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In reply to the discussion: basketball Bill Walton proposes moving homeless away from "civilized taxpayers" to "Sunbreak Ranch" [View all]RockRaven
(18,168 posts)1. I lived in San Diego for a while, some years ago. I crossed paths with Bill Walton in those parks
and public places he is referring to. I also crossed paths with more homeless people than I could count or recall (more than crossed paths, my work involved frequent interpersonal interactions with homeless people). There certainly was a dangerous or unsettling minority, but most of them were better people/company upon random brief encounter than Bill Walton was.
If my memory of San Diego is accurate (maybe not) this "plan" consists of forcing all homeless people to live in a camp in recently burned desert scrub land (mid 2000s, but it's fucking desert-y, so shit grows slow) along the interstate (8-10 lanes packed all day long) or face criminalization. So they won't bother "real" people with existing in "real person space."
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basketball Bill Walton proposes moving homeless away from "civilized taxpayers" to "Sunbreak Ranch" [View all]
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Jan 2023
OP
I lived in San Diego for a while, some years ago. I crossed paths with Bill Walton in those parks
RockRaven
Jan 2023
#1
San Diego dessert would be so hot. No one could survive in a tent in the summer... crazy idea
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Jan 2023
#4
Yup. There's UCSD students living in their cars because they can't afford rent.
SunSeeker
Jan 2023
#40
None of that is there now. And upscale Scripps Ranch would not let it be built.
SunSeeker
Jan 2023
#46
His "glorious vision" for an internment camp is seen through the windshield of a Tesla or perhaps...
EarnestPutz
Jan 2023
#6
Certinly not him, nor any others of the My Hard-Earned Tax Dollars Brigade . . .
hatrack
Jan 2023
#26
My small Wisconsin city has a homeless problem & most people here have had enough.
elocs
Jan 2023
#15
I notice he was careful to do a head-fake in the direction of "I care about veterans."
Aristus
Jan 2023
#33
agreed. Homeless people want to move about freely like the rest of us. not wait on a shuttle sched
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Jan 2023
#49
" Individuals can reside in a community tent, or camp on their own "........
riversedge
Jan 2023
#57