaser.
The simplest truth is that there's no where else for money to grow, but in real estate. In places like SF, NYC, Chicago, etc., the cost of living has skyrocketed while the perks of actually living in these places are going away. These places are now nothing but ways to invest a few dollars, let it sit for a while, and cash out. The system has become designed to further this degradation. Only trouble is, the 'cashing out' part is quickly going away. The avarice and greed have led to the construction of a seemingly unstoppable political machine that has the Cali cities and states locked into a nosedive. They don't have the will or the guts to positively change things for the better. I fully expect Cali and her cities will be looking for federal dollars, soon enough.
"People who live in S.F. all of their lives" (for 10 years), "built this city" (in 10 years) and are now homeless ? They must have had skills ? Why didn't they move to another more affordable city and continue with their skills ? But when your a doctor getting paid $15,000,000, that kind of money makes it easy to lie though your teeth.
I am born and raised here. They took all the money in the city coffers, that we filled with our taxes, and they gave big business tax free incentives and rule changes to move our jobs out, and luxury skyscrapers to displace us. It was quick. I counted sixteen building cranes operating simultaneously one day. If you're a renter, it was easy to get stuck. Most of the homeless are formerly employed and housed here at one time.
I watched this because of the title and because I lived in SF for 20 years (leaving in '94). The title question was never answered. The "solutions" proffered were non-solutions and the feel good bromides about what could happen were useless (mobile dentists???). Meanwhile the homeless problems and other crime problems have grown to epic proportions, the public schools are still horrible and unsafe and you can't afford a house, any house, unless you have a trust fund or bought apple stock a long time ago. Can SF be saved? Yes. Will it? The odds are not good.
Structural racism. A tried and true progressive standby. If one wants to find racism one will find it. Whether it is there or not. The people who hope to find racism in anything will find it in the mirror first.
I lived there 50 years ago when regular folks could and did live there. I worked for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency. They acquired property for developers by condemnation. Resident hotels where old people lived were "condemned' so developers could build office buildings. NIMBY started then.
I see so few comments along these lines. This may have been a "broken record" conversation point 20 years ago, but people are now forgetting--whether organized through official agency or not, America tore down its low-income urban neighborhoods and downtown business districts in a bout of urban renewal. Disorganized or decentralized urban renewal was still pushing through smaller cities into the 21st century. The first room off the street has always been low-rent transient housing--residential hotels; weekly apts and rooms; cheap apts; etc. For families with children, it was often cheap month-to-month rented apts with no questions asked about income. For all of the token contemporary non-profit housing destined for voluntary management, the capacity does not compare to demolished private housing options. Add in all of the high-rise public housing (municipal housing authority projects) closed or demolished in the past 30 years. Life in those high-rises was isolated and hellish for many, but contemporary people forget the high occupancy capacities of those buildings. Was there no way we could have aided a high quality of life in those buildings? (similar buildings remain occupied and generally well-received throughout urban Europe). I am an advocate of transition from low-end, low-quality of life housing to dignified housing. The problem is, we tore everything down before socially evolving into whatever comes next. We handed the reins of our society right back into the hands of the rich.
@@worldtocome Young people don’t know past history. It takes old folks like me to educate them so they understand decisions were made long before which impact their lives today.
The problem in SF is not the tech companies. It's the local governments, along with the state of California, that make it so hard to build new housing. NIMBYism is rampant in the state.
Actually the tech companies are the cause of the problems. Make no bones about it. The governments helped by not regulating them before they came. The companies should have paid for infrastructure, transportation, and housing for their employees before they came. They never stopped coming here, company after company. Paying more and more, forcing people out. They were evicted by landlords here. Evicted so landlords could sell to big companies who would rebuild and rent to high income workers. So yes tech is the reason because they created income inequality. They aren't the majority of people here, but the damage that portion of people created has become devastating.
@@kingphillieman It's not the job of tech companies to create infrastructure, transportation and housing. It's the job of government to facilitate those. Even if the companies were willing to provide those, NIMBYS would come in and stop it. Remember how tech companies were bashed for trying to provide transportation from SF to companies in Silicon Valley? And tech companies are subject to the housing restrictions that the city of SF and state of California have imposed.
So the city is 7 miles by 7 miles and all those companies keep coming in 🤔 that sounds like a very condescended city for that many people. So some of the people there are selfish, companies keep attracting more people, and government can’t do much without entrenching on peoples/company rights. Wow what a mess.
I spent many years of my childhood regularly visiting SF, every other weekend from the early 1980's to the late 1990's, and off & on a lot thereafter. Over the last 20 years, I have seen the soul of SF be sucked out of the city. San Francisco and Amsterdam are two of the most beautiful cities on Earth, when you wake up there, you know you are there. San Francisco has let itself go like Thor in Endgame. When I go to North Beach now, the majority of the floor-level commercial space is boarded up, not because of an economic collapse like one of the rust-belt cities, but because of its own greed and price gouging. Property owning San Franciscans have told me that they don't care to see extra bathrooms available throughout the central city, which means that they are fine with their streets covered in human feces. At this point in the city's history, do its residents even care enough to see their city cleaner and nicer? Or are they OK with it being a model of someone's California nightmare. If you wanna nightmare, do like Tesla and Oracle and move Texas, where third world values have led to a little cold wreaking havoc on the state. The tech industry is an industry of garbage and e-waste that is actually worth pennies on the dollar, has stolen and diminished the human experience, increased stupidity and impotence, and has turned America's children into Patreon whores. California is the best state in America, and was before tech, and will continue to be after. Until then, build massive amounts of surplus housing as to even out the market so people can actually live inside, unless you're a filthy developer whose trying to rape our state, then jump off the bridge or GTFO! But if San Franciscans are fine living in a city where the streets smell like a rectum and the biggest building looks like an uncircumcised shlong (this would appeal to SF's most famous demographic) and is dominated by homeless people, one must wonder where their sense of taste and sophistication has gone.
While visiting San Francisco in 1998, I could see the beginning of this. I never saw so many young people living on corners with grocery carts & pets..The sidewalks were full of people panhandling it was crazy to see.. The current administration is too busy helping migrants while our cities / our people continue to decline. Sometimes I feel like we're being replaced..
@@zoompt-lm5xw ua-cam.com/video/EsQJ-Tokoqo/v-deo.html Proof that the Biden administration is aiding the cartels instead of protecting the American people.. Actions speak louder than words or mumbles Mr.President.
Honestly most people living in SF won’t even read this comment the moment I mention the Bible, but this verse is so apt here: “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools” Romans 1:22. SF can’t be saved until the people residing in it and affecting/creating the policies that have shaped it, return to common knowledge and solution based problem solving, over their ideologies and cult like politics. They think themselves so wise, they’ve walked off a cliff everyone else can see.
hay woods which was typical historically until about 100 years ago even in the US, but it would have been especially typical for the region. Please do not get historical accounts, mixed up with lessons. It’s a very bad straw man that’s often used by people who don’t want to actually argue the point that was presented.
I've lived in SF for over 20 years, I love this city, and have even had to deal with homeless issues around my home (like opening my garage door to a violent man in a sleeping bag threatening me). In my observations, there are different types of homeless and we need unique solutions for them all: 1. severely mentally ill or brain damaged from intense drug abuse - this is the woman on the 38 that screams to no one (or everyone) and says the same word over and over again. They need to be cared for in an institution - and never be on the street alone. this is how societies should be judged, how do you help the people that can't help themselves? 2. drug addicts - need to be cared for in an institution focused on drug addiction. This should be viewed as a temporary state and they need an assist to detox and end their dependency and get back on track. 3. marginal/temporary homeless - these people are often living in cars, some life event happened and they found themselves out on the streets. They don't want to be homeless and therefor need an assist, TEMPORARY housing with a strict program, even city or government funded jobs (think FDRs The New Deal) no handouts. Handouts result in learned helplessness and a loss of dignity - yeah this will require our officials to create programs - do the work - not just write checks. 4. older citizens without support or a safety net - these are often the people who fought our wars and built (literally in some cases) SF and for some reason their families are not around or able to care for them. It breaks my heart seeing people in their late 70s and 80s living out of cars. These people need to be cared for in city or federal run elderly homes - this is not temporary - they'll need this support for the rest of their lives. This is a great use of our tax dollars. 5. bums/vandals - yep I said it. These are jobless by choice and SF has a lot of them. This last group is why we need to make it illegal to sleep on the street. Many of these are in the 25% of our homeless who never actually lived in a house in SF - they came here for the handouts, easy pickings with tourist car break-ins, handouts, etc. We need to care for the other types of homeless and prosecute this last group. These are my observations from living and working in SF for over 20 years. We need politicians with the courage to make difficult decisions and do their jobs (do the work) and at least start on a path for solving homelessness in SF - enough with the bad ideas (like handouts that cost up to $100K per year per homeless person). If you want different results, you need to try different solutions.
Bums and vandals need to be sent to work camps. Forced labor. Mentally ill. We had involuntary confinement but ACLU types forced hospitals to release them. Make ACLU adopt them and take them home. Drug addicts. Forced labor camps with the bums and vandals. Lots of fresh air and sunshine and 16 hours a day doing back breaking work. Make life unpleasant enought the rest of the homeless vermin will migrate to Nevada and die in the desert heat.
No,I won't have it,they're looking for ways to help as long as it doesn't affect their bank balance,unless it's upwards of course,as usual it'll be down to those who can least afford it to bail them out!
I love the city but if they really gave a damn about the homeless problem, they could build a massive dormitory in the Presidio in a matter of weeks, for pennies on the dollar on what businesses have spent on sky rise offices and fancy condos.
I just got another good idea. The people that live there should have to give the homeless people one room in theyer house and give them food and clean the place. And give them spending money for stuff they want like alcohol and drugs. That way they would not have to make the taxes go up.
@rvidal0001 California bans guns and makes other states pay for dumb polution things like on lawn mowers and now everything has a prop 69 warning about dangerous chemicals. Cali cares so much about the environment and not about people in the USA but about the people that sneak here with poor families then they complain that they dont have money or housing for them.
The tax breaks for hi tech companies, the back room deals, etc the govt is corrupt and the working class is lost to broken system. The City needs help.
400 restaurants have closed in the last 2 years in SF, companies yes, workers no, even tech workers don't live in the City, too expensive to live their on your own. I keep saying it's about a city that over estimates itself as a tourist destination and over price many things.
Inthewoods I would like to see more discussion about SF’s housing problem. More discussion can bring more ideas to the table. I’m not from SF but I want to see the housing situation improve. This problem needs to be felt by everyone. Also the housing problem is seen in various places globally.
@@ThaiIsland I would like to see more homeless people arrested for shitting on the streets, shooting up. Change the law you won't have so many worthless shit bags to worry about. Don't pander to the drug addicts, arrest them get them some help. Who would let their family shit on the streets? Help them. So embarrassing for ca.
@@AscheDjidoi Yea.....that's probably it. Maybe a personal grooming helper and hygiene adviser for each homeless person. Also get someone to test their booze and harion to make sure its good and safe, of course after they go get it for them. Think of the jobs that will be created. It's going to be great.
