- San jose: - homeless people have “a responsibility to shelter” (article)
- also San Jose - no, no, no, not that kind of shelter. Why can’t you just have more money? (article)
I will assume that somewhere out there a city council is making this kind of law because they care about human beings. But most time I think such ordinances means “We don’t want your type around here. If you must be here we don’t want to see you.”
I am reminded of minimum lot size laws that tell citizens that they can only build a home on a lot of at least 3 acres. The intent is to keep out people who cannot meet the Sufficiently Grotesque McMansion standard.
/grouchy rant over.
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I will assume that somewhere out there a city council is making this kind of law because they care about human beings.
I have trouble believing anyone in that position hasn’t had it pointed out to them that homeless people don’t choose sleeping on the street because it’s awesome, but because there’s no real option in their specific case.
Maybe in a small town council, I guess.
It’s almost always about property values and business interests - city councils understand the homeless situation perfectly well but their campaign donors dont want “those people” affecting their investments.
And they dehumanize homeless people by accusing all of them of either committing crimes, being prostitutes, using drugs, having sexually transmitted diseases, being mentally unwell.
It’s easy for them to be cruel to people that they do not consider to be full human beings.
