A 174-room motel in Pittsburg now sheltering homeless Contra Costa residents at high risk from COVID-19 will become a permanent service hub to help county residents transition into stable living situations, thanks to a $21.5 million state grant.
Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) rented rooms at the Motel 6 at 2101 Loveridge Road to provide temporary housing through the state’s Project Roomkey program, which funded hotel rooms for residents who could not effectively isolate themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Homekey, the state’s follow-up program, will commit $17.4 million toward the purchase and renovation of the property by the county, and another $4.17 million toward staffing and operating the former motel as temporary housing for the homeless, with on-site healthcare and behavioral health services, meals and assistance connecting with the services they need, according to CCHS.
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Is it going to have needle and drug vending machines in the lobby ?
They will will be able to call room service.
If you build it, they will come.
Couldn’t any of that money be used to clean up that disgusting Homeless cesspool over at Slatten Ranch? You can be homeless and have pride. There’s none of there but disgusting human beings.
Holy Crap! That’s gonna be a sheet show…
Maybe one stop shopping for drugs and ho’s…
We have been here several months already and there have been no issues.
It’s was already a $*** show before this.
Wow….21 million of our tax money.
This is how the Dems piss away money.
Glad to hear it. Hopefully we can help people transition into a better circumstance. Our new Homeless team h3 is doing an amazing job.
Yesssss H3 is amazing and core
And BACS
Sweet dreams 4th Gen! Get real. The more you provide for chronic homeless, the more homeless you will get. Why should anyone work hard, scrimp and save just to give it away to people who have no intention of working and staying sober?? I’ve seen how the homeless trash places everywhere they go. People do make choices to live the way they do.
@ PC Most people want a job. It makes them feel good about themselves. No one wants to be poor and on the streets. Many may have substance abuse problems to dull the pain of other types of abuse they have endured. Some people suffer from mental illness and are unable to take care of themselves, doesn’t mean they should suffer out in the cold. Also 30 years ago you could actually rent a dumpy apartment in Concord for $300.00. Our wages have not caught up with the inflation. The Corporations are making a fortune though. If my taxes go up an extra $20.00 or even $100.00 a year to help out other people it is worth it. Everyone needs a safe place to sleep.
Good idea. It’ll help those who have now to go.
Get rid of the Democratic family running California.Vote out all the Incumbent’s and start over.
Can you imagine that $21M going to our schools?? Instead of helping our future, we’re helping those that have failed at life and need a bailout.
There’s not even enough laptops or musical instruments to go around, and we’re buying a motel for druggies?? Unbelievable!
In 2018–19, California public schools received a total of $97.2 billion in funding.
The entire program is being funded by FEMA. The majority of people that are receiving services here are medically fragile and or elderly. People to sick health wise to work, people who have no family to help them out, people who worked and paid into Social Security only to find out their benefits monthly only amount to 1030 dollars a month. Disappointing that this could happen to anyone and there are so many people who don’t show any empathy.
Humanitarian –
How much of the money (in percentages) will go for administrative costs such as salaries for you all. Or, are you all volunteers? If you are not volunteers, please indicate the titles and salaries of employees of this “program”. Silence, me thinks.
Welcome to the hotel California
@Martinezmike….”…where you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave”.
“ So I called up the Captain
“Please bring me my wine”
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here since 1969”
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say” …
This comment for the win !
So Pittsburg has enough money in the city budget to commit to this venture every budget cycle for operations and maintenance?
Grant funds are nice but remember… this is EVERY BUDGET CYCLE.
It looks like it’s the County picking up the tab for ongoing operations and maintenance.
https://eastcountytoday.net/contra-costa-announces-care-center-plan-to-help-residents-transition-from-homelessness/
The city of Pittsburg is not paying for the Project.
Are they going to have shopping cart parking there ?
When I go by there I see lots of cars in the parking lot.
I wonder, do housekeepers go in and clean the rooms, bedding, etc?
Some of those cars must belong to the homeless. Any old RVs in that lot ?
In all seriousness, I’m curious how this will effect the businesses at that strip mall.
