Homelessness in California vs. Massachusetts

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KQED

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In San Francisco, more than half of people experiencing homelessness are unsheltered. In contrast, just three percent of Boston’s unhoused people are living on the streets. With another winter coming on, what steps might California take? What can we learn from Massachusetts? Guests: Darrell Steinberg, Mayor, Sacramento Erin Baldassari, housing affordability reporter, KQED Lyndia Downie, president and executive director, Pine Street Inn - a homeless services provider in Boston, MA Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director, Coalition on Homelessness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.4	Coming up on forum, we'll talk about the roots of California's homelessness crisis.
1:08.9	Inspired by a trip I just took to Boston, Massachusetts.
1:11.9	I was there on a reporting fellowship.
1:14.0	And we spent a day walking the streets
1:15.7	and learning about the city's response to homelessness.
1:18.3	And I was blown away.
1:20.2	We walked blocks and blocks without seeing anyone curled up
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