Homelessness in the Bay Area: 3 Stories
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2017
- The San Francisco Bay Area's tech economy has fueled an economic boom, yet tens of thousands of people are homeless in the region. In San Francisco, the problem is highly visible, with tent cities along sidewalks and under freeways. Head south, though, to San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, and it's a much more hidden problem. The homeless live in cars, trailers, and along creeks at the bottom of steep embankments away from public view. Our series of ongoing stories examines how cities are handling the issue, from San Francisco mayor Ed Lee's suggestion that the homeless would have to leave the streets before the Superbowl came to town...to what happened following San Jose's nationally-publicized closure of the notorious homeless encampment known as The Jungle. In our coverage we speak with those who live on the streets, those who serve the homeless and those tasked with addressing the problem.
Individual stories:
6/24/16
Homelessness More Complex Since San Jose Shut Down “The Jungle”
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5/20/16
Hoyt Walker is a Man in a Box & Panel discussion with experts
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1/29/16
Tent Cities Compete with Super Bowl City for Attention
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It's humbling to see this and realize that you're living a dream compared to these people.
I know right, I think I have some pressing problems but then I see these videos and realize that there is always someone worse off.
This is about San Francisco because it's where most of my experience is but its somewhat replicated all over the bay area.
Its about leadership, authority, priorities, and focus. Here is a little insight (THE SORT VERSION) from someone who has worked in almost every aspect of the provider system and been places, seen things, provided services where 99% of people never have.
There is not one hospital with an on staff social service intake officer available 24hrs a day, not even county, also the level 1 trauma center. None of the hospitals have a dedicated social service intake and or provider office within the ED department, no office= no dedicated ED onsite personal, meaning no client contact, no resource information distribution when they need that and intervention most. These social service provider choices put additional pressure on the ED medical staff. Pressure that they don't need within an already stressed emergency department workplace.
The "respite" center aka where you take those to drunk to walk but with no emergent medical need to sleep it off. That center has no displayed service provider info, no reps from service providers, no substance abuse counselors, no housing placement reps, no shelter reps, you can't even get a map of where shelters are there if you wanted to, an overworked nurse who usually lacks emergency department nursing certification, inadequate hygiene facilities, and dangerously understaffed security.
Example the federal governments reimbursement for administering methadone to heroine addicts is so high, and set up in a manner so that it actually penalizes clinics for reducing patient dosing so much that they don't, and if they did as one is supposed to they would be forced to close. I have had multiple patients on the same incredibly high methadone dosing for over a decade.
Who does this system benefit? Big Pharma and the manufacturers of methadone and its related pharmacopeia. Who pays for all of it taxpayers. Who set it up this way congress members bought by and under the direction of Big Pharma.
This is a brief look at the social service provider system and the often counter productive, anti collaborative, corrupt, deliberately provider isolated, inadequate framework they are forced to work within.
This is NYC and the rents here are always sky high. I studied law in the Univ of Santa Clara. ( circa early 80s.) It 's really sad to see many in the Bay Area in such a destitute condition. BTW, the NYC subway system and THE JUNGLE (in San Jose) have alot in common.
Bless that dude, so glad for him.
We all are good people. We don't turn our backs on one another
People watch what happens. Look at the photos of people at soup kitchen food lines. There warning suits and ties.new world order so soon as the rich are broken down. Another new world order? The rich become home less and we are going to have to take care of them history over and over. 😮
Just drove by another homeless encampment going up in flames. Happens way too often. A dangerous situation for everyone.
A full time provided $1,600 and the rent is like $2,200 ,Rent is too high
Keven alvarado Move to another state where it is affordable. Ca isn't the only state in the union. It's a big world, explore!
rent wouldn't be so high if illegals weren't taking half of it up for themselves
That is rape. F*the system.
There's an architect with the last name Campion. Years back, he was doing creative research on designing shelters for the nation's homeless.I'd like to hear what he came up with. After viewing and hearing their own words, I began trying to understand why so many homeless prefer a box under a bridge, exposed to the elements over a "homeless shelter" and came up with several issues: shelters receive funds but misappropriate them (one patron's words); shelters require their own schedules which don't usually correspond with the patrons' needs and desires; they're invasive, rigid; they're available for nights only--patrons must leave through the day.
