The first thing to do is audit homeless advocacy groups. Someone is living it up on all that money.

When I fled San Francisco 10 years ago the city was spending around $100 million on the homeless problem. Today the figure is between $240 and $300 million, with no improvement.

A lot of people are making money off the homeless situation, and it ain't the homeless

I visited San Francisco from Australia for the first time in May 2018. In fact, it was my arrival port and my very first experience of the USA. I have to say that San Francisco is a very beautiful city with lots of amazing attractions but your homelessness problem truly shocked me. You’d never see anything remotely like this in my home city of Sydney, a city of over five million people. I really hope you guys can get on top of the problem, both for the sake of the homeless and the future of your otherwise beautiful city.

Q: Where's The Money Going? A: Life long corrupt Democrats pocket

The corruption is organized and the people involved are rewarded for their participation and silence.....

Here is why: 1. A living wage is rare. 2. Inefficient and under funding of social programs 3. Overpriced housing 4. Warmer climate. Easier to be homeless 5. Homelessness is about the only opportunity for people to stabilize economically 6. Outsourcing and the flooding of illegal immigrants for cheap labor 7. Lack of job security 8. "Charitable" organizations profit off the homeless 9. Many shelters worse than being homeless 10. Jobs that pay a living wage require expensive and inefficient "education" 11. Modern society is self destructive 12. Most of the economic "growth," is imaginary. 13. Political interest steal money from taxes.

It's 2019, and it's even worse.

The year 2015 spring I lost everything I lost my apartment, I got evicted from my place. My car got repo, because I wasn’t making any payments I was working at a gas station but I was chasing a dream so I quite my job. I didn’t have no money or noting save up, I had no rich family members to help me.. so I end up homeless I move to someone house down south but they kick me out they place because they stole from our job. So I got fire, funny thing is the same person who fire me call me later on down the line and ask if I wanted my job back but it was way to late.. but back to the story I end up sleeping at a Grey hound station and I had to leave a lot of my clothes behind.. I smell bad like old sweat and dirt I look bad, I wasn’t eating food I ate when I can but it wasn’t the best food to eat. My clothes was dirty and I slept on Grey hound station floors.. i detox my body too I shave all my hairs off my body and head and throw away all my old dirty clothing. I had to shower for a hour to get the smell off me. Fast forward I end up getting a job at McDonald’s and a car wash and fast forward again I end up getting my real estate license and now I’m a sales broker also. I have my own place now and making good money now, I have a new car and a good career. I end up gaining 55 pounds by eating well and hitting the gym also, I have a lot of new clothing and underwear.. I shower twice a day and get haircuts every week and wear very good cologne. Went from wearing rags to wearing name brand clothing and suits to work. When people look at me you wouldn’t know I use to live on the streets. I am very grateful and thankful now And being homeless made me humble and very strong.

Problrm? What problem? This is apparently what the people of California want. Stop complaining, you voted for this. Enjoy.

YOU ARE GIVING THEM DRUG MONEY EVERY MONTH PRETTY SIMPLE THEY WILL NEVER GO AWAY

You provide food and services and the homeless people come and stay. It's like when humans feed the bears and the bears become dependent on the humans.

two years later, in summer 2018 and the situation is WORSE

The money ends up in Sea Cliff, Pac Heights etc. - but always in the pockets of the politically connected 'fighters' for justice, equality, and other humanity. Those scoundrels should be all thrown in prison.

2019 nothings changed and kamala harris wants to be pres

San Francisco's Homeless Problem: Where's The Money Going? a report by the progressively gullible

you dodged the $241 million dollar question...where does the money go?? and don't say it goes to house 9,000 or are you really spending $1300 per month per person?? WOW! Does any of that include jobs training? Out of that 9,000 are ANY of those employable? Are there GED programs?? Job Training? Drug Rehab? What results are you experiencing? And how do we know its really 9,000? Are there 9000 hotel vouchers accounted for?? Why aren't people asking these questions of you? are they afraid? lazy? apathetic??

