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usonian

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2. Visiting the bay area, I saw a CHP car parked by the side of the road.

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Sat Feb 18, 2023, 03:01 PM

Feb 2023

It was apparently there to watch over a clean-out of a homeless camp.

Seems it's easier to pay contractors to remove camps than to figure out some way to give people a decent place to live.

NIMBY seems to be the problem, despite attempts to get rid of "wealthy only" zoning laws.

Perhaps when people become more sympathetic towards the down and out than millionaire football players?

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California city bans people from living in tents amid homeless crisis [View all] SunSeeker Feb 2023 OP

170,000 people living in tents? California come on. That outrageous. jimfields33 Feb 2023 #1

They come here from all over the country because of the nice weather. SunSeeker Feb 2023 #5

large state of 40 million people BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2023 #6

Visiting the bay area, I saw a CHP car parked by the side of the road. usonian Feb 2023 #2

Our real estate values are a self-implementing "wealthy only" zoning law. SunSeeker Feb 2023 #4

Hmmmm, wonder how many AirBnBs there intrepidity Feb 2023 #3