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That number is a myth. An intentional butchering of the homeless stats and spending numbers for political purposes. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article
by hellllllllooo 7y ago
That number is a myth. An intentional butchering of the homeless stats and spending numbers for political purposes.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Myths-like-homeless-problem-not-going-away-7238304.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Myths-like-homel...
The number is more like $3800 per person per year:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Businesses-must-contribute-more-to-city-s-13178743.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Bu...
- JumpCrisscross 7y ago> That number is a myth The article [1] posits reasonable hypotheses for why the number might be lower, but doesn’t attempt to calculate it, ending with “math...always making things confusing.” San Francisco spends a lot on its homeless problem. (Using the article’s numbers, stripping out eviction prevention, about $200 million a year.) It has little to show for it. [1] https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Myths-like-homeless-problem-not-going-away-7238304.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Myths-like-homel...
- hellllllllooo 7y ago> San Francisco spends a lot on its homeless problem with little to show for it. $241 million from a budget of over $12 billion from a city that with businesses that collectively make hundreds of billions every year. Doesn't seem like that much. Same as 1 SoftBank funded startup that inevitably wastes it. Little to show for it? The money is going to help people in a awful situation. Just because they haven't disappeared from the streets doesn't mean it's wasted. The number is more like $3800 per person per year. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Businesses-must-contribute-more-to-city-s-13178743.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Bu...