"meeting the demands of the people on the street" ..if a homeless person wants to live on the street the government says they can't stop them....but if I don't want to pay taxes...the government will make me pay.

You provide extensive homeless services in a temperate climate, give them needles, and you get an ever-increasing influx of homeless. You're perpetuating the problem with drug addicts, not just the mentally ill or those who are down on their luck.

More $$, more homeless.

Me and my wife made a mistake. Trying to be thrifty we used the bart to travel to san francisco airport. My wife isn't used to ignoring people who come up to her for money. She ended up giving away all her cash and still was embarrassed when she didn't have any left to give. San francisco is a disgusting city and we will not go back.

It's called 'homeless advocate job security'. Keep enabling the homeless to remain hopeless.

And in 2019 the budget is $400M. So that should be enough to house the remaining 7,000.

This is so sad. Cost of living is so high, we can’t barely pay rent, bills. Running out of resources to keep up that’s why I understand the homeless.🙏

This system looks like a cash cow for bureaucrats, contractors, and managers, and a total miss for half the homeless

lol where's the money going? In Mayor Ed Lee's pocket.

A director of the Department of Homelessness?! There's the root of the problem. I'm sure he's making over 100K per year managing fat contracts for all of the city departments. Who would want homelessness to be solved when it's a booming industry with many making a handsome living from it. Just like Wayfair providing migrant furniture for border detention centers, San Francisco has suppliers for homeless furniture in the shelters.

"This is my great district and I approved the $600 for every American because it is significant." - Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and Congress millionaire, 2020

To the guy who sees a problen with fingerprinting to get into a completely free home as a burden, this entitlement is exactly why you have homelessness in the first place. If a fingerprint is too much work for a rent free room...Well there's your problem.

We need more illegal immigrants. That will solve the homelessness problem.

It's now May, 2019. It's much worse, not just in SF but all across America, especially the west coast.

According to the math, SF spends $15,500 every year to house ONE person. Why not construct a 20-story high-rise filled with bunk beds and dorms, then charge the residents a nominal rent (maybe $300 a month) to cover the costs? Singapore does it, and it seems to work fine ...

This is what democratic policies gets you!

Its all amusement and discussion for most people but for some people here in San Francisco who have been assaulted or know loved ones who have been assaulted, it is really personal. The people in charge who have allowed this to happen to put so many innocent people's lives in danger need to be held accountable. A minimum of 10 year jail sentence with hard labor for the city officials most directly responsible for the homeless problem. A mass roundup of the homeless. And public shaming for all the people working in the non-profits catering to the homeless.

Ok, so I was homeless for three years after my dad lost his job during the recession. Here’s what happens with homeless: for me, I left my dad, he moved to Georgia with a women. I stayed behind, but was not addicted to drugs. I had an eating disorder and I used alcohol to forget the disorder. I did not want to sleep on a mat on the ground next to stinky, drug abusing, bug infested thieves in a shelter. The ONLY reason to stay in a shelter was to get a shower in the morning. I slept behind a dumpster behind the Wendy’s that I worked at. A shelter means, long lines, sleeping next to strangers, bed bugs and scabies, waking up early (5am) and chores. It also means free food, showers, warmth, a pad to sleep on, and safety. You don’t always have the time to get to a shelter before they are full, and you don’t always have the transportation. I’m a nurse now. I ended up in a fishing cannery and made something of myself. Please understand that shelters are not what all homeless want to sleep in. It’s actually nicer in a tent

I stayed in a homeless shelter once. I got bit by a spider and ended up with a massive lump. I also got sick. Plenty of disease and bugs floating around those places. The streets are actually somehow better.

