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Originally Posted by Mark Henry
A fair chunk of this is from shutting down psychiatric hospitals, mentally ill crime, murder, etc., rates all jumped.
Unfortunately unless there's is a major shift in policies this won't change.
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That's the one thing pretty much everyone agrees about... They don't want help, but they need it and there are no mental hospitals for them to go to...
Now I'm curious about where they congregate and why there... Not sure.. I see SFO/OAK and surroundings mostly because of public trasnportation (bus and BART) seem to create pockets near those hubs... But weather wise if I was them I'd be in FL instead - SFO is effing cold and rainy at times - and I never saw that level of homelessness when I lived in FL where the weather is more clement... Oh and let's not blame weed, I step over passed out homeless people everyday and it's not weed, it's crack and other harder stuff...