Just for perspective, our HUD point-in-time count last year reported there were 567,000 people nationally experiencing homelessness. We’re looking at a 50X increase without a national eviction moratorium plus an extension of CARES to prevent layoffs.https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1281618139185328130 …
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Kim-Mai Cutler Retweeted Seung Min Kim
States can't do this alone. Cities can't do this alone. The federal government not stepping in with more support is unconscionable.https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/1282771576480571398 …
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Seung Min KimVerified account @seungminkimImportant story from@TonyRomm@ericawerner: Restrictions on a $150 billion pot of state + local aid, plus confusion around how that money should be doled out, mean many have struggled to take advantage of that aid https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/07/13/cities-states-cares-act/ …1 reply 3 retweets 32 likesShow this thread -
I feel like I'm going to throw up reading this story on how far apart Pelosi and McConnell's thinking is at the current moment:https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/13/politics/covid-aid-congress-mitch-mcconnell/index.html …
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In non-cancel culture news, states stop paying unemployment benefits in 11 days and millions of Americans will see steep and sudden drops in their incomes.https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/14/coronavirus-stimulus-pelosi-would-delay-house-recess-to-pass-relief-bill.html …
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Kim-Mai Cutler Retweeted David Chiu
In fact, many California legislative offices have been fielding desperate calls from constituents who haven't been able to access unemployment for months. Search for
@davidchiu's commentary on this issue:https://twitter.com/DavidChiu/status/1280891525094715392 …Kim-Mai Cutler added,
David ChiuVerified account @DavidChiuEDD has been asked many times how many unemployment applicants have yet to receive benefits.@CA_EDD provided vague estimates or avoided the question entirely. We now know why. The answer is millions. Millions of Californians have been abandoned by EDD. https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/08/coronavirus-unemployment-california-jobless-claims-backlog-jumps-layoff-job-tech-edd-ui-economy/ …1 reply 3 retweets 11 likesShow this thread -
Cities are doing what they can. After a rocky start with an outbreak in a shelter and then an explosion in number of new tents because shelters couldn't take in new residents, SF reduced outdoor tents in the Tenderloin by 65% through hotel intake:https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-cleans-up-Tenderloin-dramatic-65-15383753.php …
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But cities are faced with these calamitous budget numbers. They can't do it alone.pic.twitter.com/CntSsaSJtt
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"State and local governments are on the precipice of a historic fiscal crisis. Their revenues are projected to decline collectively by more than $1 trillion dollars over the next three years."https://nathantankus.substack.com/p/state-and-local-austerity-is-a-death …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
Corporations and the wealthy have stashed away as much as $36 trillion in untaxed money. It's time to bring the hammer down.https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/16/tax-havens-apple-costs-pandemic/ …
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It’s amazing how an infinitesimally small segment of our society has been able to consolidate trillions in wealth, while at the same time, people are worried about evictions, and children face food insecurity. This is no longer a nation but a plutarchy.
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