I am flabbergasted that the same f____ story continues regarding the SF budget for the homeless and the city's inability to account for expenditures due to the multitude of different departments and programs that provide services. The plan (not sure of date) at least 6 months ago was to consolidate services so it would be easier to track. And nothing has been done yet? Nothing at least started yet? If the people responsible in city government were held to some resemblance of accountability when it came to expenditures and promises, I think we would see some successful problem solving in one of the greatest cities on earth (or once considered to be). I am prone to suspect greed, laziness, lack of empathy ( many psychologist agree that a large portion of politicians suffer from some level of sociopathic personality disorder) and misappropriation (theft) of public funds. As usual....the talking heads keep reporting what amounts to a lot of talk and no action, and they actually believe that the public won't notice.

I love it when you find these 2 year old stories and can go "ha! It's gotten even worse!"

Mmmmm. Socialism. Taste so sweet, when I have all my treats.

They are still spending roughly 20K per homeless and sheltered individual. What a waste of resources. Someone is getting rich. It's time to declare a defeat in the war on poverty. Subsidizing this type of behavior just gets you more of this type of behavior. This country is getting stupider by the day.

no one here seems to realize that you cant help these people. they don't really want help ..just food. it's a lifestyle

Typical California beauracratic government .

Same here in Los Angeles. Tons of money, taxes and no results. In fact, the numbers climb. The system is totally broken and no one has a clue. What leaders we have.

141 million dollars "houses 9000 people per year" ...thats $15,000 per month per person. nothing to see here folks.

well, its been two years... where is your progress?

This is great...a clear example of those so-called California "values" we're always hearing about. So march on liberalism!

2 problems rent is thru the roof in SF and on top of that you are allowing illegal immigrants in your city adding to the problem. Why not fix the homeless problem first before you let more people in from another country illegally.

The problem with all this is you assume that they want help..... They don't. They like their free life. They like that the state passes out 400,000 needles a month for them to do drugs.

2 years after this broadcast in July 2018 the SF homeless situation is far worse so this so called fixit guy has failed.

A lot of Government "Hands" in between the taxpayer and the people who need it.

Goes into the pockets of the far left

Open up warehouses remodel them !

You can't seem to organize your departments to work together, but the 💰 gets distributed around via quick pay every friday.

it's very hard for me to have sympathy for the homeless in SF like I once did. I invite a homeless man to my apartment, I feed him dinner, buy him even more food and he sleeps at my place for several hours. because I didn't give him $50 that he asks for, he takes my scissors and cuts up almost every item of clothing I have and takes off while I am briefly away. I could've just let him starve.

2 years later and things have gotten ten times worse

Glad I left that stinking city back in 2013. Never looked back.

Gee. I wonder if San Francisco becoming a 'sanctuary city' is going to make this situation better, or worse??????

I stayed 3 days in San Francisco a month ago -- near Union Square. Will never visit the city again. Homeless people everywhere, urine and stink all over sidewalks, had to do the 'bum hurdle" every night going to restaurants. (I live in LA. ) Also will not be voting for Newsome for governor.

tax your residents 80 % of their income so you can support your voters, they'll vote for you in their lifetime just keep supporting them.

What does the San Francisco’s congress woman do to help this situation? How does she respond to the situation?

That’s what happens when you crown one single political party, who promised so much but deliver so little. Bottom line. I’ve lived in California my whole life, so if you think I don’t know what I’m talking about....

That money goes into the Administrative cost and their pockets.

I feel safer homeless on the street rather than a shelter

That’s easy. Consultants, management fees, administration fees, distribution coordinators, “private” IT contractors, third party audits, data gathering and processing, field managers, security, meetings and conferences in Chicago, New York and Paris, employee meal and vehicle reimbursement, and foremen, managers, superintendents and directors. Any questions?

Drugs and alcohol. More money means more money for addicts.

Always love the question; "Where is the money?" In politics; the "Money" NEVER gets to where it was intended, but just allocated to a bill the city/ county/ state needs money for that week.

This is the same question that seems to be increasing all along the West Coast all the way up to the the worst place to be homeless, Alaska.

it's 2019 and everything still remains the same......wow.

