Today is a sad day. Federal homeless counts, done once every other year, all across the Bay Area have reached staggering highs.
At more than 8,000 people, San Francisco now has the highest numbers since the Willie Brown-era, or right around when @gavinnewsom took office.https://twitter.com/hknightsf/status/1129155331689332736 …
Alameda County’s approach feels highly disorganized with various cities passing the buck to each other.
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It's fragmented in the way a unified city/county like SF doesn't have to contend with, but the big difference seems to be that Alameda, with 2x San Francisco's population, has 1/6 the budget for dealing with homelessness.
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Ironically, the reason San Francisco has so much $ to spend on homelessness is because of the taxes it's collecting from tech companies whose office expansions are driving the housing crisis across the bay.
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Like shelter occupancy rates in Berkeley seem glaringly low compared to the extremely consistent 93% avg or so in SF.
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Ooh, can you point me st the Berkeley shelter utilization stats?
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