cawsby [he/him] to news • 3 years agoCalifornia to pay off all past due rent accrued during COVID, giving renters clean slateexternal-linkmessage-square67 fedilinkarrow-up1129
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minus-squarewtypstanaccount04 [he/him]hexbear70·3 years agoThis is absolutely incredible and a huge win for Californians. link
minus-squareboyfriend__ascendent [he/him,undecided]hexbear54·edit-23 years agoIt's harm-reduction in a sense. It's still mobilizing a vast sum of tax payer money that could be better spent on trains and busses and housing in fresno and richmond and modesto rather than transferred to landlords. That said, I'm glad it's happening. link
minus-squareEmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]hexbear13·3 years agoBut would it ever under any circumstances be spent on a single train bus, or any housing at all. No, of course not. link
minus-squareExpress [any,none/use name]hexbear7·3 years agoWhy not just take the houses from the landlords? link
minus-squareEmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]hexbear1·3 years agoYeah! I'm sure Newsom would be just as hyped and ready to implement that as you and I! I just think it's wild to be disappointed that centrist libs aren't implementing communist policy. No shit, they're never going to do that. link
This is absolutely incredible and a huge win for Californians.
It's harm-reduction in a sense. It's still mobilizing a vast sum of tax payer money that could be better spent on trains and busses and housing in fresno and richmond and modesto rather than transferred to landlords.
That said, I'm glad it's happening.
But would it ever under any circumstances be spent on a single train bus, or any housing at all. No, of course not.
Why not just take the houses from the landlords?
Yeah! I'm sure Newsom would be just as hyped and ready to implement that as you and I!
I just think it's wild to be disappointed that centrist libs aren't implementing communist policy. No shit, they're never going to do that.