Satya (Homeless Advocacy)

You know, that's people's, their whole lives, all their possessions, like precious items that they're able to hang on to are just, yeah, destroyed and they never see them again.

Yeah, there's so many things that I want to pick up on, but I guess just on that point specifically, there was an audit into California's spending on homelessness. I believe it was over a period of seven years, and it showed that there was $24 billion spent on homelessness.

Yeah, there's so many things that I want to pick up on, but I guess just on that point specifically, there was an audit into California's spending on homelessness. I believe it was over a period of seven years, and it showed that there was $24 billion spent on homelessness.

Yeah, there's so many things that I want to pick up on, but I guess just on that point specifically, there was an audit into California's spending on homelessness. I believe it was over a period of seven years, and it showed that there was $24 billion spent on homelessness.

grants to nonprofits or cities to provide people with different services that are kind of designed around homelessness and providing housing or legal services. Like there's a whole range of things that's out there. But a lot of the time, like these are the only options that are available to people and they tend to produce less than stellar results.

grants to nonprofits or cities to provide people with different services that are kind of designed around homelessness and providing housing or legal services. Like there's a whole range of things that's out there. But a lot of the time, like these are the only options that are available to people and they tend to produce less than stellar results.

grants to nonprofits or cities to provide people with different services that are kind of designed around homelessness and providing housing or legal services. Like there's a whole range of things that's out there. But a lot of the time, like these are the only options that are available to people and they tend to produce less than stellar results.

so out of the 24 billion dollars that was allocated to help homeless people in that same period of time homelessness in california just like skyrocketed right so rates of homelessness increased while this money was getting pumped into the pockets of the bank accounts of like landlords and developers it is an issue that people on every like side of the

so out of the 24 billion dollars that was allocated to help homeless people in that same period of time homelessness in california just like skyrocketed right so rates of homelessness increased while this money was getting pumped into the pockets of the bank accounts of like landlords and developers it is an issue that people on every like side of the

so out of the 24 billion dollars that was allocated to help homeless people in that same period of time homelessness in california just like skyrocketed right so rates of homelessness increased while this money was getting pumped into the pockets of the bank accounts of like landlords and developers it is an issue that people on every like side of the

political compass, like they like to, to use this point to their own like ends. Right. So Elon Musk talks about it and like people on the left will talk about it. But I think like the experience that people on the street have is, is very different than any of these narratives that you tend to hear in the media.

political compass, like they like to, to use this point to their own like ends. Right. So Elon Musk talks about it and like people on the left will talk about it. But I think like the experience that people on the street have is, is very different than any of these narratives that you tend to hear in the media.

political compass, like they like to, to use this point to their own like ends. Right. So Elon Musk talks about it and like people on the left will talk about it. But I think like the experience that people on the street have is, is very different than any of these narratives that you tend to hear in the media.

All of this money is being dedicated to these programs and... Homelessness is only rising.

All of this money is being dedicated to these programs and... Homelessness is only rising.

All of this money is being dedicated to these programs and... Homelessness is only rising.

I think like one thing that I've heard before that's a kind of useful way to think about this kind of government spending is if homeless people would be better off if you just gave them the money directly, you know, then that kind of way, it's really hard to justify these programs when that can't be said of them, you know?

I think like one thing that I've heard before that's a kind of useful way to think about this kind of government spending is if homeless people would be better off if you just gave them the money directly, you know, then that kind of way, it's really hard to justify these programs when that can't be said of them, you know?

I think like one thing that I've heard before that's a kind of useful way to think about this kind of government spending is if homeless people would be better off if you just gave them the money directly, you know, then that kind of way, it's really hard to justify these programs when that can't be said of them, you know?

Yeah, I think also it's super important for people to understand that these programs, housing programs, shelter programs, they are out there, but they are decoupled from the sweep operations that are occurring, right? So the city of Oakland, they are contracted with a nonprofit, Saskia mentioned earlier, called Operation Dignity.