My idea couldn't possibly be as grand as Mr. Campion's; however, I think it suits many of the needs and personalities of the homeless: structures made of steel framing, reliable roofs, concrete foundations divided into cubicles of plexiglass that don't quite touch the concrete floor (for power-washing the cubicles as tenants leave improving bug infestations and contamination). Structures could be designated for males, females, families and cubicles could be accordingly sized to fit. Totally enclosed, private, segregated (male/female) restrooms form the center of the structures.
These structures would meet many of the homeless folks' complaints and provide a degree of autonomy since there'd be no limit on how long they could stay. Cubicles would be designated to persons as long as they needed them. There'd be large bins for trash/garbage and cooking/grilling options outside the structures: individuals, families could cook for themselves or they could take turns cooking for the entire structures' occupants.If available, they could still receive relief to cover food. If occupants wanted, they could bring their tents and boxes into their cubicle or cover the walls of their cubicles with newspaper, etc. It seems homeless folks co-exist fairly well with each other; that would be expected to continue. These cubicles would be free of charge with space outside for anyone wanting to grow vegetable gardens. And, of course, land for these structures.
My idea, I'm sure, needs tweeking, but maybe it's an option.
Idk why but I like this reporter she's very comforting to listen to for some reason
God bless that man
it's very hard but i hope that i would not be homeless but the rent is going up every month or every 6 month's and it's not fair and we me and my brother are trying our best to keep out head of above the water but it's hard and they need to keep the rent down so we can pay our Bill's and our car notes etc and etc and so thats why a lot of people go homeless because they can't afford there apts or houses.
I have PTSD from severe traumatizing events along with physical trauma, but that doesn't give me justification to be a criminal or use drugs, lazy not work or anything else. no more excuses.
Every person's situation is different.
We're supposed to feel bad for homeless criminals? I feel bad for the honest ones who had their rent doubled, but forget the criminals.
This is sad. What the heck is wrong with politicians that let this happen?
no, whats sad is the democratic politicians caused it, and fooled many
Well you can’t vape but you can shit in the streets! Democrats are the down fall! Actually it’s the fools that voted for them but your head is so full of shit you can understand it you ignorant fool!
Publics fault, as usual. It happens most of the time. And in every country around the world.
"People deserve the government they get." (De Tocqueville)
What the heck is wrong with you?? Don't just blame the politicians! Blame the people who bring it upon themselves..
Bless them all !
But damn at least clean up after yourself and not make a trail .
If you don't live on the streets stfu !
GARDENIA 8888 I agree! Then you have those with mental health and drug users who are out of their minds and don’t care or know to care.
*1 of 4* Cities can eliminate homeless tent encampments by replacing them with *Homeless Shelter Villages* [HSV] using _Pallet Shelter's_ existing *Homeless Shelter Village* [HSV] components. The _Community Room_ sells for $37,000 and serves as a shared laundry room, restaurant, *child daycare center,* and addiction services center. The _Bathroom_ cost $35,000 and the _Services Office_ costs $9,000. So for only $81,000 a city can establish a *Homeless Shelter Village* [HSV]. The 10'X10' *Camping Cube Sport Pop Up Tent* that costs only $120 provides protection from the elements; for two people and their belongings.
Bernie Sanders was "stunned" ha ha ha ha where was he the last 30 years?..
So San Jose felt shamed when the homeless encampment, The Jungle, made national news. So they spent city money to kick them out, help some of them (yes, only some), and forget the rest. Now the 7000 displaced homeless folks are spread through San Jose making new smaller encampments that are not being addressed and will grow into more "Jungles". SMDH. San Jose representatives are failing at their jobs.