As a child of a formerly homeless person who lives in San Fran, the notion that substance abuse is not 98% of the homeless problem is an absolute joke. If people are poor and can't afford to live in the city, they move to the suburbs. It happens every day. Very few people go from a stable home to the streets in a single week.
at 14;43 he said we are all people who "deserve" an equal share. Share of what? We deserve what we work for. We deserve nothing simply because we live.
The US is becoming a very small place. I am in a city on the east coast that used to be affordable and now is pricing out many who have lived and grew up here for generations. Why should it be ok to push them out? I am a newcomer, and moved around the east coast several times due to real estate getting expensive and because of the resulting urban decay years later. Moving is not easy nor affordable for most (especially those with children, jobs in that city, elderly family, etc). And, moving all the time does not fix the issues that cities like San Francisco (add to that so many other US cities: Seattle, DC, New York, Los Angeles, Pheonix etc.) are experiencing. Think moving to that small sleepy town is the answer? Give it time. The developers and those looking to make a profit will find your town eventually, develop it and price you out. Just wait.
The majority of homeless people can’t find jobs in the flourishing tech industry. The technology moved forward but there skills didn’t. Mail, news retail jobs are gone because of tech. 25% of homeless are between 41-65. A large number don’t know shit bout computers. No more Macy’s or Sears n they closedNordstrom at stonestown mall. there’s hardly any record stores or video rental spot like blockbuster 😂
Mr. Canlas Man you need to get out more. No homeless person is on the street because they lost their retail job. Mental illness, drug abuse, and alcoholism are all the reason you need. San Francisco lost a lot of insurance and finance jobs as the city became uninhabitable. The pyramid building is all that’s left of TransAmerica- all those jobs went to Denver, CO.
Adam Smith First I do go out, I’ve been to 40 countries. Second alcohol and drugs been in San Francisco for years. Big companies are hiring contractors not giving people full benefits to workers saving tons of money. Reasons for large gap. You should read winner takes all Also people especially from China who are investing there cash into homes in San Francisco paying over price to buy homes. As well as people from other states. That’s why you see the market unaffordable. Drugs and alcohol been here! There problems but there not the main reasons for homelessness. Drug addicts n alcoholics can keep jobs.
Itz_LittleBun PlayzUwU This is what I’ve researched. The US believe it or not allow the most Immigrants into there country. China one worlds largest country just had a boom in there middle class. Many of them becoming wealthy, investing, buying homes in cities like sf skyrocketing price. Then the tech industry n even the biotech are huge here!!! The industry hire contractors not full time employees. Dropping wages n benefits of workers (contractors), because companies compete for lower bids to take jobs. Lowering chances of buying a home. 100k is considered low income, go research it. people from other states taking jobs cuz of high wages, pushing out bottom feeders. Lastly, San Francisco has many programs and generous people who help the homeless. Other homeless people are moving to sf. LA has a similar situation. People are not adapting to the jobs that are in. I would recommend you to do your own research, n hopefully u find it. Don’t listen to people on UA-cam 😆
I lived in SF long ago. It was a dream city that existed in reality on the earth. Yet, I saw the "political" writing on the wall, and left long ago. Made the right decision. So sad.
Homelessness is A CHOICE.. Most people who cannot afford an area, house, car go for cheaper althernatives so they can continue. People have options and have migrated to affordable areas or get multiple jobs like my parents did... Immigrants come here with little to no money, do not speak english and survived or thrived.
Worked in healthcare with homeless patients for the last few years and I’ll say you can give people money, shelter and food but what do you actually change? Is their mentality different, behavior different? are they going to be more self reliant and independent? The able body homeless at least need a life coach not an underpaid social worker who had to operate within strict laws. It takes extreme examples to shake people out of apathy. More virtue signaling and not actually asking the tough questions.
@W2 I think there is a misconception that if you live in SF you will see poop on the sidewalk everyday. It really isn't the case. I live closer to the shore and the only poop I see is dog poop. But if you move towards the tenderloin, well then theres hella poop/
Homelessness is not about housing,it’s about drug addiction and mental illness. The number of homeless that refuse help or shelter to remain on the streets is enormous. All the money invested in services can’t help if those that refuse the help are not "force" to take it. If they don’t accept the help then they should be removed from the streets. It is not fare for the rest of the citizens paying taxes to coexist with this situation.
I live in San Francisco. I'm a Democrat and I'm all for removal of the homeless of the streets and moved into government-run rehabilitation centers! Sick and freakin' tired of walking down Market, 5th or 6th Street's in downtown and watching homeless folks taking a dump on the streets. Why or how city leaders and the state tolerate such misery in plain sight is beyond me, but I'm so over it.
I was fortunate to live in San Francisco from 1993-1999 during and after college. It always had a special place in my heart - a beautiful and unique city of all cities. Over the last 20 years, I've lived in NYC and abroad (NYC has its own separate demise occurring)... Starting about 10 years ago, SF started to depress me. Despite its natural beauty, most of the good seemed to have left. What remained was the ugly and it appeared to have become worse; the people became worse. An assortment of young hollow souls mixed in with the types past the age of 40 still trying to be kids. Mix in thousands of homeless, a large handful of drug addicts and a generous amount of tourists and there you have it: SF Salad....I began to dread visiting every year or so for business. For me, it was akin to visiting an old ex that you still have feelings for but is on a terrible path . When you meet, you can still see the beauty and reminisce of old times, but you can also see the decay, the bad decisions, the emptiness and sadness. San Francisco was a beautiful place in the 90s - a mostly working class town with an eccentricity and unique flavor. Now, I see a hollow metropolis with shameful wealth disparity, urban ills beyond comprehension due to poor leadership and a growing class of arrogant people with no soul or individuality despite their devotion to Burning Man... I'd rather spend a week in Columbus, OH, Asheville, NC or Savannah, GA than a few days in San Francisco. Thanks for the memories, old flame. P.S. That Salesforce Tower looks like a big dick.
I live in the east bay. My wife and I never go to San Francisco. It’s a mess. Sad 😞 Scott Winer is working on destroying the rest of the state. He needs to go!
Anyone staying is out of their minds or who doesn't have homeless shooting meth or heroin in front of their house or shitting in front of the restaurant you WERE going to have dinner at.
I've lived in the city my whole life. Tech didn't start to move from the south bay to the City until between 2003 to 2008. They tore down all the housing projects to make "mixed income housing"(Not so mixed income housing). The housing projects kept a balance in the City putting a pause on the techie takeover. As soon as they tore down Valencia Gardens, Army street, Alemany, Fillmore, etc the old city was on its way out. Now hunters point is in their crosshairs.
@Joanne Woodward my parents came here from Italy and my whole family lived in either bay view, Alemany and Mission/Excelsior district so I'm well aware of what the demographic was. I lived in bayview on silver right where it nears 3rd in Hunters Point. The right side of my face is titanium and I'm scarred with three knife wounds, so I'm no stranger to the standard of living out there believe me. Unfortunately it's a sad case where its either the option of the neighborhood being dangerous and working-class families being able to afford to live there or the opposite extreme end of the spectrum to where only Google and Twitter executives can afford to buy or rent there. I'm not on the social justice hype in the slightest, because that Marxist bullshit universal income (welfare for everyone) offers nothing but lack of motivation and it's slavery living hand to mouth. However, part of me misses the days where I only had to pay 1/3 of my income to rent rather than the whole check living in the old bayview. It's just sad it's one extreme or the other. Pick either dangerous or can't afford it. I think I go with housing projects and keeping 2/3 of my check. Lol! If you want to incentivize welfare make affordability such a problem to where people are better off on welfare than working a 9 to 5. Right now it's about dead even. My parents are immigrants and not Americans, so I have a good work ethic 🤣🤣but I see how people get comfortable being on the welfare systemwhen there is not much incentive to work hard. I believe this is an agenda attempting to make things like this on purpose because they are looking to push people right into the wide open arms of socialism. And people are falling for it by the millions.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. Yeah, it's long been an elite globalist idea to get rid of money for the majority. Basically even if they think they mean well. These elite don't plan to remove their ability to have currency. It's just for other people. Cogs. Pfft. It is a dumb idea. But they like it because it insures mediocracy and no challengers.
Im Australian and I left SF very traumatised and disturbed after my 2015 visit. Never have I seen such extreme poverty, homelessness and destitution. Never again.
People and the Mayor of San Francisco don't understand the problem. The labeling of the homeless with the term homeless is completely wrong. They are not homeless, they are mentally ill, they are drug addicts, they don;t want to work. But, we call them homeless because they can't afford a home. They can't afford a home because they can't. And won't. It would be like the Mayor going down to the Center for the Blind and claiming that these people are Carless. Non of them have a car. Because cars cost so much. Please people, until we correctly identify the "homeless" what they truly are, we will never solve the problem. Here is the second problem. In every city there are organizations that get millions and millions of tax dollars to help the "homeless". Then the organizations fund the campaigns of the politicians who fund the organizations to help the homeless. We are not helping the homeless, we are slowly taking their lives away to perpetuate the organizations that supposedly help the homeless. This is not the way to help by misscaractorizeing the drug addicts and mentally ill. All in the name of homelessness, so that we can feel compassionate in our funding of these organizations that fund the politicians. And the perpetuation continues.
Jakob Wachter you’d be wrong! Thank god that’s above your pay grade correct? You’re an economist? Is there currently homelessness in other major city’s in the USA? Do you volunteer often or donate money often towards the solution?
@@Hashdollars No question is above the pay grade of anyone. Are we implying that you are? Are we implying that there isn't? Are you implying that you do?
Sounds those 30 million dollar "doctors" came to a conclusion then skewed the "evidence" to support their conclusion. Once again, these poor, hopeless humans will not be helped. Drug, alcohol and mental health treatment, forcibly, if necessary, are the most important part of the solution. And some criminals need to go to jail for a very long time.
Its not about the city. Its about the lack of accountability and rulings based on pseudo-logic and extreme left (AND RIGHT) politics. Lots of other big cities are starting to look like San Francisco - so theres a common problem here.
I heard lots of compassionate virtue signaling from politicians and entrepreneurs. Any practical suggestions for dealing with homelessness? If so, I missed it.
The only thing that doesn't add up to me is the that in times past, when there wasn't affordability/opportunity in a given region, people migrated and moved on to another. My home town is in the Midwest. Low umemployment, incredibly affordable, many low-ish skill jobs available. Why don't these people move out of SF? To me, it suggests that the permissiveness of homelessness in SF is such that people would rather live in a state of purgatory on the street than be forced to look for opportunity elsewhere.
You sure sound like the typical Midwesterner always there w the judgement. Im from the midwest and let me tell you that there is alot of drug addicts there! Mostly heroin and meth. I moved from there in 1970 when I graduated hs. My husband and I lived for years in San Francisco. Hes an computer engineer. He made good money so we could afford a nice life. We did move a few years ago for better opportunity. This video does not by any means represent the whole city. I dont know what happened to this area of it but Im certain alot of these people are mentally ill and more prone to drug use. This country provides little help for the mentally ill/addicts. Of course there is more opportunity in the midwest, there's less people. If these homeless people have no money how can they even leave town? I dont see any answer for this sad mess. Every big city in america has the exact same problem. San Francisco is unique but not w this issue
SF has plenty of soft headed liberals funding for handout fronts to feed the bums. Handing out clothing to the bums. If they go to the midwest, they might not get it ss good. They might freeze in the midwest winters. Sf has nice weather and stupid people feeding them.
