Homeless Surge Hits Oakland, Silicon Valley, San Francisco Suburbs

Breitbart ^ | 07/23/2019 | Joel B Pollak

[ChicagoConservative27]

San Francisco saw its homeless population rise by 17% in the last two years, but the rise in many surrounding counties has been worse.

A report Monday by Curbed San Francisco summarizing the figures noted: “Five out of nine Bay Area Counties—i.e., all of those not located in the North Bay—saw their homeless counts spike during the same period, with each other county showing worse homelessness surges than SF.”

As Breitbart News has noted, homelessness has been rising rapidly in urban areas throughout the state. San Francisco’s rise in homelessness has been accompanied by a spike in Los Angeles that some say has brought the city to the brink of an outbreak of deadly disease — perhaps bubonic plague. San Diego recently suffered an outbreak of hepatitis A among the homeless, partly due to a plastic bag ban making it harder for homeless people living on the streets to dispose of excrement.

[NohSpinZone]

I live in San Jose. There is hardly a freeway exit around here that has not turned into a makeshift homeless encampment. We call them “Liccardovilles” here.

[Catmom]

These are among the most affluent burbs in America.

The NIMBY will be interesting to watch.

[RayChuang88]

I've seen WAY too many homeless in the more affluent suburbs of Sacramento, CA, too. :-(

[ConservativeWarrior]

Where could these additional homeless possibly be coming from?

Once they set foot in CA, the press instantly considers them “California men and women”.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

This what they wanted/voted for.

[Zathras]

It was so bad in Portland, the City cleaned much of them out off the light rail.
They are probably back now.

[forgotten man]

I read the article. The liberals banned plastic bags. Now the homeless people don’t have plastic bags to crap in. Everything that liberals touch turns into crap in the streets.

[Pajamajan]

"outbreak of hepatitis A among the homeless, partly due to a plastic bag ban making it harder for homeless people living on the streets to dispose of excrement."

Awesome! Keep voting democrat California.

[C19fan]

I wonder if the homeless has infiltrated upper class suburbs like Walnut Creek, Pleasanton, and San Ramon.

[SPDSHDW]

Illegals either taking the low income housing from americans, or being homeless, wouldn’t be part of the problem now would it...

[Vigilanteman]

As a New York vendor from a former life of mine phrased it “These people always manage to find a way to camp out on real estate that the rest of us can’t afford.”

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Enforce vagrancy laws, relocate homeless to drug/mental facilities, hold/treat until healed, lather rinse repeat.

[bert]

The people are not homeles

The people are squatters

[MNlurker]

I didn’t see Marin County in the figures...shocking /s

[TomGuy]

More Lib-run cities vying to become Turd World s*itholes.

[Vendome]

Went to Carmel over the weekend and was surprised to see two homeless beggars.

This is out of hand.

[Vendome]

The most disgusting one is located across the street from Discovery Museum on Woz way.

The city can allow these miscreants to set up 25 yards from children?

[Vendome]

Yep.

They are there as well...

[TomGuy]

San Diego recently suffered an outbreak of hepatitis A among the homeless, partly due to a plastic bag ban making it harder for homeless people living on the streets to dispose of excrement.

Oh the irony.

Lib solution to one problem creates another problem.