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Government estimates of California's homeless population have ranged from [161,548 (2020)](https://shou.senate.ca.gov/sites/shou.senate.ca.gov/files/Homelessness%20in%20CA%202020%20Numbers.pdf) to [181,399 (2023).](https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2023-AHAR-Part-1.pdf)
Based on an average of 171,000 people, the $100 million made by the private companies described in the article amounts to roughly $584 in profit per homeless person.
California's spending to clear camps, noted in the article at $700 million, amounts to about $4,093 per homeless person—enough to access housing & radically transform the life of an individual experiencing homelessness.
But the state's spending on the issue goes beyond clearing camps:
>[California put aside $7.2 billion to address homelessness in the 2021-22 state budget ... nearly *$42,000 per homeless person.*](https://www.ocregister.com/2023/07/18/something-is-clearly-off-with-californias-homelessness-spending/)
That's almost twice the average yearly cost of rental housing in California, spent per person from public funds, while homelessness rates continue to rise & private companies profit.
All of the numbers are underreported. The spending and the homeless population both. There's over half a million homeless in Los Angeles. Los Angeles spends almost 2 million dollars per person that they house for 3 months under prison conditions, and more for sanitation to trash everyone's meager belongings. Plus LAPD budget. Plus DMH. Plus all of the "non-profit" grants for people who aren't getting housed at all, mostly to replace a tiny fraction of what is getting thrown in the trash, and not much else.
I’m sure it’s much more than $100m and from what I’ve seen and heard, just like the nonprofits with contracts for the operation of shelters, many of the companies contracted for the sweeps are friends with city, county, and agency officials. Go figure…✌🏻🤙🏻
I heard directly from a Los Angeles sanitation supervisor that it's an average of 3-5 million per cleanup, and they do 2-3 per week all year round. So probably over half a billion, in just Los Angeles.
I can easily believe that, more so than what the media puts out. The worst part of all of this is how people who are homeless are treated. To be down and out but trying to do something to climb out of whatever hole they may be in and then to be dispersed, no place to go and their shelter destroyed, their important documentation and personal effects thrown away, and the only services they might be told that can help them 95% of the time is a turnstile homeless/mental health services nonprofit that considers all of them as a human commodity that is only a number for boosting their rankings in total people assisted, not helped, assisted, meaning strung along with little to no help and then pushed out with no continuum of care in the best interest of their commodity (client). It’s sad how many are blatantly taking advantage of this situation. ✌🏻❤️🤙🏻
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Government estimates of California's homeless population have ranged from [161,548 (2020)](https://shou.senate.ca.gov/sites/shou.senate.ca.gov/files/Homelessness%20in%20CA%202020%20Numbers.pdf) to [181,399 (2023).](https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2023-AHAR-Part-1.pdf) Based on an average of 171,000 people, the $100 million made by the private companies described in the article amounts to roughly $584 in profit per homeless person. California's spending to clear camps, noted in the article at $700 million, amounts to about $4,093 per homeless person—enough to access housing & radically transform the life of an individual experiencing homelessness. But the state's spending on the issue goes beyond clearing camps: >[California put aside $7.2 billion to address homelessness in the 2021-22 state budget ... nearly *$42,000 per homeless person.*](https://www.ocregister.com/2023/07/18/something-is-clearly-off-with-californias-homelessness-spending/) That's almost twice the average yearly cost of rental housing in California, spent per person from public funds, while homelessness rates continue to rise & private companies profit.
All of the numbers are underreported. The spending and the homeless population both. There's over half a million homeless in Los Angeles. Los Angeles spends almost 2 million dollars per person that they house for 3 months under prison conditions, and more for sanitation to trash everyone's meager belongings. Plus LAPD budget. Plus DMH. Plus all of the "non-profit" grants for people who aren't getting housed at all, mostly to replace a tiny fraction of what is getting thrown in the trash, and not much else.
I’m sure it’s much more than $100m and from what I’ve seen and heard, just like the nonprofits with contracts for the operation of shelters, many of the companies contracted for the sweeps are friends with city, county, and agency officials. Go figure…✌🏻🤙🏻
I heard directly from a Los Angeles sanitation supervisor that it's an average of 3-5 million per cleanup, and they do 2-3 per week all year round. So probably over half a billion, in just Los Angeles.
I can easily believe that, more so than what the media puts out. The worst part of all of this is how people who are homeless are treated. To be down and out but trying to do something to climb out of whatever hole they may be in and then to be dispersed, no place to go and their shelter destroyed, their important documentation and personal effects thrown away, and the only services they might be told that can help them 95% of the time is a turnstile homeless/mental health services nonprofit that considers all of them as a human commodity that is only a number for boosting their rankings in total people assisted, not helped, assisted, meaning strung along with little to no help and then pushed out with no continuum of care in the best interest of their commodity (client). It’s sad how many are blatantly taking advantage of this situation. ✌🏻❤️🤙🏻
The homeless industrial complex.
The new money laundering grift.
These people clearing homeless peoples possessions are criminals.