According to Michael Shellenberger, the progressive liberal leadership of San Francisco can do something about the increase in the number of homeless people, as it assumes the role of victim for them, the American writer stated in his book San Fransicko, published this year. Nearly twice as many people are homeless in San Francisco today as there were fifteen years ago.
American writer Michael Shellenberger, author of the book "San Fransicko," reported that between 2015 and 2018, San Francisco replaced more than three hundred "urine-corroded lampposts after one collapsed and crushed a car."
In his book, the writer also points out that
the left makes the city attractive to people from typically troubled backgrounds with free money, aid, and condoning drug use - the homeless are thus not only local, but also come from elsewhere.
In 2018, the San Francisco municipality received 20,933 calls complaining about piles of human excrement littering the streets. In 2019, the city spent $100 million on street cleaning – four times as much as Chicago, which has 3.5 times the population and 4.5 times the city area – because
In San Francisco, about five thousand people live without a roof.
In fifteen years, this represents a 95 percent increase in the number of homeless people.
Instead of quitting, the government calls for "safe" drug use
The city doesn't just have a problem with scattered feces and looting, last year there were 6,275 registered complaints about needles being used in public. Various drugs and other illegal substances can be easily and cheaply obtained in the city, which is why San Francisco can be called Canaan for stray addicts – in many cases not even local ones.
"Many people from different parts of the United States come to San Francisco because of the city's unusually high financial benefits, free housing and tolerance of open drug scenes"
the writer pointed out.
Shellenberger revealed that
"drug overdose is the leading cause of death for young and middle-aged San Francisco residents, with 29 percent of residents under the age of sixty-five dying of overdoses in 2019."
According to one representative of the homeless, "we can't end overdose until we end poverty and racism." As a result, posters were placed on the streets last year that advertise a "safer" way to use drugs, such as
"Don't use it alone, share it with your friends."
The situation is further complicated by the fact that for the past three decades, the head of the San Francisco Coalition on the Homeless, Jennifer Friedenbach, has taken control of San Francisco's homelessness policy. Friedenbach prevents the closing of open drug stores, calls those who disagree with him fascists and racists and organizes demonstrations in front of politicians' homes, the writer points out on his personal blog .
Philanthropy at its highest level: San Francisco sets up tents for the homeless for twice the annual rent of an apartment
Last year, city officials turned Civic Center Plaza into a “safe place to sleep,” with the government setting up tents for 262 homeless people.
The tents cost $61,000 each, which is 2.5 times the average annual rent for a one-room apartment.
so with this momentum, they could have even moved the homeless into apartments. According to San Francisco's Democratic government, homelessness is not caused by poverty or a lack of housing, but by people choosing to choose addiction and life on the streets.
"There's a bug in the system, so there's nothing you can do about it"
According to Shellenberger , the promotion of progressive ideology - that the problems are systemic - does not have a good effect on people, as they feel "victimized and defined as inherently good", so they feel powerless and do not seek to improve. "People who live in prosperity and freedom are the least grateful and loyal to the civilization that made it possible," the American writer declared, then added:
"What kind of city regulates ice cream parlors more strictly than drug dealers?"
The Washington Post, this is due to progressive city management.
An insider has revealed that the leadership of the San Francisco Coalition on the Homeless promotes a radical anti-establishment ideology as they feel they are waging a class war and inciting tension – which is why they are telling people not to accept shelters.
Gavin Newsom, the Democratic governor of California and former mayor of San Francisco, said of his state: "The future is happening here."
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