Of course homelessness can be solved. Empower police officers to enforce vagrancy laws. Either move along, or be arrested. If you resist, you will get Billy club and baton encouragement to find your way. There can be zero homeless in San Francisco. Near zero street and property crime.
You have restored my faith in the sensibility of the human race! THANK YOU. I couldn't agree with you more. Today on Utube loathed a police body cam video video of officers attending a call about some vagrant out of his mind on who knows what who was trespassing at a gas station.. There were 4 police in attendance and the officers knew him by name .They sent over two hours listening to whatever incoherent words he was mumbling then bribed him with coffee and a sandwich to drive him to his place of residence. I was ABSOLUTELY shocked. There are precious little police around and people having violence crimes doe against them yet they seem to have 2 hours to make this person comfortable and taxi him home??? EVERYONE in th comments said how brilliant this was and all police should treat the homeless this way. NO YOUR WAY IS THE ONLY AND CORRECT WAY. Sadly this is the way the police force in America and many other countries is going. And very quickly!!!
Synaptic Decay bayview/hunters point, the tenderloin... I was just in the city yesterday early morning, u can literally taste the shit particles floating around in the air
EJ RO28 yes you’re right, it’s a city of the rich for the rich, and they’re too disgusted of the homelessness they’ve created they’d rather walk through shit head high instead of looking down the same streets they walk thru daily and see he actual piles of feces left behind by these homeless people everywhere. I’m from nyc, I don’t live in sf but the mid bay. And I’ll say this. This place SUCKS lol. I miss NYC, it’s actually diverse and interesting because they don’t push out 95% of human diversity and professions that can’t afford the high rents that techies and finance bro’s can afford exclusively
EJ RO28 HP and the Loin has always been shit. FIDI is where you can taste the and smell the piss. The problem with SF is the NIMBY attitude. It transformed the face of the city. Then you have the rise of tech and incoming of asian investors.
Come to Arizona everything is open church restaurants bars salons building is booming!Scotsdale and Gilbert beautiful cities!No tent cities here and if homeless urinate in streets they would have to register as a sex offender here and arrested!Lived here two years and none of that!
The problem with the Left's ideas (while often coming from the heart) is that it’s all academic. Sure socialism as an intellectual principle has good qualities but in reality, that system has killed millions in the last 100 years as well as always fails. Sure, handing out needles to cut down on shared usage sounds like a good idea but now there’s millions of metal needles lying around and even more people shouting up. It’s almost like when you put a system in place or make something easy for people more people do it. Sure, welfare as a stepping stone makes sense, but as a system, it’s become a habit or lifestyle. Take most of these progressive ideas into the real world and they will fail and be abused. The world is not a utopia and doesn’t need utopian ideas. It needs pragmatism and self-accountability values in order to move forward. Definitely not folks that want an abusable system to take care of them.
Lol Socialism has worked. That's why most pple in USSR, East Germany, and Yugoslavia miss aspects of socialism like free public healthcare, free college education and subsidized housing. The result of all that was virtually no homeless ppl and crime
The real question is: how did it come to be that SF has lots and lots of wealthy people, and tons and tons of poor people -- and essentially no middle class? The place to start would be reviewing the governing policies instituted since WWII.
The two scholars gathering data are failing to mention the overwhelming effect of fentanyl and other addictions. Are they gathering data about substance use? That is crucial. Homelessness isn't only about people who lost jobs and affordable apartments. It's not only about mental illness. It's all of those things and often all in the same person. You can find an SRO room for a mentally ill person, but when she stops her psych medication she's going to tear that room up or invite all her friends over to shoot heroin, or whatever. She'll get evicted - over and over. So it's not a one-and-done, it's non-stop lifelong issue for most of those people. City officials, policy makers, have to buckle down for the long haul. Funding has to be ongoing, not just put into building apartments. I did mental health work in SF for nine years, 1999-2008. At the time, homelessness was visible, but not raging out of control like this. There weren't tents and piles of crap everywhere. I don't live there anymore, but will love and miss that city forever. It's awful to see the state of those streets, now. If you think this is bad (and LA, NYC, etc.) just wait until the end of this year, when the unemployment and evictions really skyrocket. And, if you are one of those ignoring the mask and distancing rules, remember, you can't visit your mom in the ICU.
“Not addicted to drugs”......... seriously... last time i was in SF i saw people with needles in their arms.. people drugged up all over the place.. drug deals going down. All while pushing my two kids under 5 in a stroller to a wiggles concert. SF is a joke now.
These people are always talking about "affordable housing" but I never hear them talk about immigration. How are we ever going to resolve affordable housing when half a million immigrants come to Ca yearly? Let's get real here, all the land in the Bay area and Los Angeles area has been built on. We are in the desert outside LA and there is still land, but no water. Our state and country is hitting resource limits. I am at a loss as to why America in 2020 has 1.2 million legal immigrants and 1/2 million illegal. I ask this question especially of liberals who support open borders, where are these people going to live? They can't give me an answer, can anyone reading this?
They will become part of that mix of some people making it and others homeless. San Fran is a tough city, where hard work might get you nowhere, and that’s unfortunately the way it had to be.
Oh, here we go again. This very same argument crops up again and again in San Francisco and other places. And always, nothing is done. It gets worse in each generation.
I’ve been staying in San Francisco since I was a kid and had many fond memories there. Now I’ve gone on my own a couple times a year for the past nine years and every time I’ve either gotten robbed, almost mugged by a crack head on the street or had our car broken into multiple times... The city leaders have provided safe places in recent years for people to shoot up drugs along with millions of free needles to use with it. It’s gone from my happy land playground to a total nightmare. You can still get a ticket for an open beer can on the street or jaywalking while someone shoots up heroin or poops next to you. How about lowering the minimum wage from its current $15 to encourage more all entry level jobs, lowering taxes on small businesses and middle class, creating affordable housing, stopping the flow of hard drugs and fostering mental health services and shelters for those who absolutely can’t get on their feet? Your politicians are corrupt and seem to want it to turn hell so they can feel more powerful or have their elitist little class and huge homeless class with little in between. Get those political criminals out of there!!! I miss the jewel of California this place once was!!! I love this city so much and miss it for what it was!!!
There is another youtube video interview one guy who used to be homeless on SF streets. He was arrested a few times, and threaten with long jail sentence, and he finally brought himself up and got a job. When asked how many homeless are drug addict, he said 85%. So racism force people to be drug addict?
My family came to San Francisco in 1860. They came from New York after sailing around the Cape Horn. Everyone I know has moved away except for one that lives in Twin Peaks in a run down house worth $1.5 million. I left in 1991 and never looked back. I thought I had left my heart in San Francisco but it seems not. I haven't been there in over 16 years. It was quickly going south at that time. I never thought I'd leave San Francisco but I did. Now I know why! How sad!
SF mayors have been running on the platform of solving homelessness since the 70s and 80s. I’ve been here over 20 years and it only seems to get worse.
Been watching for 38 years. From the literal beginning. Worse every year
Do you mean former mayor Willie Brown or current mayor Willie Brown?
yes, the mayors, Brown, Newsom, Lee, Breed and many other run on the platform of "inclusion and
acceptance" which get standing applause and ovations! Front page pictures taken, smiles and waves
to all the supporters and now look! Where's the smiles now! Yet the same platform will reelect again!
@@jeffharrison1090 The average voter love listening to a beautiful narrative. And have trouble distinguishing the difference between emotion and fact. I was a minor, unimportant politician in Oakland
SpaghettiandSauce well conservative policies wouldn’t help either
30 million dollars for two doctors to study homelessness. Priceless.
and then blame it all on racism? How creative!
@@trappersurge6364 I could've told them that for free. Racism, sexism, classism and homophobia will be the death of this country.
Racism is the problem??!! ok 👌🏼
trapper surg yeah. Sounds about right for sf. We get taxed so much money to pay for a bunch of garbage leftist progressive agenda B.S.
And then the lady is clearly way too woke to actually solve the problem. "experiencing homelessness" and blaming it on racism. Lol.
SF needs new leadership and an audit for corruption.
No accountability for years now
No Democrats for life! Keep the Blues there
@@chuckruckus3648 Democrats are the problem. That much is obvious.
No more democrats
Missing Lee already
They want to start talking about structural racism but ignore the fact they received 30 million to study homelessness😑🤦🏽🤦🏽
I paid 30 million dollars and all I got is structural racism
It is kind of absurd, I agree. Anyway, I'm the violinist featured in the video - I am a street musician, and learned this skill to support myself through some challenging phases of being unhoused. Anyway, I'd like to invite you to a live stream tonight (7 pm san francisco time) of classical music via my fb page, Oliver Levi (profile url: nomadic.olive) , and to check out some of the music I'll be posting on this account. This is how I'm keeping myself afloat during this pandemic situation where tourism and nightlife are out for the count. Peace!
That's what you get in a system that rewards pretending.
But she has a Black Lives matter poster on her desk. 😂
Structural racism got two white doctors 30 million dollars to study homelessness. Their findings : apparentlty poverty causes homelessness. Who knew?
Six months after this video was posted San Francisco is emptying out at an extraordinary rate. The homeless population will soon be the only inhabitants of the City, Perfect!
Zombieland
Yeah well it’s been a year and it still hasn’t emptied out so…
@@MyLifeInTheDesert unfortunately
Hahaha 🤣😂 once everyone leaves the homeless will stop smoking crack and get jobs and be successful they have a Trojan horse plan
@Nurpur Jatt you're probably from sf, that city it an overly gentrified leech
Give it up to a magazine named "Fortune" to not include anyone who's struggling in S.F. in a video about why people are struggling in S.F.
Yeah the elites want to quietly annihilate struggling people, while not bringing any attention to it.
I live in San Francisco... I am not a drug addict (15 years clean)or criminal ... But I am disabled and I am watching this video on my cell phone in the back of the van that I live in with my husband and dogs after we were evicted from our rent controlled apartment that was demolished to make way for a shiny new complex @ 4000 to 7000 dollars a month rent ... They offered to rehouse us in an SRO in the Tenderloin as long as we are willing to give up our dogs that we have had for 7 years ... It was a dirty single room with a sink and no bathroom with people fighting all hours and getting high in the hall for 900 dollars of the combined 1600 me and my hubby pull in ...NO THANKS we'll take the van any day... This video is not showing an accurate portrayal of the struggle of San Franciscans... frankly it pisses me off!
@@cynthiagildea-dixon314 Yeah but the shinny new complex looks nice
PROSPERITY
BONANZA
@@cynthiagildea-dixon314 Maybe it's time to leave?
As someone who’s born and raised in the Bay Area, here’s your short answer: No
Sadly, I cannot argue. Bay area native here
As a Bay Area native, even the retails rents are outrageous. Small businesses have a hard time keeping up with the rents while providing reasonably priced food. Customers complain about pricing. All around, there are complains everywhere and the tech companies also demand tax breaks to stay in the city. Not sustainable!
