<story><title>Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Francisco Bay Area</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-northern-california-homeless-count-20190517-story.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>shawndrost</author><text>The phenomenon you&amp;#x27;re talking about wouldn&amp;#x27;t explain much of the problem, given that most homeless people lived here before they were homeless. In the 2017 census, 69% of SF homeless were from SF, and 21% were from elsewhere in CA. 10% out of state.</text></item><item><author>the_economist</author><text>San Francisco gives homeless people $520&amp;#x2F;month in cash. Unclear whether other Bay Area cities do the same. This is quite the incentive for homeless from around the state to move here, though. Whether or not it causes people to move here, it certainly funds much of the drug-fueled insanity we see on the streets.&lt;p&gt;This program gives out around $25 mil&amp;#x2F;year: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfhsa.org&amp;#x2F;services&amp;#x2F;jobs-money&amp;#x2F;county-adult-assistance-programs-caap&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfhsa.org&amp;#x2F;services&amp;#x2F;jobs-money&amp;#x2F;county-adult-assis...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most of the money is given out in the Tenderloin: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfhsa.org&amp;#x2F;file&amp;#x2F;7161&amp;#x2F;download?token=ywGXXXRl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfhsa.org&amp;#x2F;file&amp;#x2F;7161&amp;#x2F;download?token=ywGXXXRl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;More info: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfhsa.org&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;reports-publications&amp;#x2F;human-services-reports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfhsa.org&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;reports-publications&amp;#x2F;human-servi...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rb808</author><text>This surprised me so I checked, the detail is: &amp;quot;Sixty-nine percent (69%) of respondents reported they were living in San Francisco at the time they
most recently became homeless. Of those, over half (55%) had lived in San Francisco for 10 or more
years. Eight percent (8%) had lived in San Francisco for less than one year. &amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;So comes to 38% of homeless had previously been living in SF for 10 years.&lt;p&gt;Is Page 22 here: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;hsh.sfgov.org&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;2017-SF-Point-in-Time-Count-General-FINAL-6.21.17.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;hsh.sfgov.org&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;2017-SF-Poin...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Francisco Bay Area</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-northern-california-homeless-count-20190517-story.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>shawndrost</author><text>The phenomenon you&amp;#x27;re talking about wouldn&amp;#x27;t explain much of the problem, given that most homeless people lived here before they were homeless. In the 2017 census, 69% of SF homeless were from SF, and 21% were from elsewhere in CA. 10% out of state.</text></item><item><author>the_economist</author><text>San Francisco gives homeless people $520&amp;#x2F;month in cash. Unclear whether other Bay Area cities do the same. This is quite the incentive for homeless from around the state to move here, though. Whether or not it causes people to move here, it certainly funds much of the drug-fueled insanity we see on the streets.&lt;p&gt;This program gives out around $25 mil&amp;#x2F;year: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfhsa.org&amp;#x2F;services&amp;#x2F;jobs-money&amp;#x2F;county-adult-assistance-programs-caap&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfhsa.org&amp;#x2F;services&amp;#x2F;jobs-money&amp;#x2F;county-adult-assis...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most of the money is given out in the Tenderloin: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfhsa.org&amp;#x2F;file&amp;#x2F;7161&amp;#x2F;download?token=ywGXXXRl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfhsa.org&amp;#x2F;file&amp;#x2F;7161&amp;#x2F;download?token=ywGXXXRl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;More info: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfhsa.org&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;reports-publications&amp;#x2F;human-services-reports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfhsa.org&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;reports-publications&amp;#x2F;human-servi...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>floren</author><text>By your own numbers, 31% of homeless in SF, nearly a third, came from either elsewhere in the state (as OP posits) or another state entirely. That&amp;#x27;s a pretty big chunk of the problem.</text></comment>