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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My brother was homeless there. The services available were amazing. He got his teeth fixed, knee surgery, and acupuncture for his anxiety. Not a drug addict. He’s mentally ill. He didn’t get anything like that here.[/quote]

My brother in law is an alcoholic.  He was diagnosed with schizophrenia in California so he would qualify for disability payments and a host of other services including medical care.  He refused to use those services.  After my husbands parents died, he moved here where he lives in a condo we bought for him and lives on $700 in monthly disability payments. He has Medicaid and does not use it except for the emergency room. He is frequently taken there by ambulance after falling or getting into fights when drunk. My husband worked for months to get him into expensive rehab programs and he refused to get out of the car twice when we took him to the places.  We now try to take him to lunch when he will go and check in on him. Basically he drinks and watches TV.  He comes to no family events and our children do not know their only paternal uncle because he won’t see them.

This is all to say that if we were not warehousing him with government disability payments, he would be homeless on the streets of San Francisco.   Thank god someone is trying to help the homeless because we have learned they do nothing to help themselves.

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