The Homeless Industrial Complex is one of the biggest grifts in US politics & for rich, generally coastal, elites. There is a network in the PNW & left coast, including major players & political dynasty families, like (Pelosi/ Newsom,) who profit off the social programs which run as a front. In CA, OR, & WA, there is a whole gang of political leaders who profit off of “harm reduction” industries as well as legal (on paper) marijuana dispensaries, including the current political leaders in Oregon & Washington (including Tina Kotek.) There’s even a name for the gang, so to speak, that currently slips my mind. Something in Spanish about weed & hands, iirc.
Anyway, most of the actual funds get funneled into liberal political channels, & the homeless & destitute continue being props for the elites. It’s a huge grift & to be fair, happens with all political persuasions, not just the left. It’s just that the so called progressives have it down to a well oiled machine right now, & being as the left, at its best, focuses on social programs to help the people, it’s right at home in their platform. It hides in plain sight. Follow the money. The PNW has been purposely turned into an open air drug market to pay for Kotek & Newsom’s champagne socialist dinner parties.