I know there was an encampment immediately adjacent to the fire. I would not be even a little surprised if homeless people started it. Of course for me this is just more evidence that as a society we have failed in treating the most vulnerable among us, but a lot lot lot of people will jump on this as an excuse to remove the homeless from the streets by any means necessary.
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Right, and ive been quick to point out that it may, or may not have been a homeless person who started the fire, but that we dont know yet and maybe we can lay off the speculation. Of course this makes me a delusion commie fuck, so what do I know?
Dear LA,
Our catastrophic interstate highway bridge fire allegedly started by unhoused people but ultimately the fault of improper material storage was way more epic.
Yours Truly,
Atlanta
Time to do another study!
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Sure we could give the homeless some money but what if we gave a bunch of wealthy people tax cuts instead?
But it might not work for us!
This is not new. GiveDirectly has been doing something similar in African villages for years. I make sure to donate to them every year.
Haha Chilihead Way.
There was a thread on the Los Angeles subreddit a few days ago where somebody living in an RV turned up on the OP’s street. The most popular comments suggested setting it on fire.
I told this story before I think, but my daughter was working at a cafe and someone gave a homeless person coffee. A non-homeless customer who saw this demanded that his coffee be free as well and when refused he just threw his hot coffee (not sure where, but I don’t think anyone was injured). The owner yelled at staff and said not to allow homeless people in.
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Gee, why do people hate the homeless so much? Even those who have never been to a city and seen it in action?
Thoughtslime on poverty tourism and the youtube exploitation of drug addicts and the homeless.
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Very good discussion with the guy who wrote Poverty by America.
There’s a very interesting SCOTUS case on homelessness and whether cities can ban certain homeless-adjacent activities/statuses.
Summary of the case:
tldr version:
In Grants Pass v. Johnson, the Supreme Court will decide whether it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment to fine, ticket, or jail someone for sleeping outside on public property if they have nowhere else to go. A ruling in favor of the plaintiffs would make it easier for communities to clear out homeless people’s tent encampments, even if no available housing or shelter exists.
Here’s a live thread of the argument, which is filled with slippery slopes:
https://twitter.com/Jaime_ASantos/status/1782409669706691032
Fuck you CT
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Scotus decided a few years ago that cities couldn’t ban people from sleeping in vehicles if they didn’t have enough housing. This sound similar.
They kept referencing a case (Robinson?) that I didn’t recognize. That’s probably the one.
There was also a case, Martin v Boise, where it looks like the 9th district said you can’t prosecute someone for sleeping outside if there isn’t shelter space and the scotus refused to hear an appeal to that.
Does anyone have any special insight into homelessness is addressed in Europe?