San Fransicko
by Michael Shellenberger · first published 2021
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17HN commenters
2021–2024first – last mentioned
53% recommend47% neutral
Why HN recommends it
Argues that California's homelessness crisis is better treated as a mental health and addiction problem, with treatment-first policy as the remedy; recommended for readers wanting that critique of Bay Area policy.
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I suggest you read 'San Fransickp by Shellenberger, a book progressives and their media loathe https://www.amazon.com/San-Fransicko-Progressives-Ruin-Citie...
on “Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records tell a different story” ↗Michael Shellenberger in his book San Fransicko offers a solution he is calling CalPsych. I recommend his interview on JRE (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5NxzDE5TmviUV8te2eZjMP) His analysis and solution centers on treating this as a mental health…
on “San Francisco's homelessness is a humanitarian crisis” ↗I am in Bay Area and frankly we need to criticize this place more. If you want to read about it, San Fransicko is a great book: https://www.amazon.com/San-Fransicko-Progressives-Ruin-Citie... I feel like doubling down on the criticism of the place I live (Oakland) just so that we don't set an example of how to…
on “Intel's $20B Ohio factory could become world's largest chip plant” ↗His book is really great and I recommend reading it. https://www.amazon.com/San-Fransicko-Progressives-Ruin-Citie...
on “San Francisco Is Sick” ↗…homelessness problem and it keeps getting worse. Cities that have done treatment first policies have seen a reduction homelessness. A great book on this topic is San Fran-sicko. https://www.amazon.com/San-Fransicko-Progressives-Ruin-Citie...
on “We can reduce homelessness if we follow the science on what works” ↗Perhaps just read the book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Fransicko by Michael Shellenberger
on “Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed to Death in SF” ↗…workers and mayors (mayor of Denver) went into these camps undercover only found that everyone was a drug abuser and were being enabled to self-destruct. Highly recommended, the author is a resident of "San Fransicko".
on “A cautionary tale from the streets of San Francisco” ↗General assistance. I suggest reading Shellenbergers 'San Fransicko'. The UK daily mail story I linked too was quoting this tweet thread of his https://twitter.com/shellenbergermd/status/14914181200864542...
on “Houston moved 25k people from the streets into homes of their own” ↗The book San Fransicko covers this. Apparently, housing doesn’t really reduce the drug dependence and makes it worst because of isolation.
on “Why housing shortages cause homelessness” ↗Read the book San Fransicko. The policy makers are bonkers.
on “Amazon moves employees out of downtown Seattle office due to crime” ↗Bari Weiss is a conservative. Michael Shellenberger in 2021 published "San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities, a criticism of progressive social policies." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shellenberger#San_Fran... I wish someone would explain to me why conservatives love…
…war-on-drugs/decriminalization dichotomy is CSPI: What's Wrong with the West Coast? with Michael Shellenberger Michael Shellenberger is an activist and author. He joins the podcast to talk about his book San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities. He discusses debates around homelessness in San Francisco, the ideology driving the homelessness advocacy community, how the West coast differs from the rest of the world…
on “Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign” ↗…counseling but he also confirmed that there simply is a large percentage of people that he works with that need to be forced into treatment and he agreed with Michael Shellenberger's approach in the book "San Fransicko". He said even within the Bay Area, people bounce around between counties, and there is no system to keep track of them, and that also leads to a lot of wasted money. This is a perfect case of how sometimes…
on “Woman with tuberculosis ordered to jail for refusing treatment” ↗Scott Alexander reviewed the book "San Fransicko" by Michael Shellenberger and as part of the review analyzed the top reasons for people to become homeless. [1] Some takeaways from the review: - Number one predictor for homelessness are the housing…
on “California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working” ↗Have you read San Fransicko by Michael Shellenberger?
on “Downtown San Francisco Whole Foods Closing a Year After Opening” ↗