As soon as you get a handle on the homelessness in San Francisco, more homeless people will head to San Francisco to reap the benefits. When you offer free anything, expect the line for those freebies to grow in perpetuity.

Pelosi is worth 100 million+........figure it out. ......Great photo opp for the Mayor btw.

is so that nancy pelosi can buy her ice cream for 15 dollars a tub

Outcomes don't count for Socialists. It's the compassionate INTENTIONS that are important.

many in the city are taking long trips around the world living good on money that was to go to the homeless

if San Fran is Getting 240 million dollars a year for the homeless and they say there 6,000 people on the streets . u can give those people at least 100,000 each to change their life around and there would still be money left over this is disgusting and just plain wrong

241 million, where does it go ? Nancy Pelosi. gets $ 120.5 million Maxine Waters gets $ 120.5 million That's where it goes.

The money goes to the “Tenderloin” drug dealers.

People who are high in emotion gravitate toward the left side of the political spectrum (leftists, democrats). Emotional people are not problem solvers.

The greatest, most powerful country in the world. Yea, right.

This was more than 3 years ago. San Fran is doing great today! Yippee.

Its nice to help the truly needy. For sure. The difficulty is that many of these folks won't lift a finger to do any work. Some of us are working our asses off to pay taxes to feed and coddle the lazy ones. They always seem to have enough money for drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol.

I don’t know why, but this story made me get tears in my eyes for these people who need real help. I live in Florida but was homeless in Los Angeles for three years. Then I got help, went to college and life is better now. But I completely understand the feeling of homelessness. It’s very draining physically, emotionally and it causes despair.

Wow! I left sf 2 years ago and still same problems. Get it together guys...

The sad fact is that it’s not just San Francisco, It’s happening all over the Bay Area and San Francisco, Oakland keep saying they are going to help out the homeless and give them temporary housing but it’s 2019 now and nothings changed, I used to go to San Francisco at least twice a year, now I hardly ever go there at all. There are homeless people crapping on the streets, and those that are mentally ill go on Bart and harass passengers or talk loudly to themselves, Oakland is bad too, the homeless people are camping under freeway passes at at Lake Merritt. I don’t know why they keep saying they are working on an issue but nothings been done.

The problem could simply be fixed in California by electing a Republican instead of a Democrat. As long they continue to elect Democrats the problem will never be fixed.

Shelters, you can't do heroin in those. lol.

The California middle class leaving will bring this to other states.

3 years later and the problem is getting worse

Cmon guys, do the math. $140 million ÷ 9000 is over $15,000 per year for a room. Divide that by 12 months = just over $1296. Enough for a decent apartment. Money is going into someones pocket.

It isn't being spent on homeless Americans.

Poverty is where the money is.

This video and report were in September of 2016. As I type this comment, it is now October of 2019, THREE YEARS LATER. I live in San Francisco, and I will tell you that it has ONLY GOTTEN WORSE.

The *Homeless Shelter Village* [HSV] residents pay rent for their units based on a percentage of their net income. The HSV pays for utility hook ups, one free meal a day, and childcare. Laundry, shower, toilet, and cooking-facilities are provided. Dumpters and the staff's salaries; which should total only $260,000 a year. Where is it getting its "millions more to run" lie from?

Your politicians suck yet you keep voting them in? This is your fault people of San Francisco.

What a wonderful Liberal City---🌵🌵🏃🏃🌵🚶🏃🏃🌵🌵

Whom ever said "be fruitful and multiply " should of kept their fucking mouth shut , look at the mess the world is in now .

What amazes me is that this is so prolific in a city that has some of the highest concentrations of wealth of any city in the country.

The city also steals tax revenue that is supposed to be used for fixing roads.

Check the city top oficials big and expensive houses.

Thank you. Great report and information. I learned something today.

All the Liberals can do is say GIVE ME, GIVE ME, GIVE ME. Those hundreds of MILLIONS are going into peoples POCKETS.