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by wozniacki 3767 days ago
Without repeating the same oft-repeated policy wonk points from either side of the debate, could we NAME / LIST the PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS who BENEFIT from the PREVAILING HOMELESSNESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX and thus benefit from undergirding the STATUS QUO?

Anyone know who owns the majority of the city's SROs?

I'd start there.

Look, as we speak the DPW trucks are dismantling some of the tents on Division St. [1][2] However longtime residents of SF will tell you that it doesn't even merit a small applause. SF's homelessness problem isn't even dinged much less dented.

The city hall's money purses aren't kept overflowing by the likes of you and me - at least not yet in any meaningful way, although the likelihood of the emergence of a strong technology voting block / interest group isn't far away.

Until then identifying the key players who sustain this very flawed complex, is in itself a great first stab.

[1] https://twitter.com/amyhollyfield/status/704657181665169408

[2] https://twitter.com/VaughanChip/status/704702716484825088