It already is a s**t show so many homeless walking around and pan handling bothering shoppers in the parking lot this is sad for Pittsburg my family has been in Pittsburg since 1957 and i am sickened by this please tell when we as Americans went from a hardworking country to lets reward piss poor life decisions made by people most of whom are not even California residents so lets see i have worked steady since i was 14 years old turning 41 in a few days and never once asked or expected a handout but in California hard work is frowned upon and laziness is rewarded greatly and these ignorant politicians have the nerve to ask for more and more money gtfoh the only way a program like this will work is if people are drug tested must stay on prescribed medications receive drug and mental health counseling so who is on the hook for the cost of lifetime drug and mental health care oh us taxpayers i use to have empathy but after doing numerous homeless feeds that i funded and clothing giveaways most are looking for a hand out not a hand up.
Vanna, I’d like to buy a period and a comma.
I’m sure that will be good for neighborhood property values.
It is better than having Pimps, Prostitutes, and Drug Dealers living in the Motel. Having an agency attached providing services, monitoring the entire site 24 hours per day, and checking in on every room several times per day is keeping the bad elements out and also keeping the whole site in order. It is definitely not a free for all over here. It is also bringing a ton of revenue to the City of Pittsburg right now.
Why am I thinking that each room is not going to get a $174K remodel? Wher does the $ really go?
The Motel needs all new air conditioning, a new roof on all 5 buildings, and to be brought up to code. On top of complete remodels of each room and part of the funding goes to services for the people in the program. Housing Navigators, Case Managers, ect. Then PG&E, water, garbage, and pest control.
Wow, @humanitarian. I’m (taxpayer) paying for all that and I didn’t even get to vote to do so. I’m going to end up homeless trying to pay my taxes. What is the government doing in the housing business?
“Having an agency attached providing services, monitoring the entire site 24 hours per day, and checking in on every room several times per day is keeping the bad elements out”
HA HA and you believe this? I give it 2 years … I feel sorry for the businesses and home owners in the area.
I suppose this is where the prisoners will be housed when they are released early due to Covid-19, since many do not have a place to go. Why did the Board of Supervisors choose Pittsburg to buy a hotel and not, say…Moraga, Alamo, or Danville?
Project Room Key is already in operation at the Motel 6 in Pittsburg. Easy transition, the services are already being provided there.
@Humanitarian~Thank you for the work you do. Here’s a link if anyone is interested in knowing more about this Project Homekey:
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/06/30/governor-newsom-visits-project-roomkey-site-in-bay-area-to-announce-homekey-the-next-phase-in-states-covid-19-response-to-protect-homeless-californians/
I am very concerned that acquisitions and conversions undertaken as part of Homekey will automatically be CEQA exempt and automatic zoning compliance to new homeless housing…
So far we have managed to clean all the drugs and prostitutes out of the Motel. We are already occurring the entire site and have been for over a month. I wonder if all these people making disgusting hurtful comments know what it’s like to be Houseless or to go without? Not all homeless are drug addicted. We actually house people who have chronic health issues here at this site. Please do some research before typing out hate.
Dearest Humanitarian,
I don’t believe people here are typing out hate. They have just taken walks out in cities and have seen with their own eyes the homeless situation. I try to help my city by picking up the trash they leave everywhere. It’s not an enjoyable thing to do. Especially when trash cans are ten feet away.
Glad you can sleep at night knowing you are helping.
But are you using your own hard earned money to help these people? If you are, good for you. But if you are using taxpayer funded resources then you don’t know how it feels to work for years making money to pay your bills and support your family. And pay taxes all along the way.
I can’t remember taking a vacation. Does the sales conference count? But I know the exact date the mortgage was paid in full on our fixer upper. And we worked damned hard to get there.
When you don’t have money to go to Hollywood and become a star, then you get yourself employed and work for the man. Not all of us are trust fund babies. Sometimes you don’t end up doing what you love. You just need to be a contributing member of society. And love what you do after work.
If you think this is hateful, then you don’t understand the working class.
@Humanitarian,
Is this a replacement for the navigation center that was proposed to be built next to Los Medanos College?
“Humanitarian” –
How much of the money (in percentages) will go for administrative costs such as salaries for you all. Or, are you all volunteers? If you are not volunteers, please indicate the titles and salaries of employees of this “program”. Silence, me thinks.
