San Francisco cracking down on homeless

[TheNinja]

What if they don't pay the $50 fine? They are going to put them in jail? You mean they are going to put a roof on their head and give them food? Are they going to give them another fine? Are they going to kick them out of their house?

Dumb rule. It's a tricky situation with the homeless, you can't do much to hurt them financially or otherwise.

 

[lxskllr]

Dumb rule. It's a tricky situation with the homeless, you can't do much to hurt them financially or otherwise.

♪♫♬ Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose... ♪♬♫

 

[techs]

Because some of them make tens of thousands of dollars panhandling and begging.

Wow. I didn't know anyone still thought like you.

If they were making tens of thousands of dollars why would they live on the streets? Wouldn't they just go out to panhandle and then go home to their nice apartments?

 

[Malak]

Wow. I didn't know anyone still thought like you.

If they were making tens of thousands of dollars why would they live on the streets? Wouldn't they just go out to panhandle and then go home to their nice apartments?

Some of them do. I know one local lady that is richer than shit and looks more homeless than anyone else on the street. She is bat crazy.

 

[Train]

Because some of them make tens of thousands of dollars panhandling and begging.

But no govt would ever be able to lay a finger on any of that cash. Not without following them around and garnishing their handouts at the point of each transaction.

 

[PingSpike]

What if they don't pay the $50 fine? They are going to put them in jail? You mean they are going to put a roof on their head and give them food? Are they going to give them another fine? Are they going to kick them out of their house?

Dumb rule. It's a tricky situation with the homeless, you can't do much to hurt them financially or otherwise.

The best way to deal with the homeless is to give them all one way bus tickets to San Francisco. Have you seen the weather and policies out there? They won't be back.

 

[techs]

The best way to deal with the homeless is to give them all one way bus tickets to San Francisco. Have you seen the weather and policies out there? They won't be back.

That's the dumbest idea yet.
Are you going to force them to go at gunpoint?

 

[PingSpike]

That's the dumbest idea yet.
Are you going to force them to go at gunpoint?

Why would I need to force people at gunpoint to go sit on a beach and get drunk on cheap wine? Most of us pay to do that.

 

[Mursilis]

That's the dumbest idea yet.
Are you going to force them to go at gunpoint?

Well heck, didn't you want to institutionalize them for being "mentally ill"? Which method is worse? And who gets to define mentally ill? I spend 10+ hours of a nice spring day in a crummy little cube, and the homeless guys in the park are enjoying a bright sun and light breeze. Who's the crazy one again?

 

[olds]

Here is Sacramento, we tell them it's warmer in San Diego and give them bus tickets to get there.

 

[BoberFett]

Well heck, didn't you want to institutionalize them for being "mentally ill"? Which method is worse? And who gets to define mentally ill? I spend 10+ hours of a nice spring day in a crummy little cube, and the homeless guys in the park are enjoying a bright sun and light breeze. Who's the crazy one again?

It's a strange world we live in, eh?

 

[maddogchen]

Before, San Francisco has been giving them a bus ticket and shipping them out of the city. Then they would have a press conference saying we're reducing homelessness.

 

[CPA]

Wow. I didn't know anyone still thought like you.

If they were making tens of thousands of dollars why would they live on the streets? Wouldn't they just go out to panhandle and then go home to their nice apartments?

He's right, especially in NYC. I've seen documentaries where guys were making $25K a year doing nothing but panhandling. Yeah, that's not a lot for NYC, but instead of saving the money, using it to buy food or even a cheap rent controlled apartment, they would go to Atlantic City and blow it in the casinos.

 

[TheNinja]

The best way to deal with the homeless is to give them all one way bus tickets to San Francisco. Have you seen the weather and policies out there? They won't be back.

Hey....I live 30 minutes from San Francisco - But ya, ship them there.

 

[techs]

Only in America can people believe homeless people are raking in the dough and choose to live that way because they make so much money.:'(

 

[HardcoreRobot]

rofl. maybe they should just ask them nicely to not be smelly bums. califail, per usual.

 

[ShawnD1]

You can't make this shit up. They are handing out $50 tickets to buns now if the sit/lie in certain areas. I guess the homeless can always eat the ticket

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/03/15/san-francisco-police-begin-enforcing-sitlie-law/

lol. in Edmonton, Canada the police give out tickets for pan handling. they're pretty expensive too, like $100-200 range. that's a whole lot of people you need to stab in order to pay that ticket.

i always wonder what's up with homeless people in canada. if i were homeless, i would try robbing a bank. being in jail is better than freezing to death.

 

[OCGuy]

I thought San Fran was a big pile of parades and homeless people?

 

[DrPizza]

Brilliant! Instead of raising taxes, get the homeless people to beg the rest of the citizens for cash which will then be turned over to the state. Absolutely brilliant!!

 

[Soundmanred]

Only in America can people believe homeless people are raking in the dough and choose to live that way because they make so much money.:'(

It's true, but the term "homeless" is used loosely. They are jobless and panhandle for money, but do have a place to go.

 

[Patranus]

People need to realize what this was actually intended to prevent.

The legislation was aimed at the "hipsters" not the homeless.
It all came about because many of the "hipsters" were being aggressive and intimidating those who actually lived in the neighborhoods or handing out on people's private porches.

 

[Drako]

People need to realize what this was actually intended to prevent.

The legislation was aimed at the "hipsters" not the homeless.
It all came about because many of the "hipsters" were being aggressive and intimidating those who actually lived in the neighborhoods or handing out on people's private porches.

I thought it was aimed at the aggressive bums on Haight Street. Not really sure what "hipsters" you are talking about.

 

[Patranus]

I thought it was aimed at the aggressive bums on Haight Street. Not really sure what "hipsters" you are talking about.

Same thing.

 

[Slew Foot]

When I lived in SF, the homeless could get $350 a month in cash from city hall as a welfare payment. Youd always see a bunch of drunks in the SFGH ER on the 1st of the month.

 

[0roo0roo]

lol 350 dollars, can't buy you a cardboard house in san fran

median house price
$656,700