He was doing space travel before he more or less got externally pressured into homelessness....
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not sure that's fair - Bezos Expedition fund alone has some very cool things. Amazon culture is to measure everything & innovate along the way, so I see no issue w/ trying this out. He has a lot to lose so high incentive to be open & share w/ this.
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Given that his company just deliberately fought off an effort to raise revenue for homelessness in Seattle and that he likely gets a federal tax write-off for this, it’s also entirely fair that the public asks all of these questions around accountability, transparency.
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sure, no issue w/ that - but informed citizens can disagree on how best to deal w/ those issues & what gets allocated where. it's not clear current efforts work.
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They might not work bc they’re underfunded actually. SF has 1,100 shelter beds for 7,000 people. The shelter waitlist is 100 days long. Wages have stagnated since the 1970s while US residential real estate has appreciated by roughly 6%/year since 1980. https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/files/wp2017-25.pdf …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @semil and
Wage growth at 0 while housing at 6% YOY for 35 years = homelessness then escalating affordability crisis. It’s not conceptual rocket science. Very hard to execute against though since loss of housing also triggers all kinds of health issues.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @semil and
This thread made me curious where the current money (at least 167M in 2014) is being spent by the city. Is there a good summary somewhere?
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Replying to @g33kbeast @semil and
It’s on their website. Half of the department’s budget goes toward 6,000 permanent supportive housing units which house people who would probably otherwise be homeless and would double our existing homeless population. $39M goes to shelters. http://hsh.sfgov.org/overview/budget/ …pic.twitter.com/gog0mMSWFF
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @g33kbeast and
If you think the main solution for homelessness in Seattle (or SF) is “more homes” you have not spent any time in the weeds of this issue.
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Replying to @MarinaNitze @g33kbeast and
tell me about the experience you have on homelessness and what evidence leads you to this conclusion.
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(And also how you reconcile being a libertarian and your years in government service.)
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @g33kbeast and
Best way I saw to make government suck less was to show up and make it suck less. Not hard to reconcile.
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Replying to @MarinaNitze @kimmaicutler
That’s awesome! My libertarian acquaintances mock my government work and are incredibly sanctimonious about it...
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