Happen to drive by on Sunday and saw a lot of police activity in the parking lot. I wonder what those medically fragile/too sick to work/ down on their luck individuals were up to? Certainly not drugs or other illegal activities.
@commoncents
Fundraising is the first place to raise money. Not tax grabbing.
I donate to shelters. In fact there is a GREAT one in Walnut Creek.
ARF. Highest star rating on Charity Navigator. And doesn’t add a cent to my state and local taxes, or property tax.
Thats around $122,000 per person. They could make a cool tent city for that amount of money and handle five times more people.
Antioch Fair Grounds would be great for that. It still wouldn’t serve all the homeless in this county.
The fairgrounds are built for community activities, not a place to live. We don’t need to start taking away amenities from communities to meet the need of what you want. Other properties exist.
So is this a case of . . . . “You break it, you buy it” ? ? ? ?
CA has roughly 13% of nations population, yet has 25% of our nation’s homeless. A tribute to liberals running this state
Part of Prop. 47 passed back in 2014, made personal drug use a misdemeanor crime. Liberals spent $10,306,082 to CON voters into passing Prop. 47. All but legalized drug use.
Will CoCo County copy SF and be delivering drug paraphernalia to facilitate drug use and addiction?
@ Original G
If you were homeless what State would you try to live in?
California also has the 5th largest economy in the world. Where is all that money going to?
It is easier to treat people for drug abuse if you decriminalize. They proved this in Portugal. People are more likely to get help.
4th, … Prior to passage of Prop. 47, Superior Court Judges in California had a proven method to force defendants into a clean n sober lifestyle.
Upon conviction a very harsh state Prison term would be imposed which would immediately be suspended and defendant was placed on probation, 3 to 5 years. As conditions of probation had to stay clean n sober, random drug testing and no new unlawful activity.
It was made abundantly clear to defendants if they failed they would do the harsh state prison sentence.
This method forced people to hit bottom and change. Lives were saved !
Prop. 47 took that proven method away from Judges.
These days if a defendant has a substance abuse problem and the Judge give the option of treatment or County Jail time. Defendants take the jail sentence rather than a treatment program.
Treatment programs are usually 90 days, jail sentences because of overcrowding are often under ten days.
So a defendant is not forced to hit bottom, returns to the street with their substance abuse problem intact.
note, Prop. 47 was liberals answer to county jail overcrowding in all 58 CA counties resulting from passage of AB-109 in 2011 which was CA state legislature’s answer to state prison overcrowding.
They chose Pittsburgh because there are no shelters in East County. There are shelters in Central and West County and no services in East County.
There used to be a shelter in central Contra Costa County on Arnold Industrial Way, but it has been closed down since the “China Virus”.
Oh joy! An expensive bandaid for the honeless that will do NOTHING to get them off drugs and alcohol, and will bring a concentrated area of drug use, drug dealers, prostitution, gang violence, murders, meth labs, rats and cockroaches. And great for safety of the familys that live nearby.
Great Bandaid Contra Costa County.
Great WASTE of money too.
Take that 21.5 million and build a commune far away from city and residential life to accommodat the homeless to detox, get counseling and learn a vocation. After a year, assist them in obtaining a job and live in sober living. Mentally ill place in institutions, where they can be medicated, fed, bathed, have activities and a clean bed to sleep.
So sick wasting of millions…probably billions spent on bandaids. They and we need SOLUTIONS.
@ Diane
This is a solution. Having a safe place to sleep at night and being treated with dignity is an important step for a lot of people. Our disabled folks need a place to live also.
What is your solution?
Oh, I get it. Implement a lockdown so intense that businesses are forced to close, then buy them up on the cheap and raise our taxes to finance it. Is this what happened in Venezuela?
I wish everyone that was complaining would suggest some alternate plans or some good ideas on how to make things better. Could you imagine if we put energy in to coming up with a better ideas on how to help each, other what a difference that could make?
Yea give them a one way bus ticket out of here.
Free hotels are not a solution. What company will even provide insurance for this dangerous project? Spending money on containment is not progress.
