2. This is largely a city-level problem. The state of California is trying to solve it. The cities are NIMBYs and always want someone else to house all the people.
3. This sounds like an SF problem. Again, I don't live there anymore. Keep in mind that less than 3% of the population of California lives in SF.
You're right sf is worse.
LA used to be better. Less homeless people. Its largely getting worse and going in the same direction as sf.
It won't ever be as bad as sf because la is simply not dense enough. However the underlying problems are all there and it's getting worse. Santa Monica used to be much nicer. SF is the direction LA is heading towards.
Source: former NY state resident, the shit flowed downhill from the city, and we all suffered.
Crime is not an issue. Seriously. It’s not. It’s still at historic lows. Stop pearl clutching. Regardless, the SFPD (and cops in general) do not stop crime. Decades of blank checks, and nothing changes except more lawsuits. Fuck the cops.
In all seriousness, if people think it's a problem telling them "it's all in their head" isn't an effective argument.
Dismissing legitimate concerns with abstract (to them) statistics will only drive away the people you most want to reach. The statistics are made of millions of individual perspectives.
1. Homelessness: 6 of the 10 cities with largest homeless population are in Cali. We’ve all been to SF, last time I was there a homeless person literally opened his pants and shit in front of a family restaurant (we all had to leave). So it’s probably the worst in this state compared to all states in US.
2. Housing market: Easily the Bay Area is the worst in the US, probably worst in the entire world to be honest. Entirely self inflicted.
3. Crime: it is NOT NORMAL to have to leave your windows and trunks open when you park to stop criminals from breaking your cars. For the brief period I lived in Seattle, I realized people can just park a car and leave it like that in Seattle, while in sf I’m perpetually paranoid.
For this level of government service we have to deal with the highest taxes seen in this country and plans to consistently increase taxes. A bad joke, if Apple ran the government they’d do a better job tomorrow.