I lived in the area 40 years ago. Nice but big pop. No homeless then like now. Very amazing to see this. I will live in a small town thank you and not in Cal. Old now and have no energy to deal with big city problems. nor do I want to be around it. Let the young folks figure it out.Good luck and God bless.
true...but ALSO they have spread throughout the bay area . There has been a huge influx of the homeless druggies to Concord in last few years. They are also being sent by alta bates hospital in Oakland TO John Muir in Concord, (yes there is proof of this) and guess what.....once here...THEY STAY. Concord is a mess now and police do nothing. But homeless advocate programs do...….oh yes...…. they give all sorts of free stuff to the drug abusers and the drug abusers turn right around and they throw it in the street, at oncoming cars, in your yard, all over storefronts, anywhere they can just to make a mess while in their doped up mind... I know there are a few very few out there who need help and are not trouble, but most of them ARE T R O U B L E
If any person fail at his/her job gets fired, if a politician doesn't solve problems he/she gets a raise in salary and promoted to higher office!!!
It's easier to get housing for a dog than housing for human beings!
Exactly !! Crazy right
There’s plenty of awareness about homelessness. Need more heart 💜
No one is able to run away from city to city for an affordable house or rent when the housing price is keep rising without control ! Housing, clothing and food are basic needs for all human beings. Demanding for the strict control of all housing and rental at the reasonable and affordable prices !!!
I saw this coming years ago. All my friends moved away from the Bay Area as they were priced out. Some moved far inland while others moved out of state to the Pac NW and places further east like Texas and Tennessee. I escaped to Idaho and then Wyoming. Thankfully I am happy, living well and the wife and I live debt-free well within our means. We couldn't do that in California. The Cali politics and idiocy of the far left culture drove me and my friends off the "Cali Crazy Train". Now out of Cali and life is good.
you are right to say the rents have gone up, and many good upstanding renters are being forced out ,but that is not the reason these meth heads are homeless. 10 yrs ago I helped a man get an apartment in a cheaper bay area town that he lived in while homeless. He kept the apartment for one month the decided he couldn't keep paying for an apartment and getting his drugs, so he chose to be homeless so that he could get the drugs. he admitted he would rather have the drugs than a roof over his head.
Jon Warner I think that clear thinking people leave California as it is no longer sustainable.
Jon Warner you are PERFECT example of responsible living within ones means. C O N G R A T U L A T I O N to You and your Bride. Life solutions are rather easy, maybe NOT always enjoyable. We can ALL get through this, many options / choices just make the decision that fits the persons WALLET.
Why not move to another state? California is ridiculously expensive. There are states that are "cheap" (compared to CA) and actually need more population.
I know moving costs $$ but after living like this for few months, I'd do anything I can to get out and start again somewhere else.
This is sad beyond words. :(
i think a lot of people end up not having enough time to move out before their evicted and after your evicted once your basically put on a blacklist for renters
Can't afford a home can't afford to eat! BUT CAN AFFORD A 10 DOLLAR PACK OF SMOKES!!
💖I'm really glad your finally seeing the homeless issue and prioritizing their lives over other expenditures. And while we are talking about the amount of budget money allotted for homelessness, let's mention bribes and illegal money dipping. And if we GREED wasn't such an issue for all of us, including our "leaders" and representatives,... there would be enough !!!
I like your balanced comment..
Walk on the left side after dark, you'll wind up playing the harp.
Amazing how homeless people are found in the deepest in the woods.
These are the component to create *Homeless Shelter Villages* [HSV] using _Pallet Shelter's_ existing HSV products: the _Community Room_ sells for $37,000, the _Bathroom_ costs $35,000, and the _Services Office_ costs $9,000. So for only $81,000 a city can establish a HSV. The two person _Shelter 64_ costs $7,000. 100 X $7,000 = $7,000,000. For $7,201,000 the city can establish a HSV for 200 residents. For $160 million a city can establish 22 HSVs to shelter 4,000 residents.
Fremont is also suffering as well, but we don't have the funds like other cities.
The cost per bed in the shelters in more than the cost of a motel. How does that work? Someone making bank.
Very good point.. He is right, we shouldn't take things for granted..
What a horrible situation. Nobody should live this way.
Many people want to live this way they sell their house and buy a campervan or a van.
Been up 33 hours working just to make a living before. If I was up for 5 day straight, then I would have dies. Hardship is nothing to me.
