People are pooping more than ever on the streets of San Francisco

[cawacko]

Pretty awesome to read you local paper online and have this be one of the headlines.





People are pooping more than ever on the streets of San Francisco

One of America's wealthiest cities has a huge problem with public poop.

Between 2011 and 2018, San Francisco experienced a massive increase in reported incidents of human feces found on public streets.

In 2011, just over 5,500 reports were logged by the San Francisco Department of Public Works; in 2018, the number increased to more than 28,000.

The government watchdog Open the Books documented the sharp increase over time in a stunning chart, first spotted by the BuzzFeed editor John Paczkowski.

Notably, this is a chart of only documented reports — the actual amount of feces on San Francisco's streets is likely even higher than these statistics suggest.

"I will say there is more feces on the sidewalks than I've ever seen growing up here," San Francisco Mayor London Breed told NBC in a 2018 interview. "That is a huge problem, and we are not just talking about from dogs — we're talking about from humans."

San Francisco has struggled with a feces problem for years. The city even employs a "Poop Patrol" that attempts to keep the streets clean and focuses on the Tenderloin neighborhood.

But the problem is bigger than just keeping the streets clean — the issue appears to be related to the city's struggle to accommodate its homeless population amid skyrocketing rent prices and a decreasing supply of affordable housing.

A 2017 survey of San Francisco's homeless population counted nearly 7,500 people living on the street. That population faces limited public resources, and public bathrooms are no exception.

Whether the Poop Patrol is able to reverse the trend on San Francisco's streets remains to be seen, but there's an indication that the crew is a bandage on a problem much bigger than dirty streets.


https://www.sfgate.com/technology/bu...s-13778680.php

[Eagle_Eye]

Good! SF has been a cesspool of liberalism for years they are just reaping the rewards of liberalism.

[Earl]

Good! SF has been a cesspool of liberalism for years they are just reaping the rewards of liberalism.

A sanctuary city but Pelosi doesn't want illegals brought to her city.

[Stretch]

It's a pretty deplorable situation there and just giving each homeless person a pooper scooper won't be the answer.
The situation also proves that the wealthiest of the wealthy and the most liberal of liberals don't have the answers.

[Stretch]

A sanctuary city but Pelosi doesn't want illegals brought to her city.

It certainly isn't much of a sanctuary from filth and disease. Cesspool is the right word. Sad situation.

[Minister of Truth]

Are they going to begin installing TP dispensers ever few city blocks?

Anyway, don't forget about that typhus outbreak down in LA.

https://www.latimes.com/local/califo...217-story.html

[signalmankenneth]

Pretty awesome to read you local paper online and have this be one of the headlines.

People are pooping more than ever on the streets of San Francisco

One of America's wealthiest cities has a huge problem with public poop.

Between 2011 and 2018, San Francisco experienced a massive increase in reported incidents of human feces found on public streets.

In 2011, just over 5,500 reports were logged by the San Francisco Department of Public Works; in 2018, the number increased to more than 28,000.

The government watchdog Open the Books documented the sharp increase over time in a stunning chart, first spotted by the BuzzFeed editor John Paczkowski.

Notably, this is a chart of only documented reports — the actual amount of feces on San Francisco's streets is likely even higher than these statistics suggest.

"I will say there is more feces on the sidewalks than I've ever seen growing up here," San Francisco Mayor London Breed told NBC in a 2018 interview. "That is a huge problem, and we are not just talking about from dogs — we're talking about from humans."

San Francisco has struggled with a feces problem for years. The city even employs a "Poop Patrol" that attempts to keep the streets clean and focuses on the Tenderloin neighborhood.

But the problem is bigger than just keeping the streets clean — the issue appears to be related to the city's struggle to accommodate its homeless population amid skyrocketing rent prices and a decreasing supply of affordable housing.

A 2017 survey of San Francisco's homeless population counted nearly 7,500 people living on the street. That population faces limited public resources, and public bathrooms are no exception.

Whether the Poop Patrol is able to reverse the trend on San Francisco's streets remains to be seen, but there's an indication that the crew is a bandage on a problem much bigger than dirty streets.


https://www.sfgate.com/technology/bu...s-13778680.php

While San Fran, is struggling with it's homeless and affordable housing issues, get more porta potties on the streets and portable shower trailers too!

[StoneByStone]

Good! SF has been a cesspool of liberalism for years they are just reaping the rewards of liberalism.

Yes. Clearly "Liberalism" is the problem.

[Eagle_Eye]

Yes. Clearly "Liberalism" is the problem.

Clearly it is every time you lefties try to "help" these people it backfires.

"The homeless of Washington, D.C., are having trouble adjusting to their new upscale apartments.
Residents in Sedgwick Gardens complain of feces on stairwells, marijuana smoke and panhandling.
Mayor Muriel Bowser has struggled with D.C. residents since 2016 to change housing situations for the homeless.
Washington, D.C., housing authorities began placing the city’s homeless population in upscale apartments in 2016, but frequent visits from social workers, SWAT teams and policemen are upsetting the new tenants’ neighbors."
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/17/d...le-apartments/

Now who is to blame certainly not the new residents it must be us awful conservatives trying to undermine a noble liberal gesture.

[StoneByStone]

Clearly it is every time you lefties try to "help" these people it backfires.

"The homeless of Washington, D.C., are having trouble adjusting to their new upscale apartments.
Residents in Sedgwick Gardens complain of feces on stairwells, marijuana smoke and panhandling.
Mayor Muriel Bowser has struggled with D.C. residents since 2016 to change housing situations for the homeless.
Washington, D.C., housing authorities began placing the city’s homeless population in upscale apartments in 2016, but frequent visits from social workers, SWAT teams and policemen are upsetting the new tenants’ neighbors."
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/17/d...le-apartments/

Now who is to blame certainly not the new residents it must be us awful conservatives trying to undermine a noble liberal gesture.

Except for when it's a white society.
Gee, now I wonder why Liberalism works so well in Europe, but not in racially mixed American cities.

[Eagle_Eye]

Except for when it's a white society.
Gee, now I wonder why Liberalism works so well in Europe, but not in racially mixed American cities.

Different type of liberalism. A European liberal in more like an American moderate. They won't put up with the shit Americans turn a blind eye to.

[StoneByStone]

Different type of liberalism. A European liberal in more like an American moderate. They won't put up with the shit Americans turn a blind eye to.

Actually, European society as a whole is way more liberal. Even European Righties aren't stupid enough to oppose the welfare state or homosexuality.

It's funny, in Europe, a right-wing Moderate is really just a person who believes in both Liberalism and Nationalism. Which means in Europe, I might be considered a Righty.

[Eagle_Eye]

Actually, European society as a whole is way more liberal. Even European Righties aren't stupid enough to oppose the welfare state or homosexuality.

It's funny, in Europe, a right-wing Moderate is really just a person who believes in both Liberalism and Nationalism. Which means in Europe, I might be considered a Righty.

Have you ever lived in Europe?

[Legion]

It's a pretty deplorable situation there and just giving each homeless person a pooper scooper won't be the answer.
The situation also proves that the wealthiest of the wealthy and the most liberal of liberals don't have the answers.

How come London Breed, Nattering Nancy, Twosome Newsom and DiFi haven't solved income inequality, poverty and homelessness in the DEMOCRAT-dominated Beholden State, Ms. Stretch?

[StoneByStone]

Have you ever lived in Europe?

Yes, but it's not necessary to do so to learn about the differences between America and Europe.

Just look at our stances on health care. In America, affordable health care is considered Socialism. In Europe, it's considered normal. Even people who want to go further Left on health care aren't considered Socialists.