Comments on: Homelessness surging among California college students

By: Spurwing Plover

Spurwing Plover — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 20:51:00 +0000

Looks like the little snowflakes are finding out there’s no safe spaces out there

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 07:31:03 +0000

In reply to Mike L..

Exactly. PT Barnum was right. We’re all these people born last night, for crissakes?

Are there some that spent time in a car? Yeah. A good many more on a couch or some converted living room or what have you.

But the state cubicle workers just stamp the applications as “APPROVED”. These people make Elmer Fudd look like a genius.

By: Mike L.

Mike L. — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:17:57 +0000

Not so fast. This is all a scam. These so-called “homeless” students are NOT homeless at all. They simply claim this on ALL forms they file with the school and the state. The reason they do this is to qualify for tons of freebies, discounts and aid. Visit any campus, pose as a student, and get all the tips you need from fellow students. Freebies are all courtesy of the California taxpayer.

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:41:14 +0000

In reply to Ron. You are right Ron, the CA communist utopia is crashing but no one will mention it. Communist media is in lock step with what the CA Govt wants. It seems all the RINO'S are too. That is all we have in CA

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 13:03:47 +0000

It’s no surprise that homelessness is growing in California. There appears to be a direct relationship between California’s #1 ranking as the most business unfriendly states, to California having the highest poverty rate and homeless rate in the country as well as one of the highest unfunded pension liabilities. Our elected official have done a great job of adding taxes, fees, and over regulations on businesses that those businesses need to be extra cautious hiring folks.

The cost of energy in California drives everything including housing, food, transportation, and services. The California go-it-alone emissions crusade has already raised $7 billion in fees over the last 10 years from our citizens’ pocketbooks that are appropriated to more than 20 government pet projects. HOWEVER, according to the California Energy Commission, California contributes a miniscule 1 per cent to the world’s greenhouse gases which is the SAME contribution when AB32 was signed into law in 2006, a decade ago. The cap & trade program has had little to no impact on the reduction of California’s contributions to global greenhouse gas emissions, but it continues to hit the pocketbooks of its financially challenged citizens.

The uncontrollable costs for the emissions crusade, and the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, are a huge burden to continually be placed on the citizens of California with its growing numbers of financially challenged that includes: 1) nearly 25% of Californians 38 million live below the poverty line. 2) California has more than 33% of the nation’s welfare recipients, 3) California is home to 12% of the nation’s population, but startlingly 21% of the nation’s homeless population, 4) The majority of California renters: Nearly 3 million households – pay more than 30% of their income toward rent, 5) Roughly – 1.5 million households pay more than 50% of their income toward rent.