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On May 12, California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, demanded that cities throughout the state adopt anti-camping ordinances that would effectively ban public homelessness by requiring unhoused individuals to relocate every 72 hours.

While presented as a humanitarian effort to reduce homelessness, the new policy victimizes California’s growing unhoused population—approximately 187,000 people—by tying funding in Proposition 1 to local laws banning sleeping or camping on public land.

In his announcement, Newsom pushed local governments to adopt the draconian ordinances “without delay.”

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[-] darkcalling@hexbear.net 7 points 18 hours ago

Terrorizing people is cheap. They've already committed to paying for tons of cops, this is just utilizing them for this purpose.

Besides even if it was more expensive it doesn't matter. This is not a find the cheapest solution machine where cheapest one wins. This has a very real and practical benefit which is terrorizing those at the bottom and scaring those at risk of hitting that bottom into allowing harsher forms of exploitation of themselves, of disciplining them with the fear of seeing that oppression into keeping their heads down. It's impossible for capital to put a price on subjugating and intimidating the proles into compliance and submission. Certainly not when the costs are not born directly by the bourgeoisie anyways but by the state financed off the back of imperialism.

[-] Jabril@hexbear.net 4 points 18 hours ago

Yes having homeless people to herd around helps to remind all the homeowners why they always vote for the higher police budget

[-] mdd@lemm.ee 3 points 16 hours ago

Copagandra at its finest.

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