San Trancisco gives free tents to homeless. Each tent costs $61,000!!!!

[Text Drivers are Killers]

Just your standard democrat corruption. Every democrat who voted for this will get a huge kickback from the company that supplies these tents.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...ss-residents/#

march 5 2021 San Francisco is dealing with its homeless epidemic by spending $16.1 million for 262 tents — an investment that breaks down to $190 a night or $61,000 per tent per year. The tents will be placed in empty lots around the city, creating what officials are calling “safe sleeping villages.” The city will also provide food and other services.

“The annual cost of one spot in one site is 2½ times the median rent for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

[PostmodernProphet]

has to be fake.....even California lib'ruls couldn't be THAT stupid.......but if they are and any of you live there, I could use a new tent......if you grab me one I'll pay shipping

[cancel2 2022]

has to be fake.....even California lib'ruls couldn't be THAT stupid.......but if they are and any of you live there, I could use a new tent......if you grab me one I'll pay shipping

S.F. pays $61,000 a year for one tent in a site to shelter the homeless. Why?

https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/ar...e-16001074.php

[Hawkeye10]

Just your standard democrat corruption. Every democrat who voted for this will get a huge kickback from the company that supplies these tents.

What would you expect from the people who spend almost $3 Billion on a bus station, that is not even very functional (TransBay Transit Center)?

According to them money grows on trees, and the very poor quality of their work does not matter.

[T. A. Gardner]

has to be fake.....even California lib'ruls couldn't be THAT stupid.......but if they are and any of you live there, I could use a new tent......if you grab me one I'll pay shipping

Maybe not Cali Leftists in general, the San Fran kind of Leftist is a special breed of stupid so it's definitely possible, and even probable. You have to remember, this is a city that hands out "poop" maps but doesn't crack down on dedicating in public, that won't turn over illegal alien felons who have committed heinous crimes like rape or murder to ICE because they think it's wrong to deport them. A city that's made public nudity legal. How much crazy do you need to believe they'd do more crazy?

[katzgar]

Just your standard democrat corruption. Every democrat who voted for this will get a huge kickback from the company that supplies these tents.

Breitbart? ROTFL

[Darth Omar]

has to be fake.....even California lib'ruls couldn't be THAT stupid.......but if they are and any of you live there, I could use a new tent......if you grab me one I'll pay shipping

I’d like to see these $61k tents lol.

Why don’t they just start handing out RV’s?

[Hawkeye10]

I’d like to see these $61k tents lol.

Why don’t they just start handing out RV’s?

The demand is that everyone who is unhoused be given an apartment to live in free or nearly free, for as long as the bum wants to stay.

Nearly nothing is to be asked of them in return.

[PostmodernProphet]

S.F. pays $61,000 a year for one tent in a site to shelter the homeless. Why?

https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/ar...e-16001074.php

I don't know, but they must be really cool tents........I want one too.....

[PostmodernProphet]

I’d like to see these $61k tents lol.

Why don’t they just start handing out RV’s?

two reasons.......they use the hated "gasoline"......and they would cost over $2M each......

[PostmodernProphet]

The demand is that everyone who is unhoused be given an apartment to live in free or nearly free, for as long as the bum wants to stay.

Nearly nothing is to be asked of them in return.

well, they are asked to vote for socialism......

[Nomad]

Just your standard democrat corruption. Every democrat who voted for this will get a huge kickback from the company that supplies these tents.

The thread title is misleading as usual out of one of the biggest bullshitters on JPP.

The $61,000 figure represents not the purchase cost of the tent itself, but rather the annual cost to administer the program divided by the number of tents.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/ar...e-16001074.php

And that total cost of $16 million, is a fraction of the annual $300 million the city spends on homelessness.

But of course to money-grubbing jackass right-wingers, spending tax dollars on human beings is a big waste because to these shit-bags, nothing is more important than money.

So typical.

[cawacko]

The thread title is misleading as usual out of one of the biggest bullshitters on JPP.

The $61,000 figure represents not the purchase cost of the tent itself, but rather the annual cost to administer the program divided by the number of tents.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/ar...e-16001074.php

And that total cost of $16 million, is a fraction of the annual $300 million the city spends on homelessness.

But of course to money-grubbing jackass right-wingers, spending tax dollars on human beings is a big waste because to these shit-bags, nothing is more important than money.

So typical.

TDAK aside, this issue is the homeless budget continues to increase and the problem only gets worse. Come walk the streets here and there is nothing compassionate going on. We spend more and more and nothing changes. Our current structure is not sustainable nor compassionate.

[Nomad]

TDAK aside, this issue is the homeless budget continues to increase and the problem only gets worse. Come walk the streets here and there is nothing compassionate going on. We spend more and more and nothing changes. Our current structure is not sustainable nor compassionate.

OK. Fine.

So what do we do?

Just give up and let them fend for themselves, twisting in the wind?

Nothing is ever going to be perfect and having a tent in the safety of a tent village is better than sleeping on a bench in a park or in a doorway.

The money? Secondary concern.

[cawacko]

OK. Fine.

So what do we do?

Just give up and let them fend for themselves, twisting in the wind?

Nothing is ever going to be perfect and having a tent in the safety of a tent village is better than sleeping on a bench in a park or in a doorway.

The money? Secondary concern.

Unfortunately there’s no easy answer. A large majority of the homeless are mentally ill or drug addicts. Laws prevent putting the mentally ill in homes against their wishes.

The money is a real concern because it’s not an unlimited well. We have spent hundreds upon hundreds of millions on a problem only getting worse. No one is suggesting don’t spend any money. But at a certain point the spending almost creates incentives for people to come.

Ultimately the goal is to get more people into rehab with an opportunity to get their lives back together. We have not been able to do that well.