The entire bay area needs a cleansing. A large part of SoCal also.
SF is So corrupt
That pretty much sums it up.
A bunch of "smart" sounding people that are really clueless regarding the reasons why....
lowering the 15$ minimum would certainly help
These homeless people don’t have a job because they have been priced out of the employment market. If someone is worth 10$/h they can’t get to the 15$/h step. It basically says it’s illegal for you to work for me if you can’t give me x $/h of productivity.
What I mean is, while increasing the minimum wage might boost middle class wages. The poor and low-income people of right now will take the hardest hit. High minimum wage hurts the very people it’s suppose to benefit.
Well that’s my point, automation will soon cut out such cashiers. Why? Ain’t nobody will pay cashiers 15+ $/h when a robot can do it for basically free once acquired.
I get what you are saying with the disconnection between a large successful company and its hard working employee. But this employee, who supposedly brings in a 20-30% increase in profit isn’t suppose to even bother about the minimum wage if he brings that much to a company. If the company isn’t ready to pay him more, he must realize that he is now part of a corporation which don’t care about the value of their employee. If there’s a minimum wage, they’ll just pay everyone at the bottom of ladder this wage, regardless of their productivity only because they need to fill up spots. And with minimum wage increasing, the less of those spots are created, especially amongst small businesses. While minimum wage might not affect big corporations that much, it kills small businesses.
Sorry for the vocabulary I’m french
trollnerd I totally agree with companies in the likes of McD. They often use the rising minimum wage as an excuse to either set their wages right on it or cut down labor by replacing with robots. They can all afford to pay bare minimum, even if it rises to 15+, but don’t you think it kills local businesses? In my perspective it just kills opportunities to start/grow a business without even taking in consideration all the regulations and taxes the govnt imposes on entrepreneurs. I’m really interested in seeing others’ point of view especially from Americans considering im canadian
Wow. Never have I heard so many words say so little.
Say WHATT. AMEN!!
And so much money thrown at the problems and yet nothing being accomplished
Well, to be fair, its Califonia :D
That is how you define the morals of California
I could since that’s what this video was all about within 30 seconds. It’s a great and wonderful place. Everyone’s fabulous. But unfortunately It’s just a shithole though. Who in the hell that can afford to live there would want to?
they really talked a whole lotta nothing and a dentist.
It is kind of absurd, I agree. Anyway, I'm the violinist featured in the video - I am a street musician, and learned this skill to support myself through some challenging phases of being unhoused. Anyway, I'd like to invite you to a live stream tonight (7 pm san francisco time) of classical music via my fb page, Oliver Levi (profile url: nomadic.olive) , and to check out some of the music I'll be posting on this account. This is how I'm keeping myself afloat during this pandemic situation where tourism and nightlife are out for the count. Peace!
A lot of platitudes and virtue signaling and a dearth of practical solutions
The City Hall Special!
*Sighs*
The practical solution is to not live in San Francisco
Amen. Well said.
Hence "structural racism"
@@bamorga Racism or classicism?
I visited SF in 2017 on holiday and I couldn’t believe the level of poverty/hopelessness. I couldn’t cope with all the homeless people with clear serious health issues. I was traumatised by what I saw, one man was in a wheelchair and had breathing equipment. I am from Kenya and I was shocked at the so called first world poverty. It is worse than Kibera because most of the people there are healthy mentally as well real hasslers.
I am in India couldn't understand how is this possible... Can you explain a bit how has this happened?? These people tell we are third world country... People in India are much healthy than any other country with its Ayurveda
The West is no longer a place you want to move too! It's becoming a hell hole.
Ha, you witnessed failed dumbocrat policies in action. Why they refuse to vote the left wing dumbocrats out, is anybody's guess. Just plain old stupidity I guess.
@@shakthivelsaravanan9263 half of Americans think San Francisco is in a good place and that the policies that create this are great. USA Civil War 2 is coming
MDs should be very well compensated, so all due respect. But $30M to crunch some numbers and pontificate? Maybe such funds need better allocation.
i would have done it for $10M and got the same results. $15M and i'd give you results that lead to actual solutions.
Lee Churchill it’s not given to them as a salary. It’s a grant used to pay for research. I work with docs who get grants all the time and it doesn’t line their pockets.
@@cassball7 maybe they don't, but to say salaries aren't taken out of grant money is just silly.
ryan barker Maybe at your hospital but medical doctors salaries at my hospital aren’t taken out of grant money.
@@cassball7 are you sure about that? do your doctors work for free? or do they get, like, a 9 month salary upfront from, i guess, the hospital? the money comes from somewhere, and it's usually not altruism feuling the grant industry.
there doesn't seem to be one size fits all grants. your observation, wherein you likely know less than you think you do when money is involved (and as if doctors are above essentially being bribed by pharma companies to push a certain product, that's a well-known practice i've seen happen personally), doesn't apply here to these two con-artists lining their pockets for googling public information.
That doctor lady is pissing me off. She doesn't have a clue.
That’s an understatement
She is just so satisfied with herself. Can't stand her smug smile. She's probably thinking, "I just got $30 million from these suckers. I'm just gonna keep bleeding them dry by blaming everything on 'structural racism' & telling them we need more $$ to solve the problem."
Facts
The study was a waste of money. Structural racism is not the cause of homelessness. Blaming everything else that aren’t the cause and symptoms of homelessness is stupid.
As a native San Franciscan I could only watch so much of this before I started to get really pissed! London Breed has been an awful mayor, Scott Weiner is in developers pockets, and while Mark Benioff is a forward looking thinker the $30 million will probably be wasted and we'll end up with answers to questions we already know. Taxing businesses to pay for supervisor folley is also a bad idea. The city is not the same or better, it's going in the wrong direction and there;s no stopping the idiocy that plagues city officials.
Then become a city official, start eminit domaining and have contractors build affordable housing, just ya know, strong becouse of the shaky shaky
London Reed? HELL, Ronald Reagan started this mess Google it! I m a Black Professional Female, STOP BLAMING US FOR EVERY PROBLEM IN AMERICA!!!!! DAMM.IT!
@@holymelon8011 America after Ronald Reagan started this letting crazy people, out of insane asylums, then made a business out of poor people!.
@@maxinefowler1186 ikr, dipshit republicans, it's that meeme where a bike rider puts a stick in his spokes then blames someone else for crashing
STOP talking and START doing!
they keep raising taxes, what more do you want?
@Ron Si i don't live on the left coast, so my best contribution is to convince people to quit voting for and subsidizing failure.
Start doing what kind Sir?
What are your suggestions to combat this social plague?
Riot? Write a letter to your congressman? Jump into real estate? I'd gladly join the cause??
The problem lies in everything thing san Francisco does to fix a problem they create. They just create a few more problems. Then blame their socialist policies on capitalism and the free market. They add more socialism and taxes and blame capitalism. Problem keeps getting worse. I mean a 30 million homeless study. Drugs and a refusal to work and being supported by the government. People ignoring the issue of thier neighbor getting lost in the rat race.
Oh shit, dem politicians only talk, so i guess san franciscans need to vote red, but that won't happen 😩
As a native San Franciscan it breaks my heart that I can't afford to live in my hometown.
Then stop feeding the reason, like commenting on TECH PLATFORMS..............
It's called supply and demand. When there are more people wanting to occupy a patch of ground that can fit on that patch of ground, something is going to decide who gets to and who does not. Not trying to be men or insensitive, just pointing cold hard reality. If someone else wants it enough to pay more for it, why shouldn't they get it? Just saying.
james goines, That’s dumb.
If you’re still there, LEAVE. You can live a good life outside of CA.
Vote rent control and excessive building regulations out and you will be able to buy a superb place with a view of the Bay. The new Bay bridge - how long did it take bureaucrats to build? Was it longer than GGB? With all those modern power tools and technology was it quicker and cheaper than building the first one?
Sf use to be a beautiful city of quirky ideas and artists. Now it’s just homeless and out of towner techies.
Sad but true...
K Pak Yup, I am part of a large artist group. Our landlord is kicking us out soon so he can build condos on the lot and make millions of dollars. We as artists can barely survive as is, and now we can't find a new building for our studios. And even if we do find an ideal space, we can't afford the rent anyway.
Do you believe some people in ST would like the tech industry to colapse or leave the city ?
@@julienbee3467 - No. But, it appears there is LESS diversity in SF today then 10 or 20 years ago. Its been a massive, greedy, techie money grab for some time and SF lost its soul in the process.
Julien Bee I think people just find it sad that the city has become so generic and expensive in such a relatively short time period(10 years).
Short answer: not likely.
Long answer: they need to weed out the corrupted politicians that are only banking the funding for homelessness that in reality is going through shell companies and never ever ending up helping the cause. It's not just simply helping the homeless currently roaming in the area, but also fixing the economic structure presently in place as rent prices and overall cost of living remain insane. I'm no expert so I cannot say how plausible this is to fix everything, what I do know is that they certainly can't keep this up and expect it to even out or get better.
Vaas (Far Cry 3): Have I every told you the definition of insanity?
As long as the interviewees are the policy makers, there is no hope for San Francisco.
Simple answer: NOPE!!
These ppl are delusional that’s why there is a problem
nope.. overpopulation is the problem. #NIMBY
@Sal Brothman It used to be 'oh the mexi*ans are coming here illegally' altough that is one component to CA's overpopulation problem.
The other is that theres so many people from the country and world that want to live in CA just on the hype alone.
#1. Midwesterners and Southerns.
A lot of LA SF transplants are from the Midwest, they have all the resources to buy homes in the midwest and plenty of good paying jobs , but they want to come to Cali for : ' i can't stand chicago, i hate the snow, that's why i moved to CA, the weather here is much better, i'm never going back'.
#2. A lot of CHINESE and HINDI are invading CA, each of those countries has 1.2 Billion each, if 1% of their country decided to move here thats adding 12 million.
The US only has around 600M. At some point this whole good somaritan acts has to take into account the real population issue.
#3. THe rest of the world; corrupt politciains from around the world and kids want to live in CALI too.
Another thing is that CA is not that big, it looks huge on a regular map but most of it dominated by unhinhabitable mountain ranges and moost of SC is basically a desert.
25% of what yyou see on a map of CA is what can only be habitable,
which is why the COAST has the most popultaion.
So CA is at MAX CAPACITY,you can't really expand anymore on the coast.
Only in the Valley you can build more housing.However most of that land is owned by the AGG industry , CA is not losing it's main cash crops to house more implants because it will never stop.
A good way for CA to stop the homeless issue
IS to ID check the homeless at the shelters, if most of them are out of state, CA needs to bill those states that are sending their homeless to CA.
*"We have Diversity"* I wonder if they've ever been to any other American cities. Like, every American city has diversity. Even small towns in rural Iowa have diversity now days. "Diversity" isn't unique at all.
You do not have feces on your street, so you are not diverse enough.
los angeles feels like it has diversity but everyone’s in their own corner
It also has no benefit
Yupp. I live in a major city in the deep south and we have diversity like everyone else.
"Diversity" is pointless, unless it is backed up by intelligence.
Love the city for the vistas, but damn their politics are terrible.
