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California's Homeless Crisis Has Reached "Epic Proportions"

• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Mac Slavo

And California's plan to throw billions of dollars more at the issue won't do much either. The problem isn't a lack of money.  The problem is the socialist policies in place that make homelessness inevitable. There are now nearly 60,000 homeless people living in Los Angeles County, a 12% increase from the previous year, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

According to National Interest, Los Angeles is not the only county suffering under the weight of freedom-trampling socialist regulations that make it difficult for the average person to even get by, let alone afford a roof over their head. Other localities in California also saw substantial increases compared with 2017, when they last conducted a count, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. In San Francisco, the number [of homeless people] rose 17% while Alameda County, which includes Oakland, saw a 43% increase. Homelessness grew 42% in San Jose over the past two years and 31% in Santa Clara County, the heart of Silicon Valley.

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"Even in the good old days, there was a Skid Row. Now the beggars, drug addicts, and lost souls are all over the city," wrote San Francisco Chronicle columnist Carl Nolte.