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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we should buy them all a first class ticket to San Francisco.[/quote]

Lot's of wealthy Democrats who would welcome them ---- and be happy to treat them as well as the other homeless of San Francisco[/quote]
Nancy should throw an ice cream party![/quote]

I spend a lot of time on the West Coast. Many wealthy people and almost all families in SF have moved to the suburbs, esp. over the Golden Gate Bridge. It's heavenly there if you can afford it. SF feels almost abandoned except for the homeless. It's very sad. And even now, they are building camps in Marin County, so who knows what's next.

In LA, I think it's even worse. Last summer in Venice, you had to look past a mile-long row of tents to see the Pacific. People literally set up camp on the beach - tents, random sofas, armchairs, ART, BBQs, you name it. It had almost a party atmosphere until it turned bad - which happens a few times a day. Then they cleared it out, and I kept asking where the homeless went. Turns out, they just moved inland a bit - about 5-10 blocks from the beach, on Rose and all the other main streets. You can walk down a main Street at dusk, and the homeless are everywhere, on the sidewalks, in tents, in doorways. It's a little terrifying. Most of the time they are silent, completely out of it, but other times, they are loud and filled with rage and violent. Violent crime is way up in LA, and the homeless are a bit part of the problem. This week a nurse and a grad student were both murdered by homeless men in LA: https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-identified-slaying-24-year-woman-la-furniture/story?id=82347326

And yes, the wealthy people in LA just step over the homeless on their way to Starbucks (true story). There's not a lot of true compassion and definitely no problem-solving going on.

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