Seattle has much the same problems. The bleeding heart liberals are wasting millions of dollars tying to house homeless in a city with some of the most expensive real estate in the country. I see all these silly eviction notices every time I go to green-lake where someone pitches a tent up in a public park and then the city feels like they need to give the person 48 hrs notice to stop squatting in the fucking park. There are large homeless encampments in both the university district and Ballard that are both super expensive places to live

Dollar for dollar it would be much cheaper to redirect all the money that the city is currently using to house the homeless and move them to a location outside of town and provide housing there.

Its crazy that its even legal in SF to pitch up a tent on public streets and a proposition like this is necessary. IMO if you pitch up a tent on the street and you arent in it when the police show up it should be treated like garbage and thrown away so really this proposed legislation doesn't go far enough.

Where the legislation really misses the mark is that it doesn't address the direct cause of the problem. Root cause are the conditions that cause homelessness, those are very difficult to solve personally I dont think those are worth tackling at an level below state and national. A city should instead the addressing "direct cause" as in the conditions that cause homeless to move to the city and stay to cause problems. To do that one needs to make smart legislation that targets services that caters to the homeless and moves them out of areas that are close to residential and commercial hubs.

The goal of legislation should be to force soup kitchens, social services offices and shelters out of residential communities and commercial hubs and to quickly address any tents/housing that gets put up. The police dont really have the resources to move the homeless and keep them from loitering but keeping them from putting up tents on public land should be a priority (especially in highly visible areas) as the longer they stay the more damage/garbage they produce. Moving them out of residential areas will reduce the policing burden and help reduce crime.