With unlimited "free money", why not?-----S.F. pays $61,000 a year for one tent in a site to shelter the homeless. Why?

S.F. pays $61,000 a year for one tent in a site to shelter the homeless. Why?

"San Francisco is paying $16.1 million to shelter homeless people in 262 tents placed in empty lots around the city where they also get services and food — a steep price tag that amounts to more than $61,000 per tent per year.

The city has created six tent sites, called “safe sleeping villages,” since the beginning of the pandemic to get vulnerable people off crowded sidewalks and into places where they have access to bathrooms, three meals and around-the-clock security. 

The annual cost of one spot in one site is 2½ times the median rent for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco...Read all.