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Matt Haney
@MattHaneySF
We get contacted everyday by ppl wanting us to immediately get rid of encampments. People don’t disappear. They have to be somewhere. If not inside, they’ll be on your block or the next. I’m fighting for folks to be INSIDE. Join us: we need rooms, shelter, Mental Health SF.
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Jesse Powell
@jespow
People don’t just appear either. They’re drawn like a magnet, from all over the nation, to the failed policies and enabling system offered by SF. Somewhere doesn’t have to be SF. You have a duty to uphold zoning laws, at a minimum. Sidewalks aren’t for housing.
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KJ
@kjgong
This is categorically false. Folks end up without shelter here because at some point they stopped being able to afford rent. No one moves to the city with the highest rent in the world to get better street sleeping.
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Jesse Powell
@jespow
Rent is irrelevant when you're shopping for tent space. SF has a lot to offer if you are committed to street sleeping. Plenty of people actually do move to SF for all of its street amenities, the laissez faire attitude, lack of drug enforcement, good weather, public services.
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KJ
@kjgong
And you know this from your extensive work with folks experiencing homelessness? Research from organizations on the ground refutes this again and again and again. This is a myth folks tell themselves to feel less guilty about spending their disposable income on luxury not care.
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Jesse Powell
@jespow
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@MattHaneySF
Yes, actually. I don't know what "research" you're referring to but take a look at the sponsors & incentives. Go talk to some of these folks and you'll find that most are not SF natives down on their luck. They were homeless when they moved to SF.
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Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
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San Francisco is falling apart. In my new short documentary, I explore the city's crisis of homelessness, addiction, crime, and violence. The city's political leaders preach compassion, but have created a regime of incredible cruelty and disorder. youtube.com/watch?v=uw8MAC
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