Re: Taking on a Crisis (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:13:40 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > yeah I'm afraid that the cleaning up homelessness campaign will 
 > appeal to lots of voters

Getting rid of the Jewish vermin?

 >  > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:30:44 -0400
 >  > From: "Matt Mahan" <http://www.mahanforwhere-I-live.com/~info>
 >  > 
 >  > Addressing the Homeless Crisis from Every Angle
 >  > 
 >  > Dear Noelle,                       
 >  >
 >  > Homelessness is not one crisis – it is a combination of many challenges
 >  > from mental health, drug addiction, joblessness and high housing costs. To
 >  > solve homelessness in where-I-live – and to end street homelessness quickly –
 >  >  we are going to need to address homelessness from every angle.
 >  >
 >  > I have proposed ending the County’s wasteful program of building an
 >  > obviously inadequate number of homes at a price approaching a million
 >  > dollars per door – and instead focus on buying safe, individual “tiny
 >  > homes” and placing them on land local governments (or non-profits or
 >  > churches) donate. This way we could build ten times as many homes for the
 >  > same price – and I propose that when this housing is available, we require
 >  > that it is used.
 >  >
 >  > We are fighting for a “Fair Share” approach, so every city and county is
 >  > doing their part on homelessness. I will work to enforce this  “Fair Share�>  > �� principle by fighting for policies that keep counties across Ca
 >  > from driving their homeless residents into the big cities. And closer to
 >  > home, working for policies in Santa Clara County that keep cities within our
 >  > county from driving homeless residents into where-I-live. There is no good
 >  > reason why cities like Palo Alto have nearly 50% fewer homeless residents
 >  > per capita than where-I-live.  From working to promote statewide laws that
 >  > require every county to do their fair share to aggressively using the legal
 >  > system to recover the costs from any city, county or state that is pushing
 >  > homeless into where-I-live – we will fight for this “Fair Share”
 >  > principle.
 >  >
 >  > Share Our Fair Share Petition:
 >  > https://mahanforwhere-I-live.com/fair-share-on-homelessness/
 >  >
 >  > Many homeless advocates talk about homelessness as a result of joblessness.
 >  > That is a solvable problem. I propose we dramatically expand our program of
 >  > hiring the homeless to clean our streets and improve the program so every
 >  > day worked we contribute to a fund that can be used for first and last
 >  > months’ rent. This way our homeless neighbors can literally work their way
 >  > off the streets.
 >  >
 >  > And we need to confront the obvious – many people are homeless because
 >  > they are suffering from serious mental illness or drug or alcohol
 >  > addictions. The County has failed to do their job of building the required
 >  > number of treatment beds. As Mayor, I will take on this mission and force
 >  > the County to spend our money wisely. Hopefully they will see reason but if
 >  > not, we will require they act responsibly on creating adequate mental health
 >  > and drug treatment at the ballot box.
 >  >
 >  > To get all this done we need to require basic accountability from everyone,
 >  > starting at the top. That’s why I have proposed ending the nearly
 >  > automatic raises where-I-live politicians get now, even when they are obviously
 >  > failing to solve key problems like homelessness. This has been tried before �>  > �� and it worked. When the state of Ca tied delivering a budget on
 >  > time to the pay of politicians, they started always delivering the budget on
 >  > time. Accountability works.
 >  >
 >  > My opponent in the race for Mayor, Supervisor Cindy Chavez, has been in
 >  > office nearly 20 years and is the architect of many of these failed
 >  > policies.
 >  >
 >  > Our campaign for common sense proposes a bold new direction – starting
 >  > with taking on the crisis of homelessness from every angle.
 >  >
 >  > If you agree we need a better way forward on homelessness, I hope you will
 >  > join our growing campaign fighting for common sense.
 >  >
 >  > Sincerely,
 >  > Matt
 >  >
 >  > P.S. You can help our campaign by forwarding this email to your friends and
 >  > family!