Californias crackdown on homeless camps

https://www.reddit.com/r/almosthomeless/comments/1j26sny/californias_crackdown_on_homeless_camps/

created by anomalous_cat on 03/03/2025 at 01:09 UTC

21 upvotes, 5 top-level comments (showing 5)

https://www.kqed.org/news/12029249/look-theres-nowhere-else-to-go-inside-californias-crackdown-on-homeless-camps

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Comment by nomparte at 03/03/2025 at 03:50 UTC*

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Thought I look in Google Maps. This is what that Cedar Street SF, mentioned in the article looked like in Dec 2024: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WuwJCSxr29bsbpcx9[1][2]

1: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WuwJCSxr29bsbpcx9

2: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WuwJCSxr29bsbpcx9

Swing the camera around and move down the street to see more, including a guy loading up a Jaguar car with his homeless gear...

Exemplary tidy sleeping disabled guy, with wheelchair neatly parked and sleeping in a cardboard cocoon, not bothering anybody, although there must be better places to lay your clothes than in the middle of the pavement, looks like those cartoon folk run over by a steam roller.... https://maps.app.goo.gl/kYn1WRNky4mVqaeg7[3][4]

3: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kYn1WRNky4mVqaeg7

4: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kYn1WRNky4mVqaeg7

Comment by PurpleMangoPopper at 05/03/2025 at 17:13 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I used to go running on Venice Beach early on Sunday mornings. There were many tent communities on the sand. When I returned from my run, they were gone.

Comment by Serious_Squirrel at 07/03/2025 at 20:33 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I think it's because of attitudes like this: https://youtu.be/f%5C_fM6v64-NQ?si=lnr3dl4MB9tzYnfE&t=7031[1][2] :( People actually believe that.