California Governor Newsom to Ask Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown

[HarlemHottie]

homeless people in LA already qualify for all of that...

the issue with homelessness isn't just monetary tho so its not a complete solution

▛ Black Californians are overrepresented in the homeless population. Twenty percent of homeless adults identify Black as their sole racial identity and 6% as one of their identities. Thus, 26% identify Black as, compared to 7% in the overall California population.

▛ A higher proportion of Black Californians experiencing homelessness are cis-gender men, compared to other racial groups. Three quarters of Black Californians are cis-gender men, compared to 64% of white Californians and 68% of those from other racial groups.

▛ Black individuals reported a lower lifetime prevalence of regular substance use than those from other racial groups experiencing homelessness. Over half (58%) reported using illicit drugs regularly at some point in their lifetime; 74% of white and 65% of those from other races did so.

▛ Black individuals had a higher prevalence of severe mental health symptoms and problems than members of other racial groups. They had a higher prevalence of hallucinations, suicide attempts, and mental health hospitalizations.

▛ More than three quarters (79%) of Black Californians experiencing homelessness entered homelessness from housing. Nearly half (46%) entered from a non-leaseholding housing situation, living without the legal protections of a lease agreement. One in three (33%) were leaseholders in their last housing.

▛ Black Californians had extremely low incomes prior to homelessness. Among those who entered from a leaseholding arrangement, the median monthly household income in the six months prior to homelessness was $1200, lower than incomes from other racial groups experiencing homelessness. Among non-leaseholding Black Califorians, the median monthly household income in the same period was $960.

▛ Economic precarity preceded homelessness. Among Black Californians, leaseholders’ median monthly housing costs were $675–more than half of the median monthly household income. While a large proportion of non-leaseholders (45%) didn’t contribute to rent, those who did were cost burdened. Black participants discussed work and income fluctuations impacting their ability to keep up with housing costs.

▛ Anti-Black discrimination disrupted housing stability for Black Californians experiencing homelessness. Some Black participants discussed having left their last housing situation due to discrimination. For others, discrimination disrupted employment, resulting in loss of income and inability to keep up with housing costs.

https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/sites/default/files/2024-02/Black%20CA%20Report%202024.pdf

Thus, straight black men are VASTLY over represented in CA's homeless population, not due to drug use, but due to mental instability caused by economic discrimination.

Have you seen this?

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Whistleblowers say LA’s top homeless official hired unqualified friends, tried to destroy public records

LAHSA officials had refused to disclose the documents, but reversed themselves after weeks of questions by LAist and criticism from attorneys who said the agency was violating public records laws.

laist.com

Los Angeles homeless chief to resign after the county guts her agency

Va Lecia Adams Kellum, the head of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, announced her resignation Friday.

www.latimes.com

These hoes be witches

 

[RadaMillz]

I stopped going to my local library, a once quiet beautiful place built over a river. Now it became a homeless hang out spot. I normally wouldn’t care but the stench is so bad that u will get physically ill. I also feel bad for the little library ladies constantly having to break up fights.

Homelessness by choice is a problem that should be properly addressed. Get these people housing, mental help and employment otherwise things are going to get exponentially worse.

 

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That’s not very liberal of him…