<p>The city of San Francisco&#8217;s housing for the homeless is so decrepit and dangerous, that at least one vagabond told the press that he prefers to sleep on the street rather than take advantage of the tax-payer-funded shelter.</p>
<p>In 2016, San Francisco launched a new program to end homelessness with a $160 million budget. That figure has since ballooned to more than one billion per year. The San Francisco Chronicle <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2022/san-francisco-sros/">reported</a> that the city now pays non-profits to maintain and staff hotels purchased by the city. Homeless people are then offered rooms as shelters and despite the incredible amount of cash, the results have been entirely disastrous.</p>
<p>Richard Brustie, a homeless man in the Golden Gate City told the San Francisco Chronicle that he moved into one city-funded shelter with his girlfriend and &#8220;the kitchen sink had human s*** in it, and the hotel has black mold.&#8221;</p>
<p>The rooms are reportedly filled with mold and feces while also being the location of 14% of the city&#8217;s drug overdoses despite housing only 1% of the city&#8217;s population.</p>
<p>&#8220;So we said screw that, and we started sleeping on the streets,&#8221; Brustie added.</p>
<p>SF Chronicle also reported that &#8220;of the 515 tenants tracked by the government after they left permanent supportive housing in 2020, a quarter died while in the program — exiting by passing away, city data shows.&#8221;</p>
<p>Between 2020 and 2021, at least 166 people fatally overdosed in city-funded hotels which equates to 14% of all confirmed overdose deaths in the city at that time, according to the paper&#8217;s researchers.</p>
<p>While the program was intended to eliminate the abject poverty that leads to homelessness, there are now 56% more homeless people in the city than when the department launched the effort in 2016, the paper noted.</p>
<p>Critics say that the problem with the program is that not enough emphasis is focused on actually helping those placed in the hotels with needed assistance such as addiction treatment for drugs and alcohol. One facility that appears to be doing well is Kelly Cullen which is adequately staffed with nurses and is devoid of dilapidated conditions.</p>
<p>Mayor London Breed (D) now &#8220;has pledged to open buildings that look more like Kelly Cullen&#8221; and has created a &#8220;$1.1 billion budget for homelessness services and a windfall in state grants.&#8221; The SF Chronicle reported that she plans to use that money &#8220;to buy hotels with private bathrooms and, when possible, kitchenettes.&#8221;</p>
<p>San Francisco is not alone in its problems with spending billions on homelessness only to incur more homeless. Seattle has faced similar problems in the past.</p>
<p>In 2019, Townhall.com <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/07/03/seattles-homelessness-issue-pushing-progressives-to-vote-conservative-n2549448">noted</a> that journalist Christopher Rufo observed in <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/seattle-homelessness" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">City-Journal </a>that the only way to end the homeless in The Emerald City is to break up what he called the &#8220;homelessness industrial complex.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;With more than $1 billion spent on homelessness in Seattle every year, one should keep in mind Vladimir Lenin’s famous question: Who stands to gain?&#8221; Rufo observed. Rufo posited that city leaders, non-profits, and government agencies stood to benefit the most from the enormous budget.</p>
<p>Could that also be the case in San Francisco?</p>
<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author&#8217;s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.</em></p>

<script async src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><div data-widget-host="revcontent" data-pub-id="165152" data-widget-id="290588"></div><script src="https://delivery.revcontent.com/165152/290588/widget.js"></script>

San Francisco Has Spent Billions To End Homelessness And It’s Been A Total Disaster

Looks Like Another Biden-Emboldened Islamic Terror Group Is Joining The Fight

‘Totally Inappropriate’: Trump, Others Blast Biden For Giving Palestinians Fresh U.S. Tax Dollars

Biden To Lift Some Venezuelan Sanctions If They Pinky Promise To Hold Free Elections

Where The Hell Is Biden? President AWOL As Americans Killed, Held Hostage In Terrorist Attack

Hillary Clinton Suggests ‘Formal Deprogramming Of The Cult Members’ Of MAGA

Creep State: SEC Investigates Elon Musk’s Twitter Purchase After Biden Said It Was ‘Worth Being Looked At’

Opinion

Drugs

Homeless

Homelessness

San Francisco

A video goes viral showing a baby being refused his mother by two gay "dads". This is just the tip of the iceberg, which is why we will have an important discussion today about surrogacy. 

Hour 1

The Matt Walsh Show

Ep. 1765 - This Video Is One Of The Worst Things I've Seen In A Long Time 

The Strait of Hormuz officially opens for business (kind of), the Pope makes “shocking” comments on immigration, and President Trump promises UFO disclosure at TPUSA. 


The Michael Knowles Show

Ep. 1956 -  Pope Leo's "SHOCKING" Immigration Comments EXPLAINED

A false miscreed has corrupted our leadership class.


The Andrew Klavan Show

Ep. 1275 - Dumb, Dumber and Progressive

President Trump announces a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, a murder-suicide involving former Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax shakes Virginia, and France and Britain hold a conference to secure the Strait of Hormuz – after the Iranian conflict ends. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.

- - -

Ep. 2738

- - -

Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3

- - -

Today's Sponsors:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text 'WIRE' to 83848 to learn more.

Pocket Hose - Text MORNING to 64000 to get a FREE pocket pivot and their 10-pattern sprayer with the purchase of ANY size Copper Head hose. Message and data rates may apply.

Morning Wire

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26 [Member Exclusive]

A ceasefire goes into effect between Israel and Lebanon, a tragic murder-suicide rocks Virginia, and Dairy Queen deploys AI in the drive-thru. Get the facts first with Evening Wire.
- - -
Ep. 2737
- - -
Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 
- - -
Today’s Sponsor:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text “WIRE” to 83848 to learn more.


Evening Wire: Lebanon Ceasefire Begins & Murder-Suicide Rocks VA | 4.16.26

The Pendragon Cycle

Menu

— Opinion —

San Francisco Has Spent Billions To End Homelessness And It’s Been A Total Disaster