It was at least $18B. She doesn't play.
I have worked with unhoused populations in L.A. for the past 7 years and have past experience managing a housing provider agency. I currently work at a housing services agency.
The idea that the communities have "substantial resources" is laughable. It seems like there's a lot of money, but there really isn't. My agency is one of the larger agencies in L.A. and we struggle. It's not even "the heads take all the money in pay". Nah, there's just not enough money.
It's definitely not as easy as "just build more housing", though I wish it were. Even "housing first" doesnt work well enough and it even backfires quite often.
Newsom's idea of moving people along doesn't work either. That's what was happening before housing first came along and it didn't help shit.
I will say that substance use issues, physical and mental health need a lot more attention and treatment options that are available to all.
If anyone wants to discuss the issues, feel free to AMA. I'm open to suggestions that'll make my job easier.
If anyone in the L.A. area wants to help, the following link has connections to jobs at a lot of services providers in L.A. county.:
Edit: left out some words
Also, when it comes to money for our agency, most of our money comes from private/corporate donors, local taxes, and the Feds. The state doesn't provide as much financial assistance to our agency.
That money also has to cover transportation (ubers/whatever) to places to obtain documentation, paying for client necessities, moving vans if needed plus the moving crew, security deposits and other move-in costs, utility setups and past due bills, damage mitigation to keep clients from being evicted..I can go on and on. There's not enough money.
“To express our gratitude, your next cup of coffee or late night snack is on us!”
A $10 Ubereats gift card will barely cover fees and taxes, let alone the actual item. What a clown ass gesture.
Oh hey, it's the token GOP minority female who thinks Kamala is a DEI hire. She probably got GOP permission to do this to boost their minority and female inclusion image. What a fking tool, she is.
lol A token GOP minority female is calling Kamala a DEI hire. FFS
What are you up to?
Their knees in bodies. OP needs to start their plan before they drown.
When are we going to start having mental health/psychological examinations for our politicians? I feel that should be a minimum requirement.
He did it. He said the magic words that turn on a neverending money tap from "christian" conservatives who aren't smart enough to tell when they're getting grifted.
The funniest thing about this is that a bunch of grifters convinced those idiots to give her money. Suckers.
If I didn't have any decency, I'd be a billionaire from how easy it is to get money from conservative voters. Pastors and politicians have been doing it to them for years. All anyone has to do is spout a bunch of bible shit and claim conservative. If anyone gets busted, they just have to cry, beg forgiveness, blame the devil, and say it was a liberal setup and they'd get more money. Easy pickings from people who are told they should vote against their own education and actually do it.
There's an update to this story. Found it at the end of the article.
Louisiana principal apologizes for punishing student’s off-campus dancing
Public school principal reinstates 17-year-old’s leadership role and scholarship endorsement and requests leave for rest of school year
If you're too old for internet drama, why are you starting it? There's more mature ways to go about this than petitioning to have an instance that isn't yours shut down registration.
You also don't seem willing to work with the admins to figure out what is really wrong.
If you have an issue, take it up with the admins privately before jumping to conclusions and starting a petition that doesn't even do anything except cause drama.
They announced the CSAM charges last year.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-army-charges-private-travis-king-with-desertion-over-dash-into-north-korea-2023-10-20/