Instead, how about:
Interview individuals to find out if they are homeless because: (1) They are down on their luck (2) Drugs or alcohol (3) Mental problems (4) Lifestyle choice. Then put them in a learning situation where they get the help they need to improve their lives. Those that are in category (4) go to The Plumpjack Hotel……….
I have made one many times. During ww2 we had many army camps that were tent camps. They had wood floors and and head room. Build toilets and showers for ever four or five tents and even a cafeteria. Gravel the paths. They could do it all for less that 21 million. Hire the homeless to work in the cafeteria and clean the grounds. All kinds of things can be done. The problem is there is no money in it for politicians.
Well CB, I can say that what the state is doing has not made it better it has made it worse. My suggestions:
1. Start charging people for committing crimes.
2. People who can not take care of themselves should become wards of the state.
3.The drug usage of a huge portion of the homeless is out of control. (Go back to suggestion 1 and 2)
4. If you have NO friends or family to call on during hards times you should question how you lead your life. (Go back to suggestion 1 and 2)
What we are doing to the homeless population is cruel. I see the people behind my work living in the dirt next to the freeway. Flees jumping off of them when I take the garbage out.
5. A job equals self respect. ( Go back to suggestion 1 and 2)
The only reason I am not still sleeping under a bush today is because of these programs… Thanks to the economy collapse in 2008, some families were never able to get back to their feet… I was 9 at that point… I can’t get a job, put myself into school, etc… programs like this helped my mother and father get back on their feet so that me and my siblings could go to school… I didn’t have a kitchen table for 4 years… Or a bed.. I wouldn’t be 23 and starting my schooling as a RN without these programs… Are drugs a problem… yes, but why do we keep giving money to pharmaceuticals to allow for people to continue getting hooked on them and then complaining when their lives are in hell because they didn’t have the support they needed to get better and move on… Be a part of the solution, not the problem… Complaining about a communal solution is like being mad about spilled milk on the kitchen table… it’ll soil if you leave it there… looks like we did… and county is taking care of it…
To bad that money isnt used to help these homeless with addiction and teaching them a trade so they can become independent I agree this is only going to make it where more people will choose this lifestyle
I can understand both sides of this conversation having been homeless & on drugs in my younger years the problem is the people that don’t want to deal with the homeless & complaining about people sleeping in cars near there house or sleeping in parks making a mess you don’t want to deal with the homeless people you just want someone to do sumthin about em so now they do & it’s a problem because of the funding you can’t have it both ways keep them out of site but do it for free I agree that funds right now for all are slim to none but it’s time to start solving problems instead of always talking about it !!!!
The City of Pittsburg has been buying up low income housing bids from all the more affluent cities in CCC. There is legit low income housing on every block of Pittsburg – and more developments being planned. How is this fair to the hard working, law abiding citizens? Pittsburg lacks the infrastructure to support all of these new residents. The high school is bursting at the seams. Insane traffic on hwy 4 and kirker pass.
Stop being so greedy, Pittsburg politicians!! Let Danville, Orinda, Lafayette, Alamo, Moraga etc build their own housing projects! Spread the love!!
Intentionally or not, you encourage more of the behavior that you reward.
Humanitarian, I do hope the best for this project
I work with the homeless. There are a lot of homeless that work but don’t make enough to pay rent so they live in their car. This will be a good send.and for the homeless looking for a job it is hard to find one without an address
You are right. I could not afford housing on what I make at Macy’s. I’m comfortable because I also get social security and I other income as well, plus savings and investment.
Compassionate incarceration with a path to clean living. Only way.
It’s such a difficult issue. May everyone find the help they need–decent paying jobs, education, mental health care–whatever can solve this problem
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Pass it on.
He’s bankrolled by China.
He claims California is burning due to global warming, while Biden Terrorists / Antifa are being arrested daily for starting fires all along the west coast.
Wow. Let’s address the symptoms and not the problems.
So fitting with the trend of things. Now if you don’t agree with something, you are not only automatically a racist and a white-supremacist, no matter what your own race and viewpoint, but now you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth too, no matter what dirty hovel you worked and clawed your way out of.
How charming.
Alot of the homeless are vetrans that need are help now is the opportunity to so.
Well that just lowered the surrounding commercial
and residential values and just gave SF another place to give their homeless a one way ticket to.