If you can't afford to live somewhere then move to somewhere you can afford. OIC: Thousands of people are homeless because they are bums. STOP FEEDING THEM and they will go away.
TRUE
"The Shelter wants me to get up at 6 o'clock and my body cant handle it" Most of us get up at 6am so we can make it to work . My body doesnt like it either. Its time for tough love. Military work camps. No drugs , alcohol or smoking. Daily work details , like cleaning up the streets etc. If that doesnt work for you , you can leave society. Its America , its your choice. But taxes pay for your sidewalks and parks, so there off limits, etc.
Right on!!!!❤❤
It almost always has to do with drugs and alcohol.
Emergency Shelter. Do not build what you want for the homeless, build what you can. Get human wastes and needles off your streets then you can work on what you want the people to have. Simple concrete boxes fitted with inside locks on their doors, massed produced with a central sanitation building and a dumpster. Make no rules, no schedules, don't even keep track of who is in what box. Privacy is why they won't use existing shelters. For a million dollars you could give shelter to a hundred or more people.
This is obvious, why does it not happen? The politicians are compassionate but inept and the construction industry is busy making profits on expensive projects which government cannot afford to build in the numbers needed. Because emergency shelters aren't good enough for human habitation in the estimation of humanists we get tent dwellers condemned to live like dogs.
Centers of crime? Sure they would be, especially drugs. At least the police would know where to look. Dead bodies could be more easily found and properly taken care of. Charitable services would know where to perform their good deeds. The governmental agencies would know where to find their clients. If proper housing is supplied these Emergency Shelters could then be emptied.
Dang he got a steal on that camper, he should fix it up, he would have everything he needs.
Why cant he shower and shave there?
It probably doesn't run for that price so he can't dump the tanks?
Clearly, the solution is to import as many "undocumented immigrants" as possible. Whenever you see a homeless problem, the immediate reaction should be increase the population as much as possible to solve it.
this guy bought a "mobile home" -he dwells in a "mobile home " so he's not "homeless" . also its a gd mess esp to allow its interior to be filmed like this ,wtf's wrong with this picture??
Dan Kirchner the thing is where does he go to take a dump? I would rather die than eat my own poop
Why doesn't that guy get a gym membership like everyone else so he can take showers
Are there homeless shelters you can get into in SF at this point, or are they all filled up?
1 apt i rented studio was full of bed bugs it was terrible and the owner wouldn't pay to exterminate to cheap
that's the problem with foreign landlords they don't care and don't abide by the rules
Courtesy of the ridiculous cost of living in California.
WHY DRAG A DOG IN THIS?
That's their family. I would never leave my cats. I love them and I have a ethical obligation to them.
I agree with you on this, especially when they acquire animals while homeless. But if by chance they did go straight from a home to the street, then some choose to take their pet with them, and I have to say its a better option than dumping the pet. But they could take them to a no kill shelter or plan ahead and have a person or relative take them if needed. But the animals don't deserve this. I rescued many dogs and kittens from homeless who really didn't care to begin with, even though some did. Some were feeding their animals garbage or nothing at all because the drugs mess with their mind, but some do try to take care of them, but when they cannot they need to be responsible and find a place that will.
Yes, if ur homeless so is the pet....gise the pet away....let someone care 4 it....plus its another mouth to feed....
WOW! 4 thousand homeless in the Bay area.
50,000 in LA
There's 8,011 homeless in S.F. in 2019.
As heartless as jail is, they get 3 meals a day. a bed, and a warm bathroom w/ showers..
Not on My gat dog dime!!
*2 of 4* Cities are spending millions of dollars to open and run homeless bed shelters; that the homeless reject due to the many restrictions and lack of security. _Pallet Shelter's_ two person _Shelter 64_ cost only $7,000 and provides a dignified, secure sleeping base of operation. So for only $201,000 [$120 tents] a city can establish and run a *Homeless Shelter Village* [HSV] with 1000 shelters that can accommodate 2,000 people: 2 beds and belongings per 10'X10' tent.
I love Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' set in SF.
