California‘s capitol of Sacramento has developed a homeless problem larger than nearby, crime-ridden San Francisco, with scenes of people living in tents under bridges on display for DailyMail.com cameras.
Sacramento has a little over 5,000 homeless in the city limits living in vehicles and tents. That’s slightly higher than the 4,400 in San Francisco.
However, the number becomes more stark with the fact that only 525,000 people live in Sacramento versus San Francisco’s 874,000.
Sacramento, which is separated by about 87 miles from the city by the bay, now has 952 homeless per 100,000 citizens, versus 503 per 100,000 in San Francisco.
At it’s peak, an estimated 9,278 individuals in the county were experiencing homelessness in February 2022, according to Sacramento Steps Forward. That’s a whopping 67 percent increase from its peak in 2019.
California’s capitol of Sacramento has developed a homeless problem larger than nearby, crime-ridden San Francisco, with scenes of people living in tents under bridges on display for DailyMail.com cameras
Sacramento has a little over 5,000 homeless in the city limits living in vehicles and tents. That’s slightly higher than the 4,400 in San Francisco
However, the number becomes more stark with the fact that only 525,000 people live in Sacramento versus San Francisco’s 874,000
Sacramento, which is separated by about 87 miles from the city by the bay, now has 952 homeless per 100,000 citizens, versus 503 per 100,000 in San Francisco
Our cameras saw people living in tents, RVs, pushing around shopping carts with their entire lives in them and more in the city under Interstate 80.
As a percentage of population, Sacramento (0.96 percent) nearly doubles San Francisco (0.50 percent).
Activists have blamed a lack of affordable housing, as the median rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Sacramento rose 30 percent in the last three years, according to the SF Chronicle.
This comes as crime, like in many cities across America, is on the rise in California’s capital, up 17 percent from this point last year according to the city’s data.
Anne Marie Schubert, the Sacramento County DA, has served in that office since 2014. Robberies are up 42 percent and rapes are up a shocking 92 percent.
She is going to step aside to run for California Attorney General. Assistant Chief Deputy District Attorney Thien Ho won the election to take over.
At it’s peak, an estimated 9,278 individuals in the county were experiencing homelessness in February 2022, according to Sacramento Steps Forward . That’s a whopping 67 percent increase from its peak in 2019
Our cameras saw people living in tents, RVs, pushing around shopping carts with their entire lives in them and more in the city under Interstate 80
As a percentage of population, Sacramento (0.96 percent) nearly doubles San Francisco (0.50 percent) in homeless
Experts have blamed a lack of affordable housing, as the median rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Sacramento rose 30 percent in the last three years
This comes as crime, like in many cities across America, is on the rise in California’s capital, up 17 percent from this point last year according to the city’s data
This comes as staunchly-Democrat San Francisco has now become as well known for its open-air drug taking and homeless problem as the Golden Gate and Alcatraz.
Last month, the city’s district attorney, Chesa Boudin, was recalled after voters lost faith with his progressive policies.
Boudin has been widely blamed for rising crime and homelessness in the Bay Area since the start of the pandemic – where brazen looters ransacking stores and breaking into cars has become commonplace.
The crime wave has worsened from last year – which was one of the worst crime years in decades – with the city’s murder rate rising 11 percent, and rapes up by nearly 10 percent.
Boudin’s time in office has also seen a marked rise in vagrancy – a stand-out issue in the Bay Area, where homelessness and drug use has increased in earnest during the pandemic.
Anne Marie Schubert, the DA of Sacramento County since 2014, is running to be California’s Attorney General. She will be replaced by Assistant Chief Deputy District Attorney Thien Ho
Chesa Boudin was ousted from his position last month after critics accused him of not doing enough to keep residents and business owners safe amid a crime wave
San Francisco police report 20 murders so far this year – an 11 percent increase from the 18 reported in the same time last year.
Larceny theft, meanwhile – which represents the majority of the recent ‘smash and grabs’ – has skyrocketed under Boudin, with 13,424 cases reported this year, a 20.4 percent rise from the 11,151 reported last year.
Assaults have also been on the rise, with 11 percent with 1,035 cases reported so far this year, with rapes also up by 10 percent.