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SouthernAtheist

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36. Update: It's not all bad news...

Wed Apr 15, 2020, 07:11 PM

Apr 2020

San Francisco Lawmakers Order Mayor To Lease Hotel Rooms For Homeless

"Local lawmakers in San Francisco have given the mayor 12 days to secure 7,000 hotel rooms to house the city's homeless population during the coronavirus emergency, plus another 1,250 rooms for frontline workers.

The emergency ordinance passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors requires Mayor London Breed to secure the rooms by April 26 and asks her to use emergency powers to commandeer the rooms if she is unable to reach deals with hotel owners."

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/15/834707256/san-francisco-legislators-call-on-mayor-to-commandeer-hotel-rooms-for-homeless

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This is going to be one of the iconic images of the pandemic, from photographer @todseelie: [View all] demmiblue Apr 2020 OP

Hooverville, anyone??????? DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #1

Naaa. Trumpton. mwooldri Apr 2020 #2

Perfect..... n/c DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #16

Or "Trumpsville"... FailureToCommunicate Apr 2020 #6

Trump-slum diva77 Apr 2020 #15

Don't say that, he'll put slumlord Jared in charge Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2020 #22

Call it what it is: the United States of America is a modern Sodom. SouthernAtheist Apr 2020 #28

Well Said, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #29

not as bad as the loving god who has sent a plague to murder his followers. sodom indeed nt msongs Apr 2020 #30

a hearty welcome friend. mopinko Apr 2020 #34

Update: It's not all bad news... SouthernAtheist Apr 2020 #36

Hooverville had tents and shacks. meadowlander Apr 2020 #37

Ain't that America? Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #3

My thought, too. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2020 #19

It's been that way for a while, and getting worse... Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #24

Your link doesn't work because you copied the text, not "Copy link location". . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #4

This literally makes me physically ill. nt littlemissmartypants Apr 2020 #5

What is that building on the right edge of the photo? Delmette2.0 Apr 2020 #7

All I see is a bus stop... Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #25

Along with this image from NYC... FailureToCommunicate Apr 2020 #8

Shameful and heartbreaking. BeckyDem Apr 2020 #9

No kidding! Jolting and painful as hell. calimary Apr 2020 #10

I don't know if any of these victims of poverty have a sense of hope left. BeckyDem Apr 2020 #21

This makes me so sad I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #11

wow it needs to be called trumptown gopiscrap Apr 2020 #12

The soul of America has died. Dem2theMax Apr 2020 #13

Just shameful. There are many, many economy motels just off the strip. Casinos are closed iluvtennis Apr 2020 #14

Hate to bring this up...... SergeStorms Apr 2020 #39

Valid question. Make them sign an agreement. You don't clean up, you'll have to return to iluvtennis Apr 2020 #40

Makes sense. SergeStorms Apr 2020 #42

This image made possible by DONALD J. TRUMP Blue Owl Apr 2020 #17

Besides being terrible and sad They_Live Apr 2020 #18

MAGA Camp. n/t TheFourthMind Apr 2020 #20

It's a Trump Town. PatrickforO Apr 2020 #23

Yes. And the Wisconsin voter with the "THIS IS RIDICULOUS" sign. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #26

Stomach churning. Disgusting. SoonerPride Apr 2020 #27

nothing ever said from trump about this samsingh Apr 2020 #31

He NEVER talks about this aspect of COVID-19. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #35

Correct. I think he is inhuman. nt iluvtennis Apr 2020 #41

This Coronavirus Pandemic is Treating the Homeless like SHIT!!! panfluteman Apr 2020 #32

Can't someone at the very least furnish them with cots? llmart Apr 2020 #33

And a lot of them are probably vets nakocal Apr 2020 #38