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About homelessness in San Fransisco?

I understand that homelessness in San Fransisco is becoming a serious problem. people are depositing their belongings anywhere in the public streets, by stores etc. On top of that they feel they can go to restroom on sidewalks in front of everybody  Why does not the city take care of this problem? Why do they not put portable restrooms. How can business function in such an environment? Does not the price of real estate go down in such a case? How to raise children in such an environment. My question is :Could not families come together and sue the city (Class action lawsuit) for contributing to the delinquency of a child. (I think they might have a case). How to resolve this crazy situation. You would think people in charge of the city, people making decisions lost their minds. 

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  • 2 months ago
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    San Francisco is a $#!+ hole, but there are still plenty of people who want to be there.

    When people don't want to pay such high rent to live or work in a town that literally stinks the demand for real estate there is lower , perhaps the rents there will also drop, and the price of buildings there will also drop.

    Maybe somebody wants to buy lots of land in San Francisco.

  • Bruce
    Lv 7
    2 months ago

    According to the lawmakers there, anything they do to address the problem would unfairly discriminate against the homeless, which violates their rights. I'm sure when word got around homeless people from all over came to San Fran where they know they would be left alone. 

    You can bet most of them have been approached by ballot harvesters, who helped them register as Democrats and then mailed in absentee ballots on their behalf.  

  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    1 - The city tries to take care of this problem, but the numbers are overwhelming.  For that matter why would people prefer to be homeless rather than live in a shelter (and, yes, that happens);

    2 - There are portable "restrooms."  Many of them have been destroyed by the homeless population;

    3 - Business has no choice but to function or close;

    4 - Yes, the price of real estate CAN (but doesn't necessarily) go down;

    5 - Few people raise children in downtown LA.  Those who choose to do so are fools;

    6 - You ARE aware of the drug/alcohol problem in LA, right?

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    I'm interested in your legal background and education if you think this rises to the level of a class action lawsuit.  Really?  For starters, an ENTITY cannot "contribute to delinquency."  How to resolve the "crazy situation?"  Well, I, as a member of my church, distribute personal hygiene goods to the homeless in LA.  We also distribute water and sandwiches.  Doesn't change anyone's life, but maybe if it helps one person it's worth it.

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    And what are YOU doing to change the situation?  (And, again, I'd like to know your legal background regarding class action lawsuits and entities.)

  • Ivan
    Lv 6
    2 months ago

    Right in the middle of Nancy Pelosi's district. It seems she would try to do something about that.

  • 2 months ago

    SF's homeless problem is the direct result of their rent control laws.  Consider this; a family lives in a rent controlled apartment with their children and they get divorced.  Because the apartment has no cash value, the one who leaves gets nothing but is faced with paying 3x as much for a new place (rent control resets at market with a new tenancy).  He or she cannot do that so it is tent city here we come.

  • 2 months ago

    It's weird to imagine that families (who have somewhere to live) are the ones with a bigger issue here than the homeless (ie who have nowhere to live, no support etc).

    Why not write to your representatives and ask them to help the homeless with suitable programmes and accommodation to help them off the street?

  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    Don't they already offered to pay them to relocate? What about those porta potties? That's probably a bad idea because teenagers will go in and literally get high off of them like they did in Chattanooga Tennessee  those cheap-*** bastards are really gross but technically it's not doing drugs apparently...

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