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30 May, 8 tweets, 4 min read
“Housing First” + Drug/Theft Decriminalization (Prop. 47) + “Defund the Police” =
If Republicans @Caitlyn_Jenner @BeastJohnCox @Kevin_Faulconer had half a brain between them they’d fire their consultants, slap their logos on this video, and run it on TV stations across the state
Democrats, who hold a supermajority in California & L.A., can’t say they weren’t warned

usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Somebody ask @JamesCarville what impact that video might have on swing voters

nypost.com/2021/04/09/jam…
It’s not too late for @GavinNewsom

Nor is the answer a return to mass incarceration

There is a middle way for anyone capable of learning from how other nations dealt with addiction epidemics

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-californ…
We can have law and order and we can have compassion

But it requires leadership

Lots of opportunity here for @GavinNewsom @Caitlyn_Jenner @Kevin_Faulconer @BeastJohnCox

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-californ…
Please join our rapidly growing statewide movement demanding effective and humanistic change to save our state from being the shame of the world

stopfentanyldeaths.org
Untreated mental illness & addiction = violence

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31 May
“After having spent a long time attempting to act on these issues—long before Greta Thunberg was a household name—I’ve realised just how much of the problem comes down to energy density... The problems with nuclear power are not technological but political.” @ziontree
“Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)... is pushing for and achieving policies that are actually the opposite to effective climate action.”
“NRDC helped create and put $66 million in a Black Rock “Ex-Fossil Fuels Index Fund” stock fund that—in fact—invests heavily in natural gas companies.”

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31 May
“The real reason why the encampment inhabitants refuse to access the shelters is simple — the shelters have rules. One rule, in particular, keeps the encampment inhabitants out of shelters and that rule is that drugs and drug use are prohibited.”
The accurate word for what we call “homeless encampments” is “open drug scenes”

Around the world they threaten public safety & are only dealt with through coordinated services AND (not or) law enforcement

Science:

bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
In California, politicians act helpless to deal with them

I’ve interviewed over 100 U.S. experts, politicians, and activists and none knew of Europe’s experience breaking them up

Most thought Europe had used harm reduction alone, which is false
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28 May
Jacqui is a mom trying to save her son from death by fentanyl

We will protest to @StopFentanylDeaths at Windward Plaza at Venice Beach, CA next Wed June 2, 10 am - 12 noon

We are building a state-wide movement to demand action

We need a whole-of-society response
Our protest is non-partisan & apolitical

We are working with @SoledadUrsua to support local efforts by Venice residents to address the crisis

We invite @GavinNewsom @Caitlyn_Jenner @Kevin_Faulconer @BeastJohnCox
We invite Venice & L.A. elected officials to say a few words about what we must do to overcome the fentanyl, addiction, and & OD crisis @MayorOfLA @mikebonin @MikeBoninLA @recallbonin2021 @GeorgeGascon @recallgascon and Venice Mayor and City Council
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28 May
You’re free to kill yourself in the privacy of your home but you do not have the right to do so on sidewalks & parks

If you do you should first be told to stop & if you don’t you should be arrested AND (not OR) offered drug treatment as an alternative to incarceration
Everyone should have a right to basic shelter. As for receiving housing, it should be contingent on abstinence & other steps in a person’s plan. Details here:

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-californ…
And further details on dealing with addiction here

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-californ…
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27 May
Because the homeless crisis is not about spending too little money on housing, it's about spending too much money incentivizing self-destructive behaviors

When we change the incentives we will change the behaviors:

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-californ…
San Francisco, Los Angeles and other California cities spend significantly more on homelessness and have significantly worse outcomes
San Francisco spends nearly 2x more per capita than New York City but shelters one-third while New York shelters 95%
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27 May
Blackouts, higher energy prices, China-made "slavery" solar panels, foreign dependence, and conflicts-of-interest more than politics are behind the failure of the Democrats' climate legislation in Congress

Why Biden’s Climate Agenda Is Falling Apart
michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-bidens-c…
In recent weeks, Democratic confidence in passing sweeping climate legislation has rapidly faded. “I don’t think the votes are there in a reconciliation bill for the climate infrastructure-type issues,” an insider told the Washington Post.
Nations (and states like California) that cannot for economic reasons meet their climate commitments simply change the target to farther off in time, while adding targets that sound more aggressive to journalists with little awareness of history.

Corporations will do the same
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