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Trump's reported California homeless takeover bewilders state, local leaders
By JEREMY B. WHITE and CARLA MARINUCCI 09/10/2019 06:09 PM EDT Updated 09/10/2019 07:45 PM EDT
OAKLAND California officials scrambled Tuesday to decipher a report that the Trump administration is planning to intercede in the states homelessness crisis.
No issue is dominating the agenda in California like the housing shortage and homelessness spike, with mayors, state lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom grappling to ameliorate an epidemic that is unavoidable on city streets.
But a Washington Post report that the Trump administration is considering demolishing homeless encampments and moving unhoused people into government facilities caught elected officials here off guard. Mayors were left trying to determine if they were dealing with a speculative threat or the possibility of concrete, drastic action.
https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2019/09/10/trumps-reported-california-homeless-takeover-bewilders-state-local-leaders-1181298
bullwinkle428
(20,626 posts)of "really big government", especially in terms of the federal government's power.
Bayard
(21,801 posts)Isn't that what he did at the border? This doesn't sound good.
orangecrush
(19,236 posts)Sounds like pen them all up, no medical treatment, and let them starve and die.
Stephen Miller's "ultimate solution".
5X
(3,971 posts)TeamPooka
(24,155 posts)Srkdqltr
(6,125 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)to one or more of his Mar-a-lago patrons, then receive some form of kickbacks from that patron to himself. Nothing new here except more corruption.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)Last edited Wed Sep 11, 2019, 01:06 AM - Edit history (1)
Who the fuck is he to do that? Unless they are on federal land he doesn't have the authority, right?
Cartoonist
(7,297 posts)He's king after all.
LiberalFighter
(50,477 posts)Wawannabe
(5,580 posts)Another money making scheme.
Dirt ball asshole sleaze slumlord !!
Thekaspervote
(32,605 posts)Or local level without the state or local officials asking for help. It never materialized...would imagine this is the same.