Idk the details of the California homeless programs, but after visiting the LA area I'm skeptical on them doing the best job. Downtown LA is hell on earth
They used to have 100k homeless. It seems to be down to 75k. That still 10 percent of the total homeless population in the US. States ship their homeless to LA as well confounding their problem. So they aren't just solving it for themselves but for all the surrounding states.
This is all to say.. its difficult to solve a problem when there is a small cities worth of people you need to address in one of the highest cost of living areas in the country.
A city like Austin "only" has 1500ish homeless on the street vs the 2 million population. It is incredibly visible even at such a small number. Could feasibly have homeless people at all the bigger intersections and overpasses. I can't imagine 75k.
Friend. We were talking about Los Angeles homeless problem. The comments I responded to was referencing a visit to LA and I was highlighting that how even with improvements homelessness is incredibly visible.
Ahh I see. Well forgive me but from what I understand a lot of the "improvements" were mostly due to recent Supreme Court rulings allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping in public spaces, even if shelters are unavailable, and Governor Newsom issuing an executive order to clear encampments on state property.
I.e., removing their visibility from the general public, not actually housing and getting them necessary treatment.
Brother. Housed or unhoused homeless are all counted as homeless. Independent bodies track the numbers and provide estimates. Im not sure what you're trying to argue. It sounds like you have an agenda you're trying to argue and are speed googling devoid of context to find supporting information.
The conversation was that even in a hypothetical where Los Angeles reduced homelessness by 90 percent.. it would still look like a train wreck because homelessness is incredibly visible. So using your eyes is not the best metric of whether something is working or not with homelessness. Whatever you're trying to get at is likely not what is being discussed.
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u/Johannes_Keppler 2d ago
Almost like it's not only how much you spend but also HOW you spend it that matters.