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Mf actually trying to monetize the homeless ๐
(hexbear.net)
The camps are managed by Urban Alchemy, the San Francisco-based nonprofit that has rapidly grown into a multimillion-dollar street services enterprise and embodies an elastic philosophy of shelter.
Aggressive marketing aligned with rising public discontent over homelessness made for a winning strategy. By 2021 it reported $51 million in revenue primarily from contracts for street outreach and shelter operations in San Francisco; Austin, Texas; Portland, Ore.; and Los Angeles.
Tear Gas Ted knew that people were already aware of how shitty UA was from what they did in LA & SF, he was never going to allow democracy to get in the way of the grift.
Of course not. Man, this country makes me sick. I say it all the time but it never fails to make me more and more upset