I have a family of me my son Aj and his great mom Meadow we were taken to the eviction court at least 6 times and in all of those the judge found in our favour and as had happened with all of the prior times there was a cease or desist letter of eviction notice on our door for the following Thursday was a 7 th eviction notice and at this seventh court date in as little as 3 months we were advised by the judge. that even though he was willing to aide with us witch would be another win in court for us that our property manager named Lan Lee out of San Francisco CA who is in charge of many of the rentals on the third Street corridor around Williams and van dike area, that she was willing to pay for the following Court Case's because she was using us as basically as a training course on how to evict the section 8 client's that were on the way to be over sold also along the same 3rd st corridor that me and my son of 7 at the time and my long time wife of going on 16 years so because of my sever diagnosed social anxiety and other medical stuff going on with me as well as my wife's also existing mental as well as health problems and with the advice of our lawyer from Happ we decided to take a move out of offer with a promise of a returned security deposit early and us being out in four months witch we were able to do and move out to a friend of ours and her family across the street from there to get our first grade son to his school at the time (Hillsdale elementary) the bus stop was at the time eight behind our old already left behind apartment when it was no more than two days later than the intended move out date I got a call from the lawyer at Happ and was told that the property manager Lan Lee was wondering if we still had keys and I did I told him that I would directly go and place them in the old mail box inside the gate and so I did and wouldn't you know that my wife was in the apartment getting some of ( her and my son as well as my)stuff that we had left behind by us and of course the same property manager named above showed up while she was in the apartment and I soon got call from the lawyer in charge of the eviction court proceedings and that he was called by Lan Lee and she said that we were still inhabitants of the building (this is not the truth in the lightest ) but with the increase in rent they were going to be able to get that we were once more headed to the eviction court for the 8th time I think which I am going to have to believe that the lawyer that was on our side handled to the best of his ability well the long and short of it is we lost and had to be out by Wednesday and it was late on Monday when we were made aware of the judges finding this was one day before Thanksgiving on 2015 I believe at which point I was aware of the eviction and I knew that it was on the property manager Lan Lee to get us at least one more time in the apartment in the next 14 days and then I stated this stipulation of the eviction law I was told it was gong to be after the holiday weekend and so we were all in the street and from a eviction notice and being a family orientated mother Meadow my wife had gotten in her head that it was going to be OK for her and my son to sleep in a local park for the weekend of the holiday with me in a tent and go back to sleeping in the emergency shelter for the following time it took us to get in to something else together and I had second thoughts about this idea of course but I am a family man and I have to be honest I thought that we had our basses covered with the alarm clocks on both of our phones set about a half hour early for the next day the Monday after the school holiday weekend and we would be able to be up at six to get out of bed and have time to get Aj cleaned up for school and get him feed and get him to the school not only on time but a little bit early but the only thing that woke me up the next morning was a parks and recreation cop there like literally just about 5 min before I was to get the alarm form my phone and because of our ex-property manager named Lan Lee had been in touch with CPS we lost our child to the system and even though it was not even a month before we were able to get the super centered and wise boy if ours back in time we have gotten back to being able to have if not a normal life at least one where we are together and even though it was along time I had to be homeless and my wife and kid had to go to a few programs that was because of the fact that the whole time with CPS court they were all in the line of thought that was on the line of " once on drugs , always on drugs " which was very easy and simple to prove by the fact that the whole time of the CPS case neither of us me and Meadow had ever been tox positive on one test and because of this we have been working on getting in to some type of short term GA shelter and I have to say that we are here now and on our way back to having a good life together with any luck at all it will be by the time of X-mass this year well thanks for your time
Good luck to you all, I hope it's getting better for you.
Whoa... Did you even come up for air??
For real tho, good luck.
Dam that was a book I just read tho
I read all this shit. Damn!