A $30 million study that showed housing is expensive. Way to go. 👍
if there are that many needles on the streets maybe this is a drug problem.
I agree. I've known many people who became homeless and in EVERY instance it was directly linked to drug addiction.
As for the people who built San Francisco's skyscrapers now being homeless...I worked in the architecture and commercial industry for 35 years and I don't know any of those folks who are now homeless. What a weird statement that was.
Don’t forget the feces...
"be yourself" as long as you're like everyone else around there!
That’s literally what I said to myself when I heard them say that. Sucks living here bc of that. Tolerance my ass
Conserv Christian Straight men are not welcome in SF. I live 35 miles from SF...
@Ch Pe You for got, Check the White Priv then throw themselves off the Golden Gate. That is the Tolerance that SF has them! Honestly, I believe SF is under some kind of demonic spiritual force. In the 80 & 90's We would drive into SF during Christmas. Very nice and festive. Totally different now.. WE never bring our $$$ into that hell hole now.
@Ch Pe can't take a walk in sf cause it smells like rotten piss and you risk slipping on someone's faeces.
@Ch Pe You'll have to go further than the immediate ebay bay now. Have you seen the other
liberal control cities of Oakland and Berkeley? Looks slightly better only because there's more
space between them. But really, just as bad, graffiti, boarded up store all for homeless & BLM!
Politician are so concerned about good press/sound bites they neglect everything else! If you
truly meant you're really looking to relocate to the immediate east bay and looking for a half-azz
normal city, look Albany/el cerrito (very expensive) or other side of richmond in Pinole and Hercules!
30 Million to tell me that you need homes to fix homelessness?? What a breakthrough discovery. I could of told you that for half the price HA
I would tell them that and include a report for 4 million!
Now we see why San Fransico have so many homeless,good at wasting money.
Exactly!!! That's why the problem isn't fixed. They add this 30 mil into the total amount that's "addressing the homelessness problem." People need to wake up and vote these people out office. It's that simple.
@@TheFoxwiz I want 100 Million!
Building “affordable housing” is not going to help San Francisco’s homeless population...they have no jobs and no money.
So what is your solution?
So many of them are mentally ill and on drugs. So many times in BART stations and on the BART, I see used needles. One evening, around 7pm, I was in a BART car at the Powell St. Station and these homeless people were heating up their drugs on a spoon IN the train! The next stop couldn't get here fast enough. I ran out and ran to the first car with the conductor and let her know. It was scary!
@@arunavaghatak8614 Lower taxes, create environment for companies to come to SF, employment increases, tax base improves, SF saved. Thank you for asking, I'm glad to answer for you.
@Joseph Manning Middle class jobs are lacking in SF. Thank you for helping me make my point with your examples.
Cool One gentrification is a huge issue in SF. you’re obviously not from here. big companies moving in is displacing more people than it helps. the people coming to get those new jobs aren’t even from the city and it displaces people
The elite 1% ruined San Francisco by driving up rents so high that working people are homeless. I experienced this myself as an artist and bike messenger. I loved my life there for 17 years. The end of the 90s was the end of my life there. I sobbed watching my city disappear in the rear view mirror. If I could afford to live there I’d still be there.
No, anti-development laws put in by self-described progressives caused the shortage by preventing more building.
Bike messengers were really cool lot. Colorful and fun. Used to be a courier in SF.
How do the 1% of people who pay high rent cause the remaining 99% of rents to also be super high? People living in mansions aren't trying to rent up a studio apartment.
dont blame the rich...youre jealous
Wrong
My first trip to San Francisco was in 1980 after I had graduated and decided to fly to NYC from London and travelled overland to San Francisco before flying back to Singapore. I still recalled it was a pleasant and beautiful city. My next trip was 5 years later when I flew into San Francisco and spent a few days there before flying to Phoenix to start my MBA program.
Over the years, I have been to San Francisco many times as I preferred to fly into SFO instead of LAX. However, over the years the city has deteriorated, especially the areas around Union Square. Vagrants, homeless and beggars seemed to gather in these areas. The places smelled of urine and shxt. Once I accidentally walked into the Tenderloin District and I was shocked to see needles and syringes on the streets. There were drug addicts everywhere.
It is likely both my wife and I will give San Francisco a miss should we travel to the U.S. again. It is a pity the city has deteriorated so much.
Best thing i ever did for my career, lifestyle and friends was moving out of the bay area...
I lived in on the other side Concord, hated it and moved. how bad was it living in the bay area?
Where were you living exactly? Neighborhood? and how long were you there?
Every person I talk to from New Yorkers or East coast, Midwest, Texas, Florida etc. All these squares want to live here because they know this is where it's at.
This is the place to be, that's why all these weirdos are moving in.
Demand and supply, supply the Rich and dam the less rich.
Why did you leave? I have a job offer in the bay and I am not sure if I should take it
Dani The man you should only take that job if it pays enough to keep your housing costs under 25%..
Use that 30 million to build some homeless shelters outside of SF instead of funding Margot Kushel who made over 280K last year.
No dude.. OVERPOPULATION is the issue. Need more restrictions on immigration from every place in the freakn planet and no more welfare queens coming to Cali for the bennefits.
@@sebastianasian what kind of businessperson would want to relocate? well, any with a brain and the ability to do so, really.
@@robroux6074 that's why seattle is a shit hole, because it's well known homeless are welcome there.
Could stop giving them needles for drugs and creating the problem.
@@Swagalious689 were it a boyfriend giving clean needles for drugs to their meth g/f and using the same reasoning the gummint does, we would view that as some kind of co-dependent relationship that's all sorts of fucked up. just when the gummint does it it's being socially responsible, especially when the taxpayer is paying for it.
how about this: make a gofundme so people who believe it's a good idea can spend their money on it and see how that works out.
Yet every time I've purchased food for a homeless person and spoke to them in Union Square, not ONE was even from California. Not one.
@Ch Pe That whole square was going downhill before the pandemic. All those retail businesses get robbed every day. Macy's gets hit hard every day from all the transients on meth. They sometimes come in with makeshift weapons with razor blades on them. Its awful. This is such a beautiful and expensive city but you would never know it.
@Ch Pe Yikes!
Almost none of them are.
Homeless people seek hospitable weather.
@@justdreambig7009 California passed a law that prevents people from being prosecuted for shoplifting if they steal items less than $950
These two researchers from UCSF is the problem. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on studying the homeless with nothing to report. How can structural racism create homelessness when the City is helping big tech companies develop its downtown to attract overpaid tech workers to come here to displace and drive up the cost of real estate and tell us we are too selfish not to allow the city to ruin our neighborhoods. The greedy politicians are in bed with the developers to massively develop the city with no regard to our quality of life. There is just no more land to develop without sacrificing our quality of life but the politicians just don't get it. From another study, 75 % of the homeless in San Francisco are from outside of the city, they are mostly drug addicts and/or mental which the city pander and coddle with millions of our tax dollars and that's why this problem only gets worse.
Used to love going to San Francisco as a kid. I wouldn't come within 50 miles of it now. The entire Bay Area is a lost cause, and the voters allowed it to haplen.
Don’t forget about the conditions at City Hall. Clean up the fraud and corruption within the agencies that manage federally funded contracts.
It'll never happen. I read a book: "The San Francisco Earthquake." Corruption and graft were rampant in 1906, even while thousands of people died. Why should that change now?
"In homelessness we've had remarkable success using evidence based policies in permanent supportive housing to really decrease homeless in people with significant disabilities." Meanwhile homelessness has skyrocketed every year.
....and you would not want to live in an SRO. They cost $500 mo. to live with the mentally ill, and drug dealers in dilapidated hotels.
With such outrageous denial, I fear SF is toast. In fact I’d bank on it.
Let me translate for anyone living out of state: "Progress" is political slang for "Back-room real estate deal".
Yea😅✌🏽
That is the same as any other state.
Sure. 30 Million dollars for 2 doctors to STUDY homelessness rather than using these 30 Million dollars to build 200 residential units for 600, 700 homeless people. Seems legit.
Soooooo no one is gonna mention the insane amount of drug use or the bills that virtually decriminalized drug use and the mental health disparity.... 30 million dollars to have 2 doctors say the majority of homeless people are just poor...... bruh. 🤦🏻♂️
That’s 16 minutes I won’t get back.
I quit as soon as I see a BLM sign 5:18
Big X your wack and racist! Suck on it.
it's educational in the sense you get a better idea just how clueless they are.
Big X I saw that sign too and felt the same way as you.
Big X BLM ✊🏿 ✊🏾 ✊🏽 BIDEN 2020🇺🇸🇺🇸🇲🇽🇲🇽
A Safeway Food clerk in the 80's was able to live in a 2 bedroom apartment in any part of the mission or noe valley and still have money to save on the side and enjoy life. WTF happened to us?
Private equity investors.
1. RE speculators.
2. Foreign RE Investors / Speculators aka Slum Lords.
3. Success (?!) Of SF and it's Globalistic and Technologist Visions.
Runner up:
Too many unsavory Tech speculators (investors) who throw boku bucks at any bs connected brass ring chaser.
Democrats happened
The simplest truth is that there's no where else for money to grow, but in real estate. In places like SF, NYC, Chicago, etc., the cost of living has skyrocketed while the perks of actually living in these places are going away. These places are now nothing but ways to invest a few dollars, let it sit for a while, and cash out. The system has become designed to further this degradation. Only trouble is, the 'cashing out' part is quickly going away. The avarice and greed have led to the construction of a seemingly unstoppable political machine that has the Cali cities and states locked into a nosedive. They don't have the will or the guts to positively change things for the better.
I fully expect Cali and her cities will be looking for federal dollars, soon enough.
"People who live in S.F. all of their lives" (for 10 years), "built this city" (in 10 years) and are now homeless ? They must have had skills ? Why didn't they move to another more affordable city and continue with their skills ? But when your a doctor getting paid $15,000,000, that kind of money makes it easy to lie though your teeth.
@carlson mujem Your a clueless Communist weakling. The government caused the problem to begin with.
They shouldn't have to move to another city, especially those that have live there all their lives it's their home.
I am born and raised here. They took all the money in the city coffers, that we filled with our taxes, and they gave big business tax free incentives and rule changes to move our jobs out, and luxury skyscrapers to displace us. It was quick. I counted sixteen building cranes operating simultaneously one day. If you're a renter, it was easy to get stuck. Most of the homeless are formerly employed and housed here at one time.
I watched this because of the title and because I lived in SF for 20 years (leaving in '94). The title question was never answered. The "solutions" proffered were non-solutions and the feel good bromides about what could happen were useless (mobile dentists???). Meanwhile the homeless problems and other crime problems have grown to epic proportions, the public schools are still horrible and unsafe and you can't afford a house, any house, unless you have a trust fund or bought apple stock a long time ago. Can SF be saved? Yes. Will it? The odds are not good.
Structural racism. A tried and true progressive standby. If one wants to find racism one will find it. Whether it is there or not. The people who hope to find racism in anything will find it in the mirror first.
I lived there 50 years ago when regular folks could and did live there. I worked for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency. They acquired property for developers by condemnation. Resident hotels where old people lived were "condemned' so developers could build office buildings. NIMBY started then.
