naked capitalism: Real Cities in Uneasy Truce with Tent Cities
As the economy limps along, with jobs still falling (despite keen efforts to call a turn, and with the figures a bit more dodgy if you look under the hood), more and more overindebted and underemployed citizens are out on the street.
Reports of tent encampments or parking lots with cars that serve as shelter have been an occasional and sad sighting for more than a year. What is new is that some cities, with their shelters at their limits, have decided it is better to provide limited services to these colonies than try to send the occupants away.
From the Wall Street Journal:
Last summer, police responding to complaints about campfires under a highway overpass found dozens of homeless people living on public land along the Cumberland River.
Eviction notices went up — and then were suspended by Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, a Democrat, who said housing for the homeless should be found first.
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Categories: California · Food Shortage · Interesting news · Low Income · agriculture · children · economy · homeless · poverty
Tagged: California unemployment, culture, economy, Food Banks, homeless, Interesting news, Low Income, poverty, tent cities
California Collapsing
by Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. 06-22-09
Washington and Wall Street seem to be treating California as if it were a sideshow in the financial circus of these turbulent times.
It’s not.
California is home to the largest manufacturing belt in the United States and to Silicon Valley, the nation’s largest high-tech center.
California is America’s most populous state with 38 million people. Its GDP of $1.8 trillion is the largest in the U.S. Its economy is bigger than those of Russia, Brazil, Canada, or India.
California Collapsing
Categories: California · Food Banks · Food Shortage · Interesting news · Low Income · agriculture · children · economy · homeless · poverty
Tagged: California unemployment, economy, Food Shortage, homeless, Interesting news, poverty, unemployment
