silence7@slrpnk.net to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoNewsom Asks Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdownwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down12cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
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minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down3·17 days agoYou figure out why they’re saying no. It’s often stuff like forcing spouses to separate in order to get housing, concerns that the provided housing is unsafe, or mental illness which prevents sleeping inside.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 days agoI work in homeless services and can tell you first-hand it’s not that simple
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoDefinitely not. But just force people isnt going to do anything but send people to jail.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·17 days agoThis is the correct answer, and it’s sad it has any downvotes.
You figure out why they’re saying no.
It’s often stuff like forcing spouses to separate in order to get housing, concerns that the provided housing is unsafe, or mental illness which prevents sleeping inside.
I work in homeless services and can tell you first-hand it’s not that simple
Definitely not. But just force people isnt going to do anything but send people to jail.
This is the correct answer, and it’s sad it has any downvotes.