Erica Sandberg: Well, a lot of people call it homelessness, which is this umbrella term that I don't like to use, although we see the effects of it- we're seeing people out on the sidewalks, in the streets, in the parks, and it's very much in your face, you can't escape it- but what really is the problem is the underlying issue that's causing people to be there.
So we're not talking about people who are living in single room occupancy hotels or doing that couch surfing thing or in their cars or RVs. We're talking straight up homeless people.
So that's a lot of people for a relatively small city.
Seth Barron: Yeah, that's about double the number of people living on the streets in New York City, which has 10 times the number of people.
Erica Sandberg: What I absolutely love, and this is what's so exciting right now, is that we are seeing this groundswell of people in San Francisco who are done, they are absolutely 100% done with the status quo.
Erica Sandberg: Well, it's kind of play on harm reduction, which is this theory that instead of helping people off drugs and really putting your attention into things like rehabilitation centers and cracking down on drug crimes, we're just going to help people stay on drugs.
The whole premise of it is let's make it clean, safe, accessible so that people can maybe, if they really want to, pursue a life that's free of drugs.
https://www.city-journal.org/san-francisco-public-disorder-crisis
So we're not talking about people who are living in single room occupancy hotels or doing that couch surfing thing or in their cars or RVs. We're talking straight up homeless people.
So that's a lot of people for a relatively small city.
Seth Barron: Yeah, that's about double the number of people living on the streets in New York City, which has 10 times the number of people.
Erica Sandberg: What I absolutely love, and this is what's so exciting right now, is that we are seeing this groundswell of people in San Francisco who are done, they are absolutely 100% done with the status quo.
Erica Sandberg: Well, it's kind of play on harm reduction, which is this theory that instead of helping people off drugs and really putting your attention into things like rehabilitation centers and cracking down on drug crimes, we're just going to help people stay on drugs.
The whole premise of it is let's make it clean, safe, accessible so that people can maybe, if they really want to, pursue a life that's free of drugs.
https://www.city-journal.org/san-francisco-public-disorder-crisis
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