Subj : More From California, LOL
To   : Mike Powell
From : LEE GREEN
Date : Thu May 15 2025 17:58:46

-> > California Gov. Gavin Newsom released details about his multibillion-dollar
-> > plan to tackle the homeless crisis in the Golden State and is pushing cities
-> > and counties to take "immediate action."

-> > On Monday, Newsom shared a model ordinance for cities and counties to
-> > "immediately address dangerous and unhealthy encampments and connect people
-> > experiencing homelessness with shelter and services."

-> If what I saw when I was out in the LA area < 2 yrs ago is any indication,
-> there likely are not enough "shelters and services" to make much of a dent
-> in the encampment populations.

-> There were strings of old RVs and other quasi-mobile homes and tents strung
-> out for over a mile on Valley Blvd, and for miles along San Fernando (on
-> both sides of the street).  There were people living, and defecating, in the
-> vestibules at the bottoms of the overhead walkways in Long Beach, and
-> apparently living in the restrooms there at the aquarium and also at Santa
-> Monica Pier.

They are towed there and then the people that own them rent them out to
the homeless people that don't want to live in a tent. The city usually
tows them away eventually.

-> So not just in places that tourists won't usually go.

-> > "Local leaders asked for resources - we delivered the largest state
-> > investment in history. They asked for legal clarity - the courts delivered.
-> > Now, we're giving them a model they can put to work immediately, with urgency
-> > and with humanity, to resolve encampments and connect people to shelter,
-> > housing, and care. The time for inaction is over. There are no more excuses,"
-> > California Gov. Gavin Newsom said.

-> I actually assumed they gave some of them the broken down RVs and trailers
-> along the streets... otherwise, I am not sure how some of them got there as
-> they didn't appear to be in a very "mobile" condition.

You know what they say about assume?
They aren't mobile.                           

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