Over last 10 years, the homeless population increased 31% in California & declined 18% in rest of U.S. Why? We diverted funding from shelter to housing.
Now, a new poll finds that 57% of California voters support Shelter First & just 30% support the "Housing First" status quo
The implications of the new survey, conducted by a Democratic pollster of LA County voters, are massive
Homelessness is the #1 issue, with 73% of voters calling it "very serious"
Shelter First candidates will have powerful advantage over Housing First candidates
The evidence is overwhelming in favor of the humanity & efficacy of Shelter First
Shelter First is the reason New York City shelters 95% of its homeless but L.A. shelters just 28%
The anecdotal evidence that "homelessness," aka, open drug scenes, have grown worse, is strongly supported by this poll. An astonishing 79% of LA voters say the problem has gotten worse
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And a large majority of voters say that having homeless people in their neighborhoods make them fee unsafe
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