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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. I used to volunteer at a local

Tue Jun 20, 2023, 08:30 PM

Jun 2023

(Santa Fe, NM) homeless shelter before the Pandemic. It was eye-opening. I realize things may be different since the Pandemic, and may be different in California, but it was clear to me, at my shelter, that a significant number of those there were mentally ill. Not all. Also, some were clearly long-term homeless, others temporary.

I have been relatively poor at various times in my life, but never even close to being homeless. I always had the money for rent, even if I had to cut back on the food budget, couldn't buy new clothes for a while.

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Who's unhoused in California? Largest study in decades upends myths [View all] usonian Jun 2023 OP

Another problem is that it's better to squat in California than it is to move to some cheaper Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2023 #1

California is the 5th economy of the world. jimfields33 Jun 2023 #4

Priorities Higherarky Jun 2023 #10

❤️ littlemissmartypants Jun 2023 #2

Even if people wanted to move somewhere cheaper Demobrat Jun 2023 #3

That brought up memories of Grapes of Wrath usonian Jun 2023 #11

I used to volunteer at a local PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2023 #5

The underlying problem is looting by the rich. hay rick Jun 2023 #6

Right you are, rick. jaxexpat Jun 2023 #8

Amen to that. usonian Jun 2023 #13

What do you think drives the high cost of rentals? DBoon Jun 2023 #14

If we had bailed-out homeowners in the 2008 crash Farmer-Rick Jun 2023 #7

+1 leftstreet Jun 2023 #9

The reason is obvious: Median income of homeless is $960/mo.; median CA rent is $2,895 SunSeeker Jun 2023 #12

If there was plentiful housing for all then rents would fall... hunter Jun 2023 #15

Not the case in Santa Monica and Venice flamingdem Jun 2023 #16