Humanitarian – Thanks for the information all of which makes sense, and for maintaining your cool in the face of some uninformed commenters.
Kirkwood, Let me expand on that uninformed and heartless commenters.
We are ‘uninformed’ because Humanitarian doesn’t answer our questions.
Are you a paid/salaried employee? Federal, state, or county?
And how long will the grant last? Who will pay when the money runs out?
My spouse has a question. If vegetarians eat vegetables? What do humanitarians eat?
So many people so quick to assume that because someone is homeless they must be an addict or a ne’er do good. There are many people down on their luck for other reasons i.e. those who were just getting by, and then Covid 19 hit. And numerous other reasons.
I’m not saying yea or nay to the motel conversion. I’m just saying don’t be so quick to assume or judge.
Feeling blessed.
They’re getting this to put homeless in to get them off the streets during this pandemic. I understand that, but why did you make other tenants leave. Good people who were working and trying to get back on their feet. Pretty F’d up if you ask me. When this is over you’re gonna need a tent to fumigate that hell hole.
Soooo…. I have this question for every one. What is considered affordable housing? Is it $500 a month $1000 a month? I have lived in the same house for 20 years, I worked hard and it is paid off now. But I can no longer afford to live in this state. I will be moving as soon as I can, still have 1 kid in the house. Should all people who can’t afford to live in the state move? The answer is yes “self preservation”. I’m toI proud to depend on others.
If your house is paid off why can’t you afford to live here? It seem if you have no mortgage or rent, and if you are not in a condo with homeowner’s fees you should be able to get by on about $2000.00 a month. You paid off your house, so obviously you had a job that paid a decent wage. Are you no longer working, if not do you have a pension or social security? I pay rent and I can get by on less than $2000.00 a month, I make more, but I save a fair amount. I don’t feel that deprived, I can afford clothing (although I get it cheap at Macy’s) lunch out with friends, a few week ends away every now and then. I drive a decent car. I can afford to live here, granted I have no dependents, and few bills, since I have no debt other than a modest car loan with low interest rate.
The homeless problem is a very complex one. Obviously there are some who are on drugs and cannot live under the normal rules of society,
Here is some observations I have made. When I worked for Macy’s in Palo Alto, it was obvious Macy’s hired some homeless personal or questionable people. Don’t know if they had an agreement with the City of Palo Alto, or some organization, we were always short of people, since the employment market on the Peninsula has been tight since about 2014 or so.
One woman they hired, obviously had some issues, she had been abused as a child both mentally and physically, her back was all crooked, she was probably in her fifties , she didn’t talk much to fellow employees, but she was very kind to customers and as long as she worked in certain department where she felt comfortable she did fine. Another woman, also had some issues, and in the beginning was very short with customers, but with extra training she also became a productive employee. From what I heard because she was gainfully employed she qualified for a low cost studio in the Palo Alto area. Another woman was there for a few months, however, she never got the hang of customer service, and we suspected her water bottled contained vodka, she did not last. A man that was hired for the Holiday rush, also did not last, he refused to call a manager when a customer asked him to, however he was not equipped to handle the complained they customer had. So Macy’s were willing to give someone a chance, and if they could be trained and follow the rules and give good customer service they had a job. I have to say if someone is given a chance and they cannot be trained and follow the rules, or if the bring vodka or whatever on the job, my compassion pretty much end. It is possible they could be helped through some other programs, but of course businesses cannot have employee like that. It is also obvious that not everyone who is homeless, is a drug addict or a drunk, so I think these programs that help people get on their feet are a good thing, and if a homeless person is willing to get a job, get trained and follow the rules, society has a responsibility to help that person as much as possible to move on in life and became a productive member of society. If someone is elderly and totally disabled, I also believe society should do what they can to get them off the street.
I once had a boss that kept a bottle of whiskey in his desk. He did make it to retirement and he passed away a year later. When he was cremated he burned for 4 days.
@ Kirkwood-
That’s the same reason JFK’s grave has an eternal flame.
Kirkwood, … Can’t imagine how many millennia pelosi would keep goin’.