I see so few comments along these lines. This may have been a "broken record" conversation point 20 years ago, but people are now forgetting--whether organized through official agency or not, America tore down its low-income urban neighborhoods and downtown business districts in a bout of urban renewal. Disorganized or decentralized urban renewal was still pushing through smaller cities into the 21st century. The first room off the street has always been low-rent transient housing--residential hotels; weekly apts and rooms; cheap apts; etc. For families with children, it was often cheap month-to-month rented apts with no questions asked about income. For all of the token contemporary non-profit housing destined for voluntary management, the capacity does not compare to demolished private housing options. Add in all of the high-rise public housing (municipal housing authority projects) closed or demolished in the past 30 years. Life in those high-rises was isolated and hellish for many, but contemporary people forget the high occupancy capacities of those buildings. Was there no way we could have aided a high quality of life in those buildings? (similar buildings remain occupied and generally well-received throughout urban Europe). I am an advocate of transition from low-end, low-quality of life housing to dignified housing. The problem is, we tore everything down before socially evolving into whatever comes next. We handed the reins of our society right back into the hands of the rich.
@@worldtocome Young people don’t know past history. It takes old folks like me to educate them so they understand decisions were made long before which impact their lives today.
Are you the bastard that tore down Winterland?
@@P2055516 and the Fillmore?
The problem in SF is not the tech companies. It's the local governments, along with the state of California, that make it so hard to build new housing. NIMBYism is rampant in the state.
Actually the tech companies are the cause of the problems. Make no bones about it. The governments helped by not regulating them before they came. The companies should have paid for infrastructure, transportation, and housing for their employees before they came. They never stopped coming here, company after company. Paying more and more, forcing people out. They were evicted by landlords here. Evicted so landlords could sell to big companies who would rebuild and rent to high income workers. So yes tech is the reason because they created income inequality. They aren't the majority of people here, but the damage that portion of people created has become devastating.
@@kingphillieman It's not the job of tech companies to create infrastructure, transportation and housing. It's the job of government to facilitate those. Even if the companies were willing to provide those, NIMBYS would come in and stop it. Remember how tech companies were bashed for trying to provide transportation from SF to companies in Silicon Valley? And tech companies are subject to the housing restrictions that the city of SF and state of California have imposed.
So the city is 7 miles by 7 miles and all those companies keep coming in 🤔 that sounds like a very condescended city for that many people. So some of the people there are selfish, companies keep attracting more people, and government can’t do much without entrenching on peoples/company rights. Wow what a mess.
watch the similar video that is titled "Seattle Is Dying."
YES! Great suggestion and worth the watch.
The whole world is dying
@@EfrainMcshell The world is wonderful!Politics in these shithole cities...not so much.
@@tompain2751 I guess the world isn't wonderful then if they are "shitholes"
@@itzpro5951 Balance.
I spent many years of my childhood regularly visiting SF, every other weekend from the early 1980's to the late 1990's, and off & on a lot thereafter. Over the last 20 years, I have seen the soul of SF be sucked out of the city. San Francisco and Amsterdam are two of the most beautiful cities on Earth, when you wake up there, you know you are there. San Francisco has let itself go like Thor in Endgame. When I go to North Beach now, the majority of the floor-level commercial space is boarded up, not because of an economic collapse like one of the rust-belt cities, but because of its own greed and price gouging. Property owning San Franciscans have told me that they don't care to see extra bathrooms available throughout the central city, which means that they are fine with their streets covered in human feces. At this point in the city's history, do its residents even care enough to see their city cleaner and nicer? Or are they OK with it being a model of someone's California nightmare. If you wanna nightmare, do like Tesla and Oracle and move Texas, where third world values have led to a little cold wreaking havoc on the state. The tech industry is an industry of garbage and e-waste that is actually worth pennies on the dollar, has stolen and diminished the human experience, increased stupidity and impotence, and has turned America's children into Patreon whores. California is the best state in America, and was before tech, and will continue to be after. Until then, build massive amounts of surplus housing as to even out the market so people can actually live inside, unless you're a filthy developer whose trying to rape our state, then jump off the bridge or GTFO! But if San Franciscans are fine living in a city where the streets smell like a rectum and the biggest building looks like an uncircumcised shlong (this would appeal to SF's most famous demographic) and is dominated by homeless people, one must wonder where their sense of taste and sophistication has gone.
the most famous demographic wouldn't be the golden gate bridge? lol
Like Thor in Endgame? Dork.
While visiting San Francisco in 1998,
I could see the beginning of this.
I never saw so many young people living on corners with grocery carts & pets..The sidewalks were full of people panhandling it was crazy to
see.. The current administration is too busy helping migrants while our cities / our people continue to decline. Sometimes I feel like we're being replaced..
we are - by turd-worlders
If it quacks like a duck
@@zoompt-lm5xw ua-cam.com/video/EsQJ-Tokoqo/v-deo.html
Proof that the Biden administration is aiding the cartels instead of protecting the American people..
Actions speak louder than words or mumbles Mr.President.
Honestly most people living in SF won’t even read this comment the moment I mention the Bible, but this verse is so apt here:
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools”
Romans 1:22.
SF can’t be saved until the people residing in it and affecting/creating the policies that have shaped it, return to common knowledge and solution based problem solving, over their ideologies and cult like politics.
They think themselves so wise, they’ve walked off a cliff everyone else can see.
The Bible says Mary was 14 when she got prego so they should start having babies sooner and that would fix most problems.
hay woods which was typical historically until about 100 years ago even in the US, but it would have been especially typical for the region. Please do not get historical accounts, mixed up with lessons. It’s a very bad straw man that’s often used by people who don’t want to actually argue the point that was presented.
@@zenmasterjack3873 Ok. Well the problem in California is they like poor people and mexicans and let them live in tents everywhere.
@@greenlawnfarm5827 no they like mexican food and labor but not mexicans
@@criticaltweaker4393 Ok. I thout they liked to accept everyone equally and like people on drugs.
There are plenty of areas I can’t afford to live... so... I don’t live there.
I've lived in SF for over 20 years, I love this city, and have even had to deal with homeless issues around my home (like opening my garage door to a violent man in a sleeping bag threatening me). In my observations, there are different types of homeless and we need unique solutions for them all:
1. severely mentally ill or brain damaged from intense drug abuse - this is the woman on the 38 that screams to no one (or everyone) and says the same word over and over again. They need to be cared for in an institution - and never be on the street alone. this is how societies should be judged, how do you help the people that can't help themselves?
2. drug addicts - need to be cared for in an institution focused on drug addiction. This should be viewed as a temporary state and they need an assist to detox and end their dependency and get back on track.
3. marginal/temporary homeless - these people are often living in cars, some life event happened and they found themselves out on the streets. They don't want to be homeless and therefor need an assist, TEMPORARY housing with a strict program, even city or government funded jobs (think FDRs The New Deal) no handouts. Handouts result in learned helplessness and a loss of dignity - yeah this will require our officials to create programs - do the work - not just write checks.
4. older citizens without support or a safety net - these are often the people who fought our wars and built (literally in some cases) SF and for some reason their families are not around or able to care for them. It breaks my heart seeing people in their late 70s and 80s living out of cars. These people need to be cared for in city or federal run elderly homes - this is not temporary - they'll need this support for the rest of their lives. This is a great use of our tax dollars.
5. bums/vandals - yep I said it. These are jobless by choice and SF has a lot of them. This last group is why we need to make it illegal to sleep on the street. Many of these are in the 25% of our homeless who never actually lived in a house in SF - they came here for the handouts, easy pickings with tourist car break-ins, handouts, etc. We need to care for the other types of homeless and prosecute this last group.
These are my observations from living and working in SF for over 20 years. We need politicians with the courage to make difficult decisions and do their jobs (do the work) and at least start on a path for solving homelessness in SF - enough with the bad ideas (like handouts that cost up to $100K per year per homeless person). If you want different results, you need to try different solutions.
I agree tough love
Bums and vandals need to be sent to work camps. Forced labor.
Mentally ill. We had involuntary confinement but ACLU types forced hospitals to release them. Make ACLU adopt them and take them home.
Drug addicts. Forced labor camps with the bums and vandals. Lots of fresh air and sunshine and 16 hours a day doing back breaking work.
Make life unpleasant enought the rest of the homeless vermin will migrate to Nevada and die in the desert heat.
Sounds like a bunch of tech intellectuals brag how much they could help but they don't
No,I won't have it,they're looking for ways to help as long as it doesn't affect their bank balance,unless it's upwards of course,as usual it'll be down to those who can least afford it to bail them out!
It's the Elon Musk approach of over-engineering solutions. See his record-dumb idea of The Boring Company.
They are too busy hiring under 40 years and letting the older workers go homeless.
I'm from that area.....haven't been there in about 10 years.....will I ever go back??? ...NOPE!
I love the city but if they really gave a damn about the homeless problem, they could build a massive dormitory in the Presidio in a matter of weeks, for pennies on the dollar on what businesses have spent on sky rise offices and fancy condos.
I just got another good idea. The people that live there should have to give the homeless people one room in theyer house and give them food and clean the place. And give them spending money for stuff they want like alcohol and drugs. That way they would not have to make the taxes go up.
that assumes that the homeless want to live in a massive dormitory
@rvidal0001 But california doesnt like guns and wants all the mexicans to be equal there.
@@sifridbassoon I think they like being in the tents when they shoot up. It makes them think they are in the woods.
@rvidal0001 California bans guns and makes other states pay for dumb polution things like on lawn mowers and now everything has a prop 69 warning about dangerous chemicals. Cali cares so much about the environment and not about people in the USA but about the people that sneak here with poor families then they complain that they dont have money or housing for them.
The tax breaks for hi tech companies, the back room deals, etc the govt is corrupt and the working class is lost to broken system. The City needs help.
join DSA
400 restaurants have closed in the last 2 years in SF, companies yes, workers no, even tech workers don't live in the City, too expensive to live their on your own. I keep saying it's about a city that over estimates itself as a tourist destination and over price many things.
Soccer Star Studios lets just wait for a market correction
@@incognitwo4235 It's been like this since 2004
@petercom12 all the tech companies dont pay taxes cuz it was supposed to help the city.....shortsighted idiots making stupid decisions......shocker.
I wonder how much these public employees take off taxpayers for just talking about homeless.
Inthewoods I would like to see more discussion about SF’s housing problem. More discussion can bring more ideas to the table. I’m not from SF but I want to see the housing situation improve. This problem needs to be felt by everyone. Also the housing problem is seen in various places globally.
@@ThaiIsland I would like to see more homeless people arrested for shitting on the streets, shooting up. Change the law you won't have so many worthless shit bags to worry about. Don't pander to the drug addicts, arrest them get them some help. Who would let their family shit on the streets? Help them. So embarrassing for ca.
@@inthewoods9470 maybe we need more public bathrooms.
@@AscheDjidoi Yea.....that's probably it. Maybe a personal grooming helper and hygiene adviser for each homeless person. Also get someone to test their booze and harion to make sure its good and safe, of course after they go get it for them. Think of the jobs that will be created. It's going to be great.
