DEMOCRAT-dominated cities change course, now clearing homeless camps
ELECTIONS ARE COMING; COMPASSION IS GOING
Makeshift shelters abut busy roadways, tent cities line sidewalks, tarps cover broken-down cars, and sleeping bags are tucked in storefront doorways.
The reality of the homelessness crisis in Oregon’s largest city can’t be denied.
“I would be an idiot to sit here and tell you that things are better today than they were five years ago,”
DEMOCRAT Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said recently. “People in this city aren’t stupid. They can open their eyes.”
As
DEMOCRAT-decreed COVID-19 lockdowns took root in the U.S., people on the street were largely left on their own — with many
DEMOCRAT-dominated cities halting sweeps of homeless camps following guidance from
DEMOCRAT federal health officials.
The lack of remediation led to a situation that has spiraled out of control in many places, with frustrated residents calling for action as extreme forms of poverty play out on city streets.
Wheeler has now used emergency powers to ban camping,and he's not alone.
Increasingly in
DEMOCRAT-dominated cities across the country — where people living in tents in public spaces have long been tolerated —
DEMOCRAT leaders are removing encampments and pushing other strict measures to address homelessness that would have been unheard of a few years ago.
In Seattle, new
DEMOCRAT Mayor Bruce Harrell ran on a platform that called for action on encampments, focusing on highly visible tent cities in his first few months in office. Across from City Hall, two blocks worth of tents and belongings were removed Wednesday.
In Washington, D.C.,
DEMOCRAT Mayor "Bow Wow" Bowser launched a program to permanently clear homeless camps.
In
DEMOCRAT-dominated California, home to more than 160,000 homeless people, blue cities are reshaping how they address the crisis they caused.
The
DEMOCRAT-dominated Los Angeles City Council used new laws to ban camping.
San Francisco,
DEMOCRAT Mayor London Breed declared a state of emergencys. She said it’s time to get aggressive and “less tolerant of all the bull that has destroyed our city.”
Advocates for the homeless have denounced the aggressive measures, saying the problem is being treated as a blight or a chance for cheap political gain.
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