Friday, June 4, 2021

CALIFORNIA IN MELTDOWN - DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED SAN FRANCISCO AND THE HOMELESS EPIDEMIC IN A STATE THAT HAS 10 MILLION ILLEGALS

Poll: 53% of Californians Say State Is in Recession amid Rising Inflation

26 May 2021283

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Fifty-three percent of Californians say the state is in an economic recession amid rising inflation, according to Tuesday’s PPIC polling.

Of the 1,705 California residents who participated in the poll, 53 percent of adults and 52 percent of likely voters said they believe California is in an economic recession.

Forty-one percent said California is not in a recession, and 43 percent of likely voters said it is not.

When “asked about their own financial situation compared to a year ago, most Californians have seen little change: 20 percent say they are better off than a year ago, 56 percent say they are the same, and 24 percent say they are worse off,” the poll reads.

However, three in ten lower-income residents, 29 percent (those with annual incomes less than $40,000), say they are worse off than a year ago.

Lower-income individuals may be feeling the added burden of being unable to work certain jobs, such as hospitality jobs, because of the Democrat-led shutdown during the Chinese coronavirus.

But they also may be hurting because of inflation that has resulted from the Biden administration, as money is worth less than before his presidency.

On May 20, Breitbart News reported the following about the impact of inflation on lower-income families:

Consumer prices have increased at an accelerated rate every month this year. In April, core inflation rose at its fastest month-over-month pace since 1981. The producer price index grew by the largest amount on record last month. Commodity prices are skyrocketing, with corn rising by more than 50% this year, lumber elevating to four times its traditional rate, and copper hitting a record high.

Breitbart News continued, “Inflation acts the same way as a tax by reducing the value of earnings. It devastates retirees and those on fixed incomes by making them poorer through no fault of their own. And it hurts small businesses, which must constantly raise prices, reducing sales and alienating customers.”

San Francisco Mayor Wants to Spend $1B to Fight Homeless Epidemic

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PENNY STARR

3 Jun 2021289

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Democrat San Francisco Mayor London Breed wants to spend $1 Billion to stem the homeless epidemic in the city.

According to the San Francisco city and county website “8,035 homeless individuals were counted in San Francisco’s 2019 point-in-time street and shelter count. This was an increase of more than 14 percent over the 2017 count.”

The San Francisco Chronicle reported some sources say the number could be as high as 17,000:

At the same time, homelessness funding has also significantly increased. The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing’s budget has increased by 80% since it was created in 2016, to $364 million in the most recent fiscal year. Meanwhile, Prop. C., a 2018 ballot measure that taxes big businesses for homelessness services, is expected to raise $250 million to $300 million per year.

The mayor’s plan is part of the city’s $13.1 billion budget for the next fiscal year, in addition to the $300 million the city already spends annually on homelessness. The Chronicle reported:

Roughly 75 percent of Breed’s proposed homelessness investment comes from $800 million collected by Prop. C, which she did not support in 2018. Meanwhile, another 20 percent comes from local sources like the city’s general fund and a 2020 bond measure, and the remaining 5% comes one-time funding from the federal American Rescue Plan, which helped erase a massive, pandemic-induced budget deficit earlier this year. Under Breed’s proposal, the money would go toward initiatives like capping all permanent supportive housing rent at 30 percent of a resident’s income, funding two new recreational vehicle parking sites and continuing a 40-bed emergency shelter for families.
The mayor also wants to create 6,000 housing placements by June 2022, which includes new permanent supportive housing units, adding more housing vouchers or buying people bus tickets out of town to go back to family and friends. The funding would also cover another 4,000 new housing placements by 2023, and help prevent potential homelessness and eviction for over 7,000 households.

Breed also wants to spend $30 million — a 36 percent increase from the previous budget — for mental health and drug treatment services.

The Chronicle interviewed Tomiquia Moss, the CEO of All Home, an advocacy group for the homeless, who said she is glad money is being spent on more than houses, including to help people with mental health.

“We’ve underinvested in this for decades,” Moss said. “What we actually need now to get out of the problem is exorbitant, but it doesn’t have to be that way if we start making the right types of investments.”

Breed called her homelessness proposal a “historic investment.”

“For those exhibiting harmful behavior, whether to themselves or to others, or those refusing assistance, we will use every tool we have to get them into treatment and services, to get them indoors,” Breed said. “We won’t accept people just staying on the streets when we have a place for them to go.”

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