14:10 He says _every_ year they spend $120 million on housing, and $50 million on outreach, etc. 14:45, She says despite spending all that money, over the past 10 years homeless population has remained steady at about 6500. Let's see now. Simple math says 170 million / 6500 = $26,153.84 per person per year. Where I live, a duplex with each side having 3 bedrooms and two baths can be built for $250,000. That would house 6 people comfortably, more if married family. For 120 million, 480 homes could be built, housing 6 people each, totalling 2880 people. So, in 3 years, enough homes could be built to house all 6500 homeless. Yet, 10 years later, they still have 6500 homeless. The question is then, do they actually want to get rid of the problem? Because it seems there's not a lack of money being spent. By my calculations, the money being spent could provide basic food and shelter and job placement. The problem is who's spending the money. Private charity yields a better result than government every time it's tried. Please, get government out of the charity business. Government will never fix a problem that is the basis on which it usurps power (and money) from the citizens. This is a lesson we must learn. We need to demand term limits, reduce the power of government, and return charity to the hands of individuals, private civic organizations and churches.
Got room for 1 more tent? I'm so tired of working just to survive
We only make about a 1000.00 a month more then this guy in the trailer. We own a 23 hundred sq. ft. Home. No morgage. Have 2 cars and a truck. Totally out of debt. We do not live in California, thank God. There are much cheaper places to live in the US. I know it isnt the case in every bodies life. But alot of this is due to drug and alcohol use. You'll never have anything if you are on drugs and alcohol.
how strange the "jungle" gets cleaned up and concord starts getting hundreds of homeless drug fiends
Thank God I got out of the Bay Area!
You're homeless and given a decent shelter and refuse to comply with their rules including getting up early?...STAY HOMELESS AND GOOD LUCK!!!
cost per bed $69 dollars per day, 69x30=1970 What a joke !!!!! Ask for donation? Not likely with such a wasteful spending.
A one bedroom apartment in Portland, Oregon rents for $1,500 a month. How much income will the rental company require it to make in order to qualify to rent that unit?
*4 of 4* The homeless can simply move the tents they are using now into the homeless-village and the RVs are assigned a parking space. *Or the **_Shelter 100,_** provided by FEMA,* is a $9,500 shelter that is climate controlled, built in one hour, is 100 sq. ft., and uses a folding bunk system to house up to four beds. *_Pallet Shelter's_* private sleeping cabins offer *security* and durability. Which addresses the concerns of the homeless who reject the restrictions of “bed-only” homeless-shelters; for only one night.
they should only be sheltered if they are clean from drugs. period.
At least you work good at man proud of you
So this is why making broad judgements about people as bad... doing druggs, lazy...not everyone is like that.
I work and I can't afford a smart phone or a dog. How is it you can? Just wondering?
San Francisco with it's massive tech wealth should build a large homeless camp outside of the Bay Area which will be enclosed with a barbed wire fence and guarded by armed security in guard towers and military attack dogs 24/7. Then the homeless of San Francisco will be rounded up, charged with vagrancy and transported to this camp and will be forced to stay there until permanent homes could be found for them when available or until their day in court for crimes they may have been charged with. There they will receive food, medical care, personal tents , toilet and wash facilities as well as laundry service and a library. Those attempting to leave without permission or tries to incite a riot will be shot.
F of Parts A-F The homeless-shelters are powered and heated with butane and solar-panels, depending on how well the infrastructure held up, which are integrated into the construction of the _homeless-shelters._ Which are a dry, clean, safe place to sleep, and store their stuff. People from the city drive out to the *Homeless-Shelter-Villages* [HSV] to pick up food bank food; because that is where the food banks and free-ice machines are located.
the thing is people dont care what happens to the homless there know place in san diego but the shelter they want out by 6 or 7 rain or heat and there is a lot of older people that need something better it ti hard on them to be out in the cold all day on the move then return to the shelter at night they need a place to just sit and take it easy watch a little tv or read are bones are tierd we have med problems for some its just to much so they make there camps so they take it easy have a little heart
Why is it so hard to end homelessness.
Apts in Westlake 2 bedroom was $600 in 1978😵
Today Apartments $4,000.00. For a 1 bedroom. In S.F.
@@jimtalbott2894 I saw a 1br in Frisco for $2000 a month though…
SO MUCH HOMELESS,MY GOD HELP US
The Aaronic Blessing prayer needs to be said over every homeless drug addict in the City of San Francisco to help them get a better life. If you know of any rabbis in San Francisco please ask them to pray this prayer over each and every one of the homeless persons. The 100% solution to the homeless.