Since Roomkey was started not only did it provide a safe place for our homeless community to get off the streets during this pandemic but it gave them a chance to try and make their lives better. Yea people were displaced from the motel but the majority of those people were dealers, users and prostitutes. The tenants of Roomkey also have to obey several rules including alcohol and drug use being prohibited or they lose their room. There is also a medical team on site and case managers to help these people take the steps to become productive members of society. In a way it weeds out the people who actually want to do better and some of the hotels house families. A lot of comments in here putting ALL homeless people down but remember anyone can lose their jobs, housing etc. at anytime, especially during these troubled times.
I find your attitude towards prostitutes appalling. And I find it interesting that the same attitude is shared by the so-called “Humanitarian” and a few others who lecture people on this site about compassion.
It is obvious that prostitutes share many characteristics with the homeless population. The vast majority of them didn’t get a great start in life and most were forced into their current occupation by circumstances. Most have suffered and continue to suffer abuse, because of which they often self-medicate with drugs and/or alcohol. They became more vulnerable during the pandemic. And yes, their occupation is technically illegal, as are many routine activities of the homeless.
The important distinction is that prostitutes earn their living and even support their families. So from my point of view, if anyone deserves help and compassion, it’s the prostitutes. Yet you not only have zero compassion for them – you openly despise them and believe that they can be treated no better than garbage and refuse (see all the disgusting references about “cleaning up” the Motel 6 site).
I wonder why that is.
One obvious explanation that comes to mind is that there is no money to be made in helping prostitutes. There isn’t half-a-billion/year taxpayer-funded program (in Contra Costa County alone!), which can be carved into nice salaries for case managers, housing supervisors and other professional do-gooders.
Is this the real reason?
Most people with half a brain know that “homeless” is a fraud term invented by hucksters who themselves are simply are another kind of societal leech. Bums have existed in every society since man swang out of trees. They are not, and never have been, innocent, honest, changeable folks that are no different than any other member of society. They are a problem requiring a solution, no doubt. And that solution is to make their lifestyle choice very unpleasant.
@Hanne, how many homeless did you allow to move into your house with you?
I believe that people are speaking out because we see the criminal homeless, the addicted homeless, the homeless who refuse services, and the total hell hole, trash riddled areas they destroy.
I know not every homeless person is like this, but these are the ones that stick out,…
Yes, I agree they are the ones that stick out I’m not suggesting people take in homeless people, and no I have not offered anyone to move in where I live. I do however donate money to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano county, and some other charities. I rarely hand money to beggars on the street, certainly not to men, especially if they are younger. One time it was raining and I gave my umbrella to a woman walking in the rain. I had some financial problems several years ago, but I worked hard, pinched pennies and was able to move my life ahead in a more positive direction. So I have no sympathy if people don’t want to work. I do have sympathy for the elderly and those with health problems, I know how scary it feels to get to the edge.
Another waste of money and wonder how long it will take before the “homeless” burn this facility down to the ground as has been done so many times in the past.
The democratic family that controls California has got to go. Make people responsible for their actions and lawlessness. Stop rewarding them for bad behaviors and making excuses for them and bring back law and order.
$22 million for a motel 6 in Pittsburgh, huh? Must be the Taj Mahal of Motel 6s.
‘Build it and they will come’.
This is great news.
As City’s and County’s continue to do this, I see my retirement will be free from living expenses, food, healthcare and entertainment.
I’m ready to let the state take care of me and provide my every need.
If you give a mouse a cookie…. he’ll want a glass of milk.
And as word gets around we can expect an increase in the amount of HOBOs showing up from outside the area who want free lodging too!
“Build it and they shall come.”
This was so successful in San Francisco they stopped doing it.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/12/san-francisco-shuts-down-homeless-hotels-free-booze-drugs-meth-lab-found-reporter-erica-sandberg-tucker-carlson/
Sounds like they had an enterprising group of homeless there more than willing to work hard to get ahead.
Many old enough may recall how people once helped each other voluntarily without government.
Churches, families, neighbors, fraternal groups, established charities, and philanthropic individuals were the safety net.
