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California has better weather and freeways to live under then red states. /s

The new mayor has made progress. More than 14,000 people experiencing homelessness have been moved off the streets during the first six months of her administration, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass reported Tuesday. About 30%, or 4,332, acquired permanent housing.

great article

@marchuff Look, I'm an actual *socialist* - a literal, card-carrying DSA member - but this is just *wrong*.

Homeless people don't move to other states because they don't have money to move, and because their fragile - but essential - support networks are here. It's not because of the politics of red states.

@Jsixis The majority of homeless people in California are Californians. THe majority of Californian homeless people are homeless in the last county they were housed in. There is *no* evidence that "homeless flock to the city." What's more, there is this careful, comprehensive study that homeless people are unsheltered in the same places where they were formerly sheltered.

@Jsixis As to "travel more" - this is the third country I've lived in and become a naturalized citizen of. I'm the former European director of an NGO and worked in 31 different countries. I've been to 45 states. I am on the road 3-6 months every year. How much more would you like me to travel?

The problem I've seen in my lifetime is that "places to rent or buy to sleep and live" went from a necessary thing, to a capitalist exploitable ground.

I remember when rents for a 1 bedroom were $300 , back in early mid 2000's. Now, those same rents are $1000 because they can.

And new 'apps' like Real page allow massive countrywide collusion on rent-fixing and maximizing profit. And it leaves real humans out in the cold, or deadly heat.

The more necessary the thing, the more socialized it should be.

https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-realpage-rent

thanks for posting this. I really want to believe the study findings and need to give them a good read. There are some reasons to be skeptical of some of the data. Some studies have used ridiculous definitions of previously resident to conclude it’s a local problem (come and crash on a couch for 2 weeks then move out and you’re a california resident). The proportion of homeless veterans doesn’t even closely match the proportion of people serving. For years Utah would bus folks to SF. (they were caught and sued). Lots of (randomly sampled) stories with people exploring their history suggests at least SF has a very wide catchment area. That said; we need to treat it like it’s our problem to own. The population is remarkably static despite huge numbers of people moving into housing.

Do you even know what Liberalism is? I doubt it.

Numerous reviews and critiques of Michael Shellenberger's bestseller book, "San Fransicko" in the last couple of years have failed to dampen enthusiasm for that fact-free work of right-wing propaganda (e.g., 4.6 stars on Amazon! 4.1 stars on Goodreads!), probably because it reinforces a fact-free Libertarian world view and biases of the book's purchasers and readers. I hope that this study by UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative reverses the damage done by that book.