Center on Wealth & Poverty
Jonathan Choe and Kevin Dahlgren explore the underground tunnels of Las Vegas, where the homeless have set up camp despite the very real danger of flash floods. There, they find despair and peril experienced by the tunnel residents and the hypocrisy of a city that would rather ignore the unseen plight of its underground residents.
More than 20,000 people are living on the streets in Washington state, most of them suffering from an untreated mental illness and/or drug addiction. HB 2266 is currently moving through the Washington State legislature to make it easier to develop subsidized housing and emergency shelters in the style of the failed Housing First policy. This bill would override local ordinances Read More ›
Discovery Institute recently partnered with Angela Todd of PDXReal in Portland, Oregon, to examine the catastrophic impacts of Net Zero policies bearing down on Washington and Oregon. See her latest report. For more information on net zero policies in the Pacific Northwest, and their harmful consequences, please see:
San Francisco has been handing out drug paraphernalia freely to addicts for decades. Under the new administration of Mayor Daniel Lurie, however, individuals must be connected to treatment, counseling, or other recovery services to continue receiving these supplies. Filmmaker SIX SEVEN KEVIN speaks with addicts, residents, and city officials about the conditions of San Francisco’s streets. 6’7 Kevin is a documentary Read More ›
Jonathan Choe continues to monitor the dire situation of Seattle’s Little Saigon, this time with independent journalist Nick Shirley. The two discover that the black market of drugs and stolen goods goes unchecked, drug addicts are passed over on the street with rotting flesh, parks intended for community members and families are overrun by open-air drug use, and city officials Read More ›
Dr. Robert Marbut appeared on NewsNation with host Chris Cuomo to discuss President Trump’s “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” Executive Order. Dr. Marbut explains how this Order will serve the street-level homeless community, how harm reduction and Housing First failed, and the importance of focusing on treatment and recovery.
Robert Marbut appeared on News Nation this afternoon to discuss President Trump’s new “ENDING CRIME AND DISORDER ON AMERICA’S STREETS” Executive Order. Marbut highlights the importance of funding drug addiction treatment, bunks the myth that the homeless will be thrown into jail, and discusses the reasons behind involuntary commitment.