That all seems gone now …
Yes that is true. Society has changed, people work and commute long hours don’t really get to know their neighbors. Not sure it is anyone’s fault. I grew up in the country in Denmark in the fifties and sixties, everyone knew each other. If an elderly person was sick, especially if they lived alone, one neighbor would volunteer to bring lunch, another dinner. Not everyone had a car, but some did, they would glad give someone a ride to see the doctor etc. Here even if someone have family in the area, it is not always easy to help, they have jobs, kid, and if they live on the Peninsula and their parents in this area, it can take a couple of hours to commute during the week when there is traffice.
Yo! Law Abiding Citizen… didn’t you read what KingOfC said there?
“Keep your comments to yourselves”
How dare you post an opinion…. you’re violating the King’s decree!
Oh damn! Now I’ve done it too!
They need Toughlove not this this is going to be a fiasco I don’t think these people thought this through your encouraging homelessness And making the taxpayers pay for it without asking us or putting it to a vote so in a way it’s kind of tyrannical
In part, some of the resentment comes from a constant increase in taxation. Coupled with the constant raises for upper echelon government and city managers, and pensioners. The burden should be at the very least shared. The middle class , especially those without government jobs are suffering tremendous loss. How about sharing the burden. ALL upper echelon government and city managers, and pensioners should take a radical pay cut. Especially politicians who increased their wealth substantially.
Social Security recipients (pensioners) did take a radical cut of sorts during the Obama era when they went an unprecedented two years without Cost Of Living Adjustments. In the meantime, the cost of everything continued to rise putting them further behind the curve from which there will be no recovery in this lifetime. Obama had the ability to remedy this situation, but didn’t even acknowledge it existed, let alone do anything about it. Failing to address such issues only contributes to the conditions which bring about homelessness to begin with. You’ll notice how the homeless issue literally exploded in California with a Democrat in the White House. The roots of homelessness are nurtured by Democratic policy which finds it mist convenient to simply ignores poverty, in general.
I didn’t consider SS recipients as pensioners, but I agree they should not take a back seat to illegals, transgenders, and repeat drug offenders etc. Billions that could have solved retirement help for hard working Americans.
Obama also seeded the American heartland with select immigrants who would disrupt a homogenous population under the theme “diversity”. Similar to redrawing voting districts in order to insure results.
He also was a race baiter and encouraged cop killing. The homeless/drug problem was the feather in his cap … Unless funding terrorism and nuclear weapons for Iran takes first place. Either way, his endorsement of the global warming hoax is about to return with the rewritten ” evidence ” that has replaced actual science, not to be confused with the catch phrase “science” you have heard by now.
HELLO “Humanitarian”. Are you still out there? Please answer my question.
Since this is a public program, funded, as was indicated, by a grant, then the funding source(s) and itemized costs/salaries are supposed to be available to the public.
How much of the money (in percentages) will go for administrative costs such as salaries for you all. Or, are you all volunteers? If you are not volunteers, please indicate the titles and salaries of employees of this “program”.
Good catch AnimalLover. Nonprofits (Grant funded) often pay CEOs and other officers, competitive wages … To the tune of corporate bankers and union presidents. $400 – 500,000.00, more. The real estate costs (rent) would add to that.
All of the homeless who stay there should be required to do chores. Beds made every day; assist with doing the laundry or landscaping; be responsible for maintaining the place – something to earn their free rent; free utilities; free meals; healthcare.
I agree with that, it seems reasonable, if they are healthy enough to do it.
LoL! Dreamers.
And that price tag! Whoa!
Some of those campaign donors are getting paid back!
Thought it REALLY strange newsom bothered to swoop into Pittsburg motel 6, end of June, for press conference and photo OP.
Would not surprise me at all if sale was already in-work.
I was listening to a decision on this. For the space and how many it could house, it cost $500,000 per a room thats less than 300sq feet. They could buy a house at the same price or less, house three people for that price. Everything is way, way more expensive when government is involved. We pay for it, we should have some say and transparency on why it’s cost so much.
LAND OF DEPENDENTS ! NOT INDEPENDENCE vote those idiots out now.
it’s our last chance ! .
KingOFC, This section is for comments. You keep your comments to yourself King.
KingOFC, this is an area for comments and it’s not up to you who can and cannot comment.
It will be renamed, “Motel 666”.