*Paragraph 2 of 4.* *Build and anchor these floating cities for the homeless ON LAND that has already been flooded and will be flooded in the future.* _The UN is supporting a design for a new floating city that can house the homeless_ The company believes a floating city project would address both dire housing shortages and threats from rising sea levels. The structures themselves would be designed to withstand all sorts of natural disasters, including floods, tsunamis, and Category 5 hurricanes. Silicon Valley's largest city wants to house the homeless in floating apartments. The concept, known as _Oceanix City,_ was designed by renowned architect Bjarke Ingels in collaboration with Oceanix. Though it still needs funding, it's essentially a toolkit for investors brave enough to take on the project. Here's what the city might look like if it comes to life. The city would essentially be a collection of hexagonal platforms that can each hold around 300 residents. Hexagons are widely considered one of the most efficient architectural shapes. (Think of the orderly inside of a beehive.) By designing each platform as a hexagon, the builders hope to minimize their use of materials. The designers consider a group of six platforms to be a "village." The entire city would contain six villages, for a total of around 10,000 residents. Ingels said 10,000 is the ideal number of residents, since it would allow the island to achieve "full autonomy" by producing its own power, fresh water, and heat. Ingels is best known for individual projects like the Superkilen public park in Copenhagen or a pair of twisting towers in New York City. But he told Business Insider that designing an entire city gives him room to expand his vision. "At the city scale you can achieve more," Ingels said.
*Paragraph 4 of 4.* *Build and anchor these floating cities for the homeless ON LAND that has already been flooded or will be flooded in the future.* _The UN is supporting a design for a new floating city that can house the homeless while withstanding a Category 5 hurricane_ _Oceanix_ envisions the villages within about a mile of major coastal cities. The platforms could also be towed to safer locations in the event of a disaster. The platforms would be bolstered by Biorock, a material created by exposing underwater minerals to an electric current. This leads to the formation of a limestone coating that's three times harder than concrete, but can still be made to float. The substance becomes stronger with age and can even repair itself as long as it's still exposed to the current. This allows it to withstand harsh weather conditions. "Cities really start and fail by how well they manage water," engineer Bry Sarté told the UN on Wednesday. In a disaster scenario, machine generators could pull air from the atmosphere, condense it into water, and filter it for impurities like metal or bacteria. These machines pull clean drinking water out of thin air, and they might be a solution to the global water crisis.* In addition to homes, the city would feature a spiritual center, cultural center, and communal library, where residents could rent computers and bicycles as well as books. All buildings would be constructed out of sustainable materials like timber and bamboo. They're also designed to be disassembled so that future generations of architects can reconfigure the concept.
That same navigation center turned me away maybe 10-12 years ago. Just illness. Sober 35 years. Formerly upper-middle class, educated. I'm pleasant, affable, respectful, kind, good hygeine. Okay, I did have to get clean & sober in my 20's, but otherwise just played by the rules my whole life and worked at being a contributor to society and an ally to all.
But there are *vast* cracks in the "system" for me to fall through. Yeah, overwhelmed social workers at the nav center turned me away. I probably shouldn't mention the unprovoked racist comments made at my back; likely they thought me a faker of some kind, a threat to their own folks. But that was my real, direct experience. I could Not go back there due to potentially-fatal vascular issues that can be triggered by stress.
Down the road I found different results. But it took 10 years to catch up to where I might have gotten if the Nav Center model was at all helpful. I hope it has changed since then.
The *Homeless Shelter Village* [HSV] residents pay rent for their units based on a percentage of their net income. The HSV pays for utility hook ups, one free meal a day, and childcare. Laundry, shower, toilet, and cooking-facilities are provided. Dumpters and the staff's salaries; which should total only $260,000 a year. Where is it getting its "millions more to run" lie from?
The mayor guy says 120 million spent on shelter. How much pays for roofs and how much pays fat administrators like himself? Part of the problem is the homeless industry that wants the lucrative job of managing homelessness. If they end it…..POOF, no more job.
