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48. Free shuttles won't make homeless people move their tent to the desert.

Mon Jan 16, 2023, 07:03 PM

Jan 2023

There are better and more humane way to disband homeless encampments. There are are no perfect solutions and certainly no easy solutions, but places like Boston seem to have the right approach. Instead of trying to warehouse the homeless, Boston is taking a "whole person approach," looking at each homeless person as an individual with different needs and issues, and getting them the help and housing they need, one by one. It is a much more labor intensive approach, but it seems to be working. https://www.usich.gov/news/what-other-cities-can-learn-from-bostons-public-health-approach-to-homelessness

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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

Yup. 2naSalit Jan 2023 #18

This is assuming most homeless aren't also working when they become homeless. haele Jan 2023 #36

Thank you for all this info, Haele Hekate Jan 2023 #39

Walton has the out of sight, out of mind mentality. riversedge Jan 2023 #58

At least he's trying to think about the problem. CloudWatcher Jan 2023 #2

It's like he just likes... 2naSalit Jan 2023 #19

What BS former9thward Jan 2023 #63

Sunbreak Ranch looks like the landscape around the Manzanar Internment Camp. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #3

San Diego dessert would be so hot. No one could survive in a tent in the summer... crazy idea BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #4

Not only that... 2naSalit Jan 2023 #20

And cannabis_flower Jan 2023 #5

The location is... 2naSalit Jan 2023 #21

Yup. There's UCSD students living in their cars because they can't afford rent. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #40

Wouldn't it be easier to just have Bill Walton move to the desert? n/t Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #52

Probably but... 2naSalit Jan 2023 #54

This location isn't in the middle of nowhere Zorro Jan 2023 #17

Yes it is. It has no public transportation, no jobs and no housing. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #37

Guess you didn't read the article where it mentions public transportation Zorro Jan 2023 #44

None of that is there now. And upscale Scripps Ranch would not let it be built. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #46

Aren't they camping out in the heat in the city also? EX500rider Jan 2023 #50

San Diego is right by the water. It is not a heat island. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #53

Well parts of it are. EX500rider Jan 2023 #55

His "glorious vision" for an internment camp is seen through the windshield of a Tesla or perhaps... EarnestPutz Jan 2023 #6

+1 2naSalit Jan 2023 #22

Stated well. Delphinus Jan 2023 #38

Weedpatch Camp Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2023 #7

It's only a problem when it is an inconvenience to him. twodogsbarking Jan 2023 #8

Something needs to be done, at least he came up with Raine Jan 2023 #9

+1 2naSalit Jan 2023 #23

Certinly not him, nor any others of the My Hard-Earned Tax Dollars Brigade . . . hatrack Jan 2023 #26

You should see... 2naSalit Jan 2023 #27

How about building highways and bikeways way up high over them? GreenWave Jan 2023 #10

and this is how concentration camps begin to be acceptable dembotoz Jan 2023 #11

remove the undesirables (insert your preferred type) Magoo48 Jan 2023 #16

Agree yankee87 Jan 2023 #65

How about try building a more fair and just economy? Johnny2X2X Jan 2023 #12

Just how hard is it to build homes? hunter Jan 2023 #61

Bill needs his DeadHead card revoked and a visit from Jerry Garcia's ghost. GoCubsGo Jan 2023 #13

+1 2naSalit Jan 2023 #25

+1 LuckyCharms Jan 2023 #56

May he receive everything he deserves. niyad Jan 2023 #14

My small Wisconsin city has a homeless problem & most people here have had enough. elocs Jan 2023 #15

I thought I read some city newdayneeded Jan 2023 #28

The Salvation Army here will provide homeless with a place to sleep & meals, elocs Jan 2023 #47

NIMBY with extra steps. n/t aocommunalpunch Jan 2023 #24

Revolutionary 2 Reactionary LessAspin Jan 2023 #29

Yeah, I still remember him MurrayDelph Jan 2023 #30

The solution for "the homeless crisis" PatSeg Jan 2023 #31

Second Avenue Commons in Pgh Deminpenn Jan 2023 #32

I notice he was careful to do a head-fake in the direction of "I care about veterans." Aristus Jan 2023 #33

I had walton mixed up with someone who cares Marthe48 Jan 2023 #34

Maybe he should go live in a cave. LiberalFighter Jan 2023 #35

Didn't he used to be a liberal? He sounds crazy now. Ilsa Jan 2023 #41

Though this is an inhumane idea . . . peggysue2 Jan 2023 #42

So he's basically proposing an internment camp then? Initech Jan 2023 #43

People should read the article Mosby Jan 2023 #45

Free shuttles won't make homeless people move their tent to the desert. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #48

agreed. Homeless people want to move about freely like the rest of us. not wait on a shuttle sched BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #49

'Civilized' nini Jan 2023 #51

" Individuals can reside in a community tent, or camp on their own "........ riversedge Jan 2023 #57

Don't shoot the messenger, bu this is from the linked article: Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #64

A bit of Star Trek "history" we could do without: "sanctuary districts" JHB Jan 2023 #59

I need to rewatch Deep Space Nine... I don't recall this episode BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #60

Season 2, episode 10: "Sanctuary" JHB Jan 2023 #62