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The problem with California is that while they have a massive Democratic majority, they have absolutely no intent of acting like the social welfare alternative Democrats are nationally claiming to be.
Democrats have full power in California, yet it's a place full of poverty and homelessness, where poor people are screwed over hard, where housing initiatives are literally destroyed, and "undesirables" are soft-quarantined in Skid Row.
California is a place where the rich benefit and the poor suffer. Democrats chose to make that happen, and they choose to perpetuate it. Progressive efforts in California amount to nothing but lip-service, it's a blue-painted right-wing state. The only conservative things it rejects is religion.
Your problem is that the parties have shifted so far right, most of the democratic support in California would actually be centrist republicans.
California is overwhelmingly not super liberal, though there are notable exceptions.
There is no easy fix for poverty and homelessness in CA. It should legitimately be a national level issue given that the homeless populations here are near to small size city.
CA has grown all it could in the last 6 decades and now is contracting. I moved here 20 years ago and the grown is absolutely staggering.
The biggest problem CA has with housing is that it's housing and zoning policies cater to people who (or whose grandparents) moved to Cali in the 50s and 60s. "Neighborhood character" is defended by even nominally left-wing demagogues in California.
You fix housing costs by creating more places to live. Californians rejected this to such an extent that Newsom had to take a nuke, statewide, to local zoning ordinances.
I moved where I am 4 years ago. I was able to afford it by working hard as fuck and saving every penny. I didn't inherit shit from my parents and we came to US in late 90s.
Am I a shitty person for not wanting a homeless housing anywhere near my neighborhood? Fuck it, I'll take it one further - I don't even want apartment buildings anywhere near me.
I'm not an exception. Vast majority of people around me are immigrants with similar stories.
The shittiness stems from the motivation.
I don't want homeless people because nobody should be homeless. You don't want homeless people because you think they're gross.
We are not the same.
Seriously, as someone who
It seems like they would be acutely aware of just how razor thin the line we walk is, how easy it can be for the average person to slip into homelessness. Yes, even those of us who are responsible, or aren’t addicted or have jobs. Gross attitude.
I worked my ass off to get my degrees and professional license plus getting a foothold in the industry and so on. I barely made it - and I have all the advantages in the world. It's really really hard to succeed even if you have everything going for you. The "make your own luck" and bootstraps mentality is pure hubris IMO. They want to pretend they are special and didn't have any support I guess.
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