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by 1024core 3673 days ago
> But giving someone a months worth of rent/food/utilities/clothing in cash is going to be disastrous

San Francisco used to give out cash to homeless, and realized that it didn't work well. So Gavin Newsom (previous mayor) started the "care not cash" program, where cash was replaced with services.

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[Citation needed]