90% of CA homeless are from CA

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www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/90-of-people-experiencing-homelessness-in-california-are-from-the-state-rather-than-outsiders-moving-there-for-services/ar-AA1cVLlc?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=a89090108c4b49a5b3d557c2dcb369b6&ei=14

California has long been home to a disproportionate share of unhoused people in the US. The state makes up less than 12% of the nation's total population, but is home to 30% of people experiencing homelessness and half of the unsheltered population in the US.



Despite lots of research to the contrary, some believe that unhoused people move to blue states like California from out of state to take advantage of the wider safety net available in more progressive places.



In reality, 90% of those experiencing homelessness in California lived in California before losing their housing, according to a major new study from the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative at the University of California, San Francisco. Three-quarters of unhoused adults lived in the same county as they did before they lost their last home.

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My OP accidentally got erased before I needed to leave, so here's the interesting paragraph I intended to post as well.

The report also found that California's homeless population is aging — 47% are 50 years old or older, the study found. Black, Latino, and Native American people are significantly overrepresented among the state's homeless.


So unaffordable rents and mortgage rates are taking their toll.    I know I'd be able to afford a cheap car now if my rent had only increased normal amounts the last couple years. 

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Inspiring performance on AGT that I just viewed now. Its from the fourth audition and is from a group combating homelessness in the LA area.

If someone finds a youtube video of this please post. The link is from NBC's AGT website.


www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/video/terry-crews-is-brought-to-tears-by-freedom-singers-inspiring-performance-auditions-agt-2023/NBCE536197632

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I have read a few articles recently about San Diego making it illegal to camp there. Saying it's not a 'sheet hole'.
However, if I remember correctly, camping meant between 8am and 8pm you can't have any of your stuff on city streets or sidewalks and had to be a certain distance away from schools and parks, all the time, as long as there's shelter space available.

They're using safety and public access as the main reasons for passing the law.

I read a lot of the comments, to see if there were any good ideas for dealing with all the homeless people. There wasn't. And before long, they were just political bashing. 🙄

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In the UK, Prince William is starting a campaign to end homelessness. If successful maybe we can copy? But unlikely with the challenges to efforts already tried here in the US
I’m thinking of Billie Boggs in NY. Mentally ill woman who lived on the streets. Her family tried to get her into mental hospital for care but she kept leaving. The ACLU took her case. Her right to live as she wanted - homeless and not taking meds.
NY and probably other states still having to deal with this despite the many mentally ill people in the subways and streets. Most just leading miserable desperate lives but some hurting others like pushing people onto subway tracks. In and quickly out of jail or hospitals. Most of the mental care facilities have been closed and few places remain
Very sad