It's hard to believe that the problem is a lack of funds when the city's 2015-16 budget allocates $241m to help ~7k homeless people. It sounds more like we can't figure out how to deploy these resources effectively.
That sounds like a ton, but for the estimated 7k-10k homeless people in SF, that's $24k-34k per person annually. A lot of money, but not an insane amount given the high local costs of absolutely everything.
Also: is the $241mil estimate the actual literal amount reserved/given to the homeless of SF -- or is it the budget for the entire project of dealing with homelessness in SF? I see this number get thrown around and I don't think I've ever seen anyone clarify this bit? It seems quite obvious and very significant to factor in operation costs if this is the case.
If things like the budget for those shelters and their employees also come out of the $241mil -- even assuming an even split -- you're probably looking at way less than $30k or even $20k per-person already... Assuming it 'only' cost $50 million to run it all, that's about $19k per person at 10,000 homeless, with 25k-at-7k.
imh|9 years ago
aseipp|9 years ago
If things like the budget for those shelters and their employees also come out of the $241mil -- even assuming an even split -- you're probably looking at way less than $30k or even $20k per-person already... Assuming it 'only' cost $50 million to run it all, that's about $19k per person at 10,000 homeless, with 25k-at-7k.
StavrosK|9 years ago