Politicians are to be believed. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNo35pvt/
tried to type the quotes up…. As per usually I couldn’t find a similar vid on YouTube.
Gavin Quotes in this vid… regarding homelessness:
2008: What we call our 10 year plan to end chronic homelessness in San Francisco.
2010: How are you going to solve homelessness as the new mayor? And I say what are you going to do?
2012 We are going to sign a housing first model to provide direct access to housing for the homeless.
2015: Shelter solves sleep. Housing with wrap around and support services solves homelessness.
2016: Homelessness can absolutely be solved.
2018: I laid out a detailed homelessness strategy. There has been no intentionality on homelessness in this state for decades, it has not been a focus.
2019: I don’t think we can solve homelessness; I know we can solve homelessness.
2020: We will reduce street homelessness quickly and humanely through emergency acts.
2021: the highest investment the state has made is $1b in homelessness. We are poised to pass a budget in the next few hours that will provide $12b of investments.
2022: I can literally quantify, 58000 people that we got off the streets last year, and none of you would believe it.
2023 This state has not made progress in the last 2 decades as it relates to homelessness.
2024: we are not interested in funding failure. We are not interested in failing more efficiently, when it comes to the issue of homelessness and the crisis in the street.