K, Gov. Haircut. Where are they supposed to go? In SoCal, people are sleeping on freeway embankments; there aren't enough "safe sleep" parking lots much less actual shelters. They're POOR, what's the 4th largest economy in the world doing to genuinely help solve this?
That’s exactly what Newsom is asking the municipalities throughout California. Where did the billions of dollars we gave you go? Why haven’t you been able to solve the problem? Those are reasonable questions, especially for those of us that have to live with the bullshit on our streets every day.
The linked post is about Governor Haircut directing municipalities to eradicate encampments, not audit funding. The person sleeping on the side of my local freeway isn't responsible for shitty government decisions, but is always the first to be punished. We're arguing apples and oranges.
The play that explains his behavior here is the expectation that California goes hard right electorally but requires a left affect messenger to win it.
Or... National ambition in GOP? Right wing Democrat? I dunno.
What is being targeted here is chronic homelessness due to drugs or mental issues. People who find themselves in this situation need professional help to get out of it. Tolerance of lawless, dangerous and unhygienic street encampments is not the answer.
Outlawing homelessness instead of helping people to get out of the situation is horrific and dystopian, and supporting it makes you a POS too. That’s all.
So you're OK with scattering those people to the winds, and think that will somehow solve the problem? They're still going to have to go somewhere... so now instead of commercial/industrial areas, they'll wind up in backyards and closer to residential areas. That's the solution you want, right?
California just became the fourth largest economy in the world. Ahead of Japan. This doesn’t happen with a candy ass governor. Liberal Californians like me are tired of living with the bullshit. And I’m not alone. Everything done to now has been half assed. Newsom’s right. Get to work, clean it up!
🧵 While California did the right thing when they initially provided Med-iCal to undocumented residents, it sounds like the state can’t afford to do it anymore.
For some context, France and presumably other countries don’t provide free healthcare to undocumented residents. While it’s a pity that CA has to rescind this benefit, it may not have been financially sustainable, even in the best economic climate.
Should never happen before you create an alternative. Otherwise you foster anger and grief. There are many successful homeless camps to emulate. These foster hope and gratitude.
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Or... National ambition in GOP? Right wing Democrat? I dunno.
I can't figure it
I’ll spare you the stories but I’m fine with this move.
He’s still a POS though.
You’re clearly a great person.
The street encampments in my city are a constant economy of theft, fencing stolen items, and then using that money for drugs.
A lot of people on Bluesky want to virtue signal over this wrongly.
But by all means continue calling strangers POS on the internet. That clearly makes you a better person.
My early warning system for male politicians.
Why be Good when you could be only slightly less awful than your Neo-Nazi Republican opponents?