Homeless Perpetual Funding Machine

San Francisco spends $241 million on homeless services, according to a February 5, 2016 Chronicle article. Part of this funding goes to 76 private organizations to deal with the homeless, in effect a job-making vehicle. Or one could characterize it as a bureaucratic nightmare.

This vast amount of money, some $30,000 each, is spent for an estimated 8,000 homeless souls. Yet, homelessness is getting worse. Then there is the $20 million of the Police budget that goes to moving homeless people from one area of the city to another. That adds $2,500 to each homeless person.

A McDonalds fast food worker makes between $16,000 and $20,000 a year. If those workers can survive on less, why not just pay each homeless individual $32,625 and see if that would cure the problem?

…Denise D’Anne