California dreamin on a winters day
I want to say I will do all I can to have my brothers and sisters for homeless
were the heck are the bunk bed one bed really
4,000 in a city of 1.1 million doesn't seem much.
they have money for smokes at 10 bucks a pack though
Did these people grow up in the Bay area ? 11 years old for this woman where is her family was she hatched ? They can build million dollar condos but not basic housing...this is in every city across the US now
You helped 500 people. 81 percent found housing. Didn't say anything about permanent housing. Also didn't say how many of those people stayed in housing. A lot of people that they "find housing" for, usually don't stay in that housing. A lot of times that housing is not sustainable. These non profits are actually for profit. They do nothing to address the actual issue, only mask it with spins and vague answers. The only way you can get housing for people is lower rent. Imagine an organization that actually paid a portion of rent with all those millions they get funded with instead of renting a building so you can give showers, food, and keep people homeless.
*3 of 4* Those with income pay rent which is 10% of their net income to the *Homeless Shelter Village* [HSV] for their 2 person _Shelter 64;_ and 20% of their net income as rent for the 4 person _Shelter 100._ Their rent money goes to pay for: *childcare for working parents,* and one free meal per day; in the *Community-Room.*
so why even with hundreds of millions of dollars, that the movements for improvements and outreached and priorities for homelessness does not seems to move, or reach, enough homelessness? does each outreach and centers or other homeless organization have audit done>?
If the homeless will pick up after themselves it wouldn't be that bad
so true -can't believe the disorder esp when all there is basically is free time to do such basic things like "sweep",laundry" ,"vacuum,etc
Every homeless person is brought before a tribunal. They are asked to provide sound reasons for their continued existence. They are given 6 months to get their acts together. All who fail to satisfy the tribunal's requirements are exterminated. They are slaughtered. Their flesh is sold at minimal profit. Babies, fried or roasted, are tender and delicious. It gives rise to a new industry, provides jobs, and puts food on the table of the poor.
Clean up your own back yard, first.
duhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
You are observant. And correct I believe.
People out here overturn trash cans to get shit outa them and just leave everything all over the sidewalk in an almost deliberate,fuck you, I ain't cleaning up shit, exacerbated by plenty of mental illness. And laziness.
Then add to that the people that shouldn't do drugs the most, do drugs the most. Some people should not do drugs.
For people living on the street and not having anything, they sure leave behind allot of trash and clothing. It's amazing how quick the homeless can trash an area.
A lot of homeless shelters make you blow in a machine to detect if you have been drinking!
When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.
I saw apartments in San Francisco for $2k a month. I could almost afford by myself.
2500 a month and can not afford to rent a place to live wow.so now days in California it takes 2 or 3 people living together to afford rent
Has anyone ever considered moving theses homeless people to cities with lower cost of living? Smaller cities that may have employment opportunities were income yields are more in line with housing and other costs of living?
120 millions in home assistance programs... but probably 80 millions went to administration fees.
A bed costs $200 a year! He pulled all counties in the jungle!
Bernie Sanders was stunned to see homeless people, another out of touch political leader.
Dang, Bay Area homes cost same as Denver Co homes
I hate when politicians pretend to give a shit about the homeless.
I was homeless when my g/f kicked me out of her home; luckily I owned a car to live in.
E of Parts A-F In the on-site factories the homeless population's workforce is used to make more homeless shelters from plastic-waste taken from the oceans and government subsidized Styrofoam; and electric car conversion kits which cost only $3,600 because _The Defense Production Act_ was invoked. _Which does not include the cost of batteries and installation._
In Los Angeles the _Arroyo Seco Tiny Home Village,_ _Alexandria Park Tiny Home Village,_ and the _Chandler Street Tiny Home Village._ Proves that everything it said about the cost to build and run tiny home villages being in the millions; *is a lie.*
It cannot *ban homelessness* nor can it hold back the tides. It ends homelessness by building affordable housing *Homeless Shelter Villages* [HSV]. Where rent is 20% of net income for a four bed shelter.
He’s not homeless he’s living the van life