$ 100,000 +/ year + benefits
As a child of a formerly homeless person who lives in San Fran, the notion that substance abuse is not 98% of the homeless problem is an absolute joke. If people are poor and can't afford to live in the city, they move to the suburbs. It happens every day. Very few people go from a stable home to the streets in a single week.
Domestic violence and divorce can cause homelessness
at 14;43 he said we are all people who "deserve" an equal share. Share of what? We deserve what we work for. We deserve nothing simply because we live.
Move. The US is big and opportunities abound outside of California.
The US is becoming a very small place. I am in a city on the east coast that used to be affordable and now is pricing out many who have lived and grew up here for generations. Why should it be ok to push them out? I am a newcomer, and moved around the east coast several times due to real estate getting expensive and because of the resulting urban decay years later. Moving is not easy nor affordable for most (especially those with children, jobs in that city, elderly family, etc). And, moving all the time does not fix the issues that cities like San Francisco (add to that so many other US cities: Seattle, DC, New York, Los Angeles, Pheonix etc.) are experiencing. Think moving to that small sleepy town is the answer? Give it time. The developers and those looking to make a profit will find your town eventually, develop it and price you out. Just wait.
Why in a large land mass we are trying to cram everyone in a few coastal areas is beyond me. Inefficient as hell.
"Move" is far, far easier said than done.
@Glen Ayres Nope-wrong.
@@skellymom Not if you BUY the real estate instead of renting it.
The majority of homeless people can’t find jobs in the flourishing tech industry. The technology moved forward but there skills didn’t. Mail, news retail jobs are gone because of tech. 25% of homeless are between 41-65. A large number don’t know shit bout computers. No more Macy’s or Sears n they closedNordstrom at stonestown mall. there’s hardly any record stores or video rental spot like blockbuster 😂
Mr. Canlas Man you need to get out more. No homeless person is on the street because they lost their retail job. Mental illness, drug abuse, and alcoholism are all the reason you need. San Francisco lost a lot of insurance and finance jobs as the city became uninhabitable. The pyramid building is all that’s left of TransAmerica- all those jobs went to Denver, CO.
Adam Smith First I do go out, I’ve been to 40 countries. Second alcohol and drugs been in San Francisco for years. Big companies are hiring contractors not giving people full benefits to workers saving tons of money. Reasons for large gap. You should read winner takes all Also people especially from China who are investing there cash into homes in San Francisco paying over price to buy homes. As well as people from other states. That’s why you see the market unaffordable. Drugs and alcohol been here! There problems but there not the main reasons for homelessness. Drug addicts n alcoholics can keep jobs.
"Adapt, Evolve, Compete or Die”
Mr. Canlas Many countries have high tech and expensive cities. They all have drunks and addicts. Why is SF have this problem?
Itz_LittleBun PlayzUwU This is what I’ve researched. The US believe it or not allow the most Immigrants into there country. China one worlds largest country just had a boom in there middle class. Many of them becoming wealthy, investing, buying homes in cities like sf skyrocketing price. Then the tech industry n even the biotech are huge here!!! The industry hire contractors not full time employees. Dropping wages n benefits of workers (contractors), because companies compete for lower bids to take jobs. Lowering chances of buying a home. 100k is considered low income, go research it. people from other states taking jobs cuz of high wages, pushing out bottom feeders. Lastly, San Francisco has many programs and generous people who help the homeless. Other homeless people are moving to sf. LA has a similar situation. People are not adapting to the jobs that are in. I would recommend you to do your own research, n hopefully u find it. Don’t listen to people on UA-cam 😆
My first visit to San Francisco was 2002 (loved it).
My last trip to San Francisco 2019(awful,never again).
...so sad to see a beautiful city dying.
I was last there in ‘98 and I loved it. My friends that go there for tech functions keep telling me how bad it’s gotten. Such a shame.
I lived in SF long ago. It was a dream city that existed in reality on the earth. Yet, I saw the "political" writing on the wall, and left long ago. Made the right decision. So sad.
Homelessness is A CHOICE.. Most people who cannot afford an area, house, car go for cheaper althernatives so they can continue. People have options and have migrated to affordable areas or get multiple jobs like my parents did... Immigrants come here with little to no money, do not speak english and survived or thrived.
Worked in healthcare with homeless patients for the last few years and I’ll say you can give people money, shelter and food but what do you actually change? Is their mentality different, behavior different? are they going to be more self reliant and independent? The able body homeless at least need a life coach not an underpaid social worker who had to operate within strict laws. It takes extreme examples to shake people out of apathy. More virtue signaling and not actually asking the tough questions.
SF is just a giant expensive toilet
Jerry C then leave. I love it here.
@W2 LOL it is like in his native central american city. He is adapted. Latinos bring sh to USA with them.
LOL!!!!!!!
@W2 I think there is a misconception that if you live in SF you will see poop on the sidewalk everyday. It really isn't the case. I live closer to the shore and the only poop I see is dog poop. But if you move towards the tenderloin, well then theres hella poop/
@@zell863 Latinos didn't ruin SF
Homelessness is not about housing,it’s about drug addiction and mental illness. The number of homeless that refuse help or shelter to remain on the streets is enormous. All the money invested in services can’t help if those that refuse the help are not "force" to take it. If they don’t accept the help then they should be removed from the streets. It is not fare for the rest of the citizens paying taxes to coexist with this situation.
I live in San Francisco. I'm a Democrat and I'm all for removal of the homeless of the streets and moved into government-run rehabilitation centers! Sick and freakin' tired of walking down Market, 5th or 6th Street's in downtown and watching homeless folks taking a dump on the streets. Why or how city leaders and the state tolerate such misery in plain sight is beyond me, but I'm so over it.
FreewayBrent same. I agree with all of that and am also from here.
I was fortunate to live in San Francisco from 1993-1999 during and after college. It always had a special place in my heart - a beautiful and unique city of all cities. Over the last 20 years, I've lived in NYC and abroad (NYC has its own separate demise occurring)... Starting about 10 years ago, SF started to depress me. Despite its natural beauty, most of the good seemed to have left. What remained was the ugly and it appeared to have become worse; the people became worse. An assortment of young hollow souls mixed in with the types past the age of 40 still trying to be kids. Mix in thousands of homeless, a large handful of drug addicts and a generous amount of tourists and there you have it: SF Salad....I began to dread visiting every year or so for business. For me, it was akin to visiting an old ex that you still have feelings for but is on a terrible path . When you meet, you can still see the beauty and reminisce of old times, but you can also see the decay, the bad decisions, the emptiness and sadness. San Francisco was a beautiful place in the 90s - a mostly working class town with an eccentricity and unique flavor. Now, I see a hollow metropolis with shameful wealth disparity, urban ills beyond comprehension due to poor leadership and a growing class of arrogant people with no soul or individuality despite their devotion to Burning Man... I'd rather spend a week in Columbus, OH, Asheville, NC or Savannah, GA than a few days in San Francisco. Thanks for the memories, old flame. P.S. That Salesforce Tower looks like a big dick.
Classic!
NYC functions...im a NYer its better here than SF
Ohio? oh please
@@carlsilverman754 Try Ohio sometime. NYer. You might like it. Your city is a dump and you need papers to eat a burger.
I live in the east bay. My wife and I never go to San Francisco. It’s a mess. Sad 😞 Scott Winer is working on destroying the rest of the state. He needs to go!
Everybody dished BS, no solutions, blame others
I have live in SF since the 80s. when I moved out people think I am crazy
Anyone staying is out of their minds or who doesn't have homeless shooting meth or heroin in front of their house or shitting in front of the restaurant you WERE going to have dinner at.
People still think I am crazy
Did that lady try to tell me homelessness has ties to racism ??
SFHoe yeah, she’s the one with the Black Lives Matter sign in her office
yep, and in the same video featuring a black business owner who went to harvard.
@@ryanbarker5217 to study what?
I've lived in the city my whole life. Tech didn't start to move from the south bay to the City until between 2003 to 2008. They tore down all the housing projects to make "mixed income housing"(Not so mixed income housing). The housing projects kept a balance in the City putting a pause on the techie takeover. As soon as they tore down Valencia Gardens, Army street, Alemany, Fillmore, etc the old city was on its way out. Now hunters point is in their crosshairs.
@Joanne Woodward my parents came here from Italy and my whole family lived in either bay view, Alemany and Mission/Excelsior district so I'm well aware of what the demographic was. I lived in bayview on silver right where it nears 3rd in Hunters Point. The right side of my face is titanium and I'm scarred with three knife wounds, so I'm no stranger to the standard of living out there believe me.
Unfortunately it's a sad case where its either the option of the neighborhood being dangerous and working-class families being able to afford to live there or the opposite extreme end of the spectrum to where only Google and Twitter executives can afford to buy or rent there. I'm not on the social justice hype in the slightest, because that Marxist bullshit universal income (welfare for everyone) offers nothing but lack of motivation and it's slavery living hand to mouth. However, part of me misses the days where I only had to pay 1/3 of my income to rent rather than the whole check living in the old bayview.
It's just sad it's one extreme or the other. Pick either dangerous or can't afford it. I think I go with housing projects and keeping 2/3 of my check. Lol! If you want to incentivize welfare make affordability such a problem to where people are better off on welfare than working a 9 to 5. Right now it's about dead even. My parents are immigrants and not Americans, so I have a good work ethic 🤣🤣but I see how people get comfortable being on the welfare systemwhen there is not much incentive to work hard.
I believe this is an agenda attempting to make things like this on purpose because they are looking to push people right into the wide open arms of socialism. And people are falling for it by the millions.
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Yeah, it's long been an elite globalist idea to get rid of money for the majority. Basically even if they think they mean well. These elite don't plan to remove their ability to have currency. It's just for other people. Cogs.
Pfft. It is a dumb idea. But they like it because it insures mediocracy and no challengers.
Im Australian and I left SF very traumatised and disturbed after my 2015 visit. Never have I seen such extreme poverty, homelessness and destitution. Never again.
People and the Mayor of San Francisco don't understand the problem. The labeling of the homeless with the term homeless is completely wrong. They are not homeless, they are mentally ill, they are drug addicts, they don;t want to work. But, we call them homeless because they can't afford a home. They can't afford a home because they can't. And won't. It would be like the Mayor going down to the Center for the Blind and claiming that these people are Carless. Non of them have a car. Because cars cost so much. Please people, until we correctly identify the "homeless" what they truly are, we will never solve the problem. Here is the second problem. In every city there are organizations that get millions and millions of tax dollars to help the "homeless". Then the organizations fund the campaigns of the politicians who fund the organizations to help the homeless. We are not helping the homeless, we are slowly taking their lives away to perpetuate the organizations that supposedly help the homeless. This is not the way to help by misscaractorizeing the drug addicts and mentally ill. All in the name of homelessness, so that we can feel compassionate in our funding of these organizations that fund the politicians. And the perpetuation continues.
Agree 100%
The city is now called: San Fran-Feces.
Actually it's San Franshitsco.
Keep telling yourself that broke boy, there’s no shit outside of my 1 million+ USD home in San Francisco. Where do you live?
@@Hashdollars It's almost like that's the crux of the problem!
