Re:SF Pays Big Bucks to Nonprofits, Fails to Properly Monito...
by vkou on Friday April 28, 2023 @04:06PM
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> Yeah mostly agree, why do government programs always result in so much misuse and fraud?
* Inefficiency from steps 3, 4.
* Money going to advocacy groups who are really good at advocacy, but not actually good at execution.
* Impossible to build execution-focused groups when funds appear one year, and go poof the next year.
* Lack of economies of scale. One group can manage 800 housing/shelter units for vastly less money than 80 different groups managing 10 housing/shelter units each.
Most of these problems are actually solved by having the government provide these services in-house, instead of subcontracting to 80 different non-profits, with each of them having a ton of overhead, waste, lack of continuity of mission, etc.
You also have direct democratic control of this, because council has direct influence, and can be held accountable for how the city's departments run.
* Inefficiency from steps 3, 4.
* Money going to advocacy groups who are really good at advocacy, but not actually good at execution.
* Impossible to build execution-focused groups when funds appear one year, and go poof the next year.
* Lack of economies of scale. One group can manage 800 housing/shelter units for vastly less money than 80 different groups managing 10 housing/shelter units each.
Most of these problems are actually solved by having the government provide these services in-house, instead of subcontracting to 80 different non-profits, with each of them having a ton of overhead, waste, lack of continuity of mission, etc.
You also have direct democratic control of this, because council has direct influence, and can be held accountable for how the city's departments run.