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kleinbl00  ·  2723 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Wealthy San Francisco tech investors bankroll bid to ban homeless camps

I'm not unfamiliar. Remember - I dated amongst the social work pool. The problem is that in most places where homelessness is a problem, housing prices are a problem. Imagine what a ballot initiative that said "no tents, give them housing" would look like in San Fran (at least, if it didn't involve giving them housing in, say, utah).

I'm left with the observation that we've all collectively decided the solution isn't worth it, so we patch things up with shitty half measures.