commentary Sara on 13 May 2007 06:29 am
Homelessness
Yesterday I took the trolley up Market Street in San Francisco on my way to meet a friend for lunch. Coming back to the city after 6 years, I notice things again that I had become used to. The number of homeless is one. There are hordes of them. Many with obvious mental illness and serious medical conditions living with their meager belongings at literally every corner.
When I got back to my desk after lunch, I looked up the data. The evidence supported what I had seen, California has ALOT of homelessness. A huge amount without shelter of any kind. Granted the weather is nicer in SF than in, say, Minnesota, but nice weather isn’t what makes someone become homeless. I have heard that when Reagan was Governor of California he cut back severely on state-funded mental institutions - and as a result, many of the mentally ill became homeless. That was a long time ago. What is being done now? The data isn’t year over year, which might be interesting. And would also be interesting to compare with state and federal funding of mental illness, homeless shelters, poverty programs.
on 14 May 2007 at 3:36 am 1.jen beyt said …
thaty always struck me when i lived in the bay area. I was used to some homelessness coming form NO, but it was much more prominent in SF. Sounds like Regan fucked over a lot of people. Thanks Ronnie.
on 31 Dec 2007 at 5:18 am 2.Don said …
this is good data!
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