Jakob Wachter you’d be wrong! Thank god that’s above your pay grade correct? You’re an economist? Is there currently homelessness in other major city’s in the USA?
Do you volunteer often or donate money often towards the solution?
@@Hashdollars No question is above the pay grade of anyone. Are we implying that you are? Are we implying that there isn't? Are you implying that you do?
Sounds those 30 million dollar "doctors" came to a conclusion then skewed the "evidence" to support their conclusion. Once again, these poor, hopeless humans will not be helped. Drug, alcohol and mental health treatment, forcibly, if necessary, are the most important part of the solution. And some criminals need to go to jail for a very long time.
many criminals need to be executed
The "tenets this country was founded on" are: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. "Equality, fairness and justice" are legal principles.
So the “all men are created equal” is just a legal principal?
Whooo-Wah! Good for you
Life liberty and the pursuit of property was how it was originally written
Two people paid $30million to study the epidemic of poverty/homelessness ...there in lies THE PROBLEM!
Its not about the city. Its about the lack of accountability and rulings based on pseudo-logic and extreme left (AND RIGHT) politics. Lots of other big cities are starting to look like San Francisco - so theres a common problem here.
I heard lots of compassionate virtue signaling from politicians and entrepreneurs. Any practical suggestions for dealing with homelessness? If so, I missed it.
The only thing that doesn't add up to me is the that in times past, when there wasn't affordability/opportunity in a given region, people migrated and moved on to another. My home town is in the Midwest. Low umemployment, incredibly affordable, many low-ish skill jobs available. Why don't these people move out of SF? To me, it suggests that the permissiveness of homelessness in SF is such that people would rather live in a state of purgatory on the street than be forced to look for opportunity elsewhere.
Drugs
You sure sound like the typical Midwesterner always there w the judgement. Im from the midwest and let me tell you that there is alot of drug addicts there! Mostly heroin and meth. I moved from there in 1970 when I graduated hs. My husband and I lived for years in San Francisco. Hes an computer engineer. He made good money so we could afford a nice life. We did move a few years ago for better opportunity. This video does not by any means represent the whole city. I dont know what happened to this area of it but Im certain alot of these people are mentally ill and more prone to drug use. This country provides little help for the mentally ill/addicts. Of course there is more opportunity in the midwest, there's less people. If these homeless people have no money how can they even leave town? I dont see any answer for this sad mess. Every big city in america has the exact same problem. San Francisco is unique but not w this issue
SF has plenty of soft headed liberals funding for handout fronts to feed the bums. Handing out clothing to the bums. If they go to the midwest, they might not get it ss good. They might freeze in the midwest winters. Sf has nice weather and stupid people feeding them.
İ lived in SF for 30 years & you guys have been saying the same things for ever. Don"t you ever get a new idea?
their new idea was to get $30 million for their worthless ideas
Of course homelessness can be solved. Empower police officers to enforce vagrancy laws. Either move along, or be arrested. If you resist, you will get Billy club and baton encouragement to find your way. There can be zero homeless in San Francisco. Near zero street and property crime.
You have restored my faith in the sensibility of the human race! THANK YOU. I couldn't agree with you more. Today on Utube loathed a police body cam video video of officers attending a call about some vagrant out of his mind on who knows what who was trespassing at a gas station.. There were 4 police in attendance and the officers knew him by name .They sent over two hours listening to whatever incoherent words he was mumbling then bribed him with coffee and a sandwich to drive him to his place of residence. I was ABSOLUTELY shocked. There are precious little police around and people having violence crimes doe against them yet they seem to have 2 hours to make this person comfortable and taxi him home??? EVERYONE in th comments said how brilliant this was and all police should treat the homeless this way. NO YOUR WAY IS THE ONLY AND CORRECT WAY. Sadly this is the way the police force in America and many other countries is going. And very quickly!!!
Common sense to the rest of the world outside US
Congratulations Fortune Magazine. You have completed a work which is totally useless. You Should win the booby prize for journalism.
Most of those interviewed are in the groups that are the problem. Lol
Fortune magazine has been trash since the early 1960s
“Minimize the bad parts” .... shouldn’t the goal be to eliminate the bad parts?! Maybe that’s the problem!
cameron taylor What are the bad parts? Do you even live in SF?
What part of SF? lol
Synaptic Decay bayview/hunters point, the tenderloin... I was just in the city yesterday early morning, u can literally taste the shit particles floating around in the air
EJ RO28 yes you’re right, it’s a city of the rich for the rich, and they’re too disgusted of the homelessness they’ve created they’d rather walk through shit head high instead of looking down the same streets they walk thru daily and see he actual piles of feces left behind by these homeless people everywhere. I’m from nyc, I don’t live in sf but the mid bay. And I’ll say this. This place SUCKS lol. I miss NYC, it’s actually diverse and interesting because they don’t push out 95% of human diversity and professions that can’t afford the high rents that techies and finance bro’s can afford exclusively
EJ RO28 HP and the Loin has always been shit. FIDI is where you can taste the and smell the piss. The problem with SF is the NIMBY attitude. It transformed the face of the city. Then you have the rise of tech and incoming of asian investors.
No, it’s too expensive. Most my relatives still living in Sf is because of legacy rent price.
Five months into the pandemic, San Francisco is still in lockdown literally. No dining, no gyms, no malls.
meaning? Did you just want to post something without any context what's so ever. You did that
brilliantly! Job well done, son!
Come to Arizona everything is open church restaurants bars salons building is booming!Scotsdale and Gilbert beautiful cities!No tent cities here and if homeless urinate in streets they would have to register as a sex offender here and arrested!Lived here two years and none of that!
No pandemic. You've bought the HOAX.
The problem with the Left's ideas (while often coming from the heart) is that it’s all academic. Sure socialism as an intellectual principle has good qualities but in reality, that system has killed millions in the last 100 years as well as always fails. Sure, handing out needles to cut down on shared usage sounds like a good idea but now there’s millions of metal needles lying around and even more people shouting up. It’s almost like when you put a system in place or make something easy for people more people do it. Sure, welfare as a stepping stone makes sense, but as a system, it’s become a habit or lifestyle. Take most of these progressive ideas into the real world and they will fail and be abused. The world is not a utopia and doesn’t need utopian ideas. It needs pragmatism and self-accountability values in order to move forward. Definitely not folks that want an abusable system to take care of them.
Lol Socialism has worked. That's why most pple in USSR, East Germany, and Yugoslavia miss aspects of socialism like free public healthcare, free college education and subsidized housing. The result of all that was virtually no homeless ppl and crime
@@AlexCab_49 It wasn't free and I'd disagree with your examples.
socialism plus defunding police, they are encouraging laziness and crimes
the lefts ideas are all based on jealousy and a desire to use other peoples money for their fantasies. socialism never has had good qualities
The real question is: how did it come to be that SF has lots and lots of wealthy people, and tons and tons of poor people -- and essentially no middle class?
The place to start would be reviewing the governing policies instituted since WWII.
It is now the equivalent of a modern day medieval society
The two scholars gathering data are failing to mention the overwhelming effect of fentanyl and other addictions. Are they gathering data about substance use? That is crucial. Homelessness isn't only about people who lost jobs and affordable apartments. It's not only about mental illness. It's all of those things and often all in the same person. You can find an SRO room for a mentally ill person, but when she stops her psych medication she's going to tear that room up or invite all her friends over to shoot heroin, or whatever. She'll get evicted - over and over. So it's not a one-and-done, it's non-stop lifelong issue for most of those people. City officials, policy makers, have to buckle down for the long haul. Funding has to be ongoing, not just put into building apartments.
I did mental health work in SF for nine years, 1999-2008. At the time, homelessness was visible, but not raging out of control like this. There weren't tents and piles of crap everywhere. I don't live there anymore, but will love and miss that city forever. It's awful to see the state of those streets, now. If you think this is bad (and LA, NYC, etc.) just wait until the end of this year, when the unemployment and evictions really skyrocket. And, if you are one of those ignoring the mask and distancing rules, remember, you can't visit your mom in the ICU.
“Not addicted to drugs”......... seriously... last time i was in SF i saw people with needles in their arms.. people drugged up all over the place.. drug deals going down. All while pushing my two kids under 5 in a stroller to a wiggles concert. SF is a joke now.
has been since the 60's
Put all the homeless people in Nancy Pelosi house
Great idea
and give them her $20 ice cream-served by her dunken bum of a husband
Selem wahlikum People of San Francisco. Since I visited your city I love San Francisco. From Algeria (N.Africa). I wish you the Best.
Nadia Nadia you are always welcome!
@@nickneumannsf thank you my friend. Inchaallah.
@voitdive glad America is going down hill while Africa is thriving rn
These people are always talking about "affordable housing" but I never hear them talk about immigration. How are we ever going to resolve affordable housing when half a million immigrants come to Ca yearly? Let's get real here, all the land in the Bay area and Los Angeles area has been built on. We are in the desert outside LA and there is still land, but no water. Our state and country is hitting resource limits. I am at a loss as to why America in 2020 has 1.2 million legal immigrants and 1/2 million illegal. I ask this question especially of liberals who support open borders, where are these people going to live? They can't give me an answer, can anyone reading this?
They will become part of that mix of some people making it and others homeless. San Fran is a tough city, where hard work might get you nowhere, and that’s unfortunately the way it had to be.
No it cannot.
It should be used as an example to the rest of the world of what arrogance and stupidity yield when you combine them.
Oh, here we go again. This very same argument crops up again and again in San Francisco and other places. And always, nothing is done. It gets worse in each generation.
Get the republicans in there!
I’ve been staying in San Francisco since I was a kid and had many fond memories there. Now I’ve gone on my own a couple times a year for the past nine years and every time I’ve either gotten robbed, almost mugged by a crack head on the street or had our car broken into multiple times... The city leaders have provided safe places in recent years for people to shoot up drugs along with millions of free needles to use with it. It’s gone from my happy land playground to a total nightmare. You can still get a ticket for an open beer can on the street or jaywalking while someone shoots up heroin or poops next to you. How about lowering the minimum wage from its current $15 to encourage more all entry level jobs, lowering taxes on small businesses and middle class, creating affordable housing, stopping the flow of hard drugs and fostering mental health services and shelters for those who absolutely can’t get on their feet? Your politicians are corrupt and seem to want it to turn hell so they can feel more powerful or have their elitist little class and huge homeless class with little in between. Get those political criminals out of there!!! I miss the jewel of California this place once was!!! I love this city so much and miss it for what it was!!!
There is another youtube video interview one guy who used to be homeless on SF streets. He was arrested a few times, and threaten with long jail sentence, and he finally brought himself up and got a job. When asked how many homeless are drug addict, he said 85%. So racism force people to be drug addict?
My family came to San Francisco in 1860. They came from New York after sailing around the Cape Horn. Everyone I know has moved away except for one that lives in Twin Peaks in a run down house worth $1.5 million.
I left in 1991 and never looked back. I thought I had left my heart in San Francisco but it seems not. I haven't been there in over 16 years. It was quickly going south at that time.
I never thought I'd leave San Francisco but I did. Now I know why! How sad!
True. Where did you move?
SF picks up the homelessness from 48 states and several countries.