It's not just that, BUT property taxes and rents keep getting higher and higher... people can't afford to keep up...
Santa Monica, California decline
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It's not just that, BUT property taxes and rents keep getting higher and higher... people can't afford to keep up...
I don't get it. WHen did this happen? I lived in Cali around 2014... Just recently left, and last time I was there, about a year and a half ago, I don't remember it being like that at all... It was always Venice that was shyt... Shyt, I was on the boardwalk on Santa Monica in 2022 and it was completely fine.
Damn why can't they set up hobovilles for them? It's nothing to tell the cops to have them move along/I live here in SM.
It’s a legit shyt show.
No lie, three days last week I walked past human shyt near the promenade downtown. I have been followed and harassed crossing the street by homeless and mentally ill.
Mad buildings are for sale and for lease. And FYI, my rent is going up next month…
Fine them and have them clean up the shyt in lieu of payment.
Dirty Mcdrawz
Your girl loves em....
I haven’t been to SM in years.
really there should be no minimum wage which kinda creates a market of poor people who increase demand for lower prices.It's not just that, BUT property taxes and rents keep getting higher and higher... people can't afford to keep up...
Colombia is thinking of getting rid of it but they have a strata system where people who live in different zones pay less for ultilites and services. Taxes are also cheaper so there's an incinitive to build low income housing.
that's cool but here in america its the opposite corps make these fancy high rises and squeeze every drop of money from the people no matter what...
they are not incentivized to make housing for poor folks...Gotta move to the south.
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
Same way I feel about the bay. I don’t get how California brags about being the #7 economy in the world and this is what it has turned into in its 3 biggest metro areas - plus the soaring COL to live amongst this shyt. This is exactly why I say Newsom has no shot as a national candidate, no one wants to be like California right now
Well there's one side that's more for the development class than the other one of them is actually a real estate developer gentrifier but that person is seen as a champion for native Black americans.that's cool but here in america its the opposite corps make these fancy high rises and squeeze every drop of money from the people no matter what...
We need fully to fund the mental health system in CA, for people for those with mental/drug issues. Unless you are doing something on that front nothing will change. We still need to help people with getting help if they are homeless because of economic issues, but the violence and erratic behavior is vastly coming from those with mental issues.
At least last year Newsom signed a bill to fund more facilities and importantly to have the ability to force mentally ill people into said facilities. Reagan really fukked up CA (and the country after) with dismantling mental health services and we are still dealing with it.
calmatters.org
At least last year Newsom signed a bill to fund more facilities and importantly to have the ability to force mentally ill people into said facilities. Reagan really fukked up CA (and the country after) with dismantling mental health services and we are still dealing with it.
Gavin Newsom signs law in 'overhaul' of mental health system. It changes decades of practice
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to allow the involuntary treatment of more Californians experiencing severe mental health conditions.
calmatters.org
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Rakim Allah
Superstar
Hopefully those cacs stay over there or move out the state but don’t come over here to View Park/Windsor Hills. We have enough of them cacs trying to gentrify over here, friends. 
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I miss Jerry Brown. His pro business policy was largely responsible for Oakland's huge revitalization in the late 2000s - 2010s.
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
fukk this guy, he’s the one who truly ushered in gentrification, displacement, and a bunch of
approaches to entertainment and nightlife in Oakland. He started the dismantling of the black community here, now the only blacks left are mainly the hood, our middle class is gone
Yea a significant percentage of them are seriously mentally ill. Getting the mentally ill into facilities would make a significant dent in the problemWe need fully fund the mental health system in CA, for people for those with mental/drug issues. Unless you are doing something on that front nothing will change. We still need to help people with getting help if they are homeless because of economic issues, but the violence and erratic behavior is vastly coming from those with mental issues.
At least last year Newsom signed a bill to fund more facilities and importantly to have the ability to force mentally ill people into said facilities. Reagan really fukked up CA (and the country after) with dismantling mental health services and we are still dealing with it.
Gavin Newsom signs law in 'overhaul' of mental health system. It changes decades of practice
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to allow the involuntary treatment of more Californians experiencing severe mental health conditions.
Right wing babble.