{"id":1291714,"date":"2022-02-11T08:37:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T13:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1291714"},"modified":"2022-02-11T13:52:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T18:52:33","slug":"why-wouldnt-i-do-it-homeless-man-breaks-down-why-he-moved-from-texas-to-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-wouldnt-i-do-it-homeless-man-breaks-down-why-he-moved-from-texas-to-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Why Wouldn\u2019t I Do It?\u2019: Homeless Man Breaks Down Why He Moved From Texas To San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-wouldnt-i-do-it-homeless-man-breaks-down-why-he-moved-from-texas-to-san-francisco%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1291714&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/San-Francisco-Tent-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A homeless man named James recently broke down on camera how he spends his time in The Golden City while being broke. James, who claims he moved to San Francisco from Texas, told author Michael Shellenberger that he is homeless by choice and that it is \u201cliterally so f***ing easy\u201d because of how the city government reacts to the homeless.<\/p>\n<p>Shellenberger, author of a book titled \u201cSan Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities,\u201d asked James how he was able to obtain his funding. James explained, \u201cF***ing phone call bro\u2026 $200 [in] food stamps and $620 cash a month. Forget about it. \u2026 This right now is literally by choice, literally by choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re going to be realistic, they pay you to be homeless here,\u201d James claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Annually, the city spends $300 million in sheltering, feeding, and caring for the homeless. Last year, lawmakers expressed concerns over a portion of spending \u2014 $16.1 million \u2014 that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/san-francisco-paying-16-1-million-for-homeless-tent-camps\/2484769\/#:~:text=San%20Francisco%20is%20paying%20%2416.1,with%20a%20swelling%20homeless%20population.&amp;text=Six%20tent%20sites%20dubbed%20%E2%80%9Csafe,otherwise%20sleep%20on%20the%20sidewalks.\">provided camping tents and food<\/a> to some 300 people creating a pop-up homeless village replete with its own city-provided security as a COVID-19 mitigation measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t I do it? You know, it\u2019s f***ing free money dude,\u201d James explained. \u201cWhy would I want to pay rent? I\u2019m not doing s***. I\u2019ve got a f***ing cell phone that I have Amazon Prime and Netflix on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James indicates that he cleans and sells fentanyl vials and also provides Narcan tutorials in the event one of his clients takes too much of the drug and is on the verge of dying, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10498607\/San-Francisco-homeless-man-says-gets-paid-620-month.html\">explained<\/a> by The Daily Mail:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cThese two kids came up and they\u2019re like: \u2018Hey do you guys know where to get any oxycontin?\u2019 James told Shellenberger. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, \u2018look dude, I\u2019mma tell you right now, you\u2019re not going to get oxycontin out here on the street.&#8217;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>James said the teens had $40 to spend on drugs, which he used to purchase fentanyl for them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI said: \u2018Ok, this is what I\u2019m going to do. I\u2019m going to take your money\u2019 and I went and I got them fentanyl,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I f*****g brought it back and I set it down in front of them and I said \u201cThis is a gram of fentanyl. It is enough to kill six people who have never used it.\u201d\u2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>James said he showed the teens how much fentanyl he takes to get high and then provided a Narcan tutorial, citing how he knew they were going to continue to use drugs regardless of whether or not he helped them get high.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018I was like \u201cI\u2019m keeping your money and now I\u2019m going to teach you how to save each others\u2019 lives because you\u2019re not gonna f*****g stop. I can\u2019t steer you away from doing it, but the best thing I can do for you now is give you real drugs and show you how to do it properly and show you how to save your friend\u2019s life,\u201d\u2018 he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018And I showed them how to pull up Narcan and how to inject each other with the Narcan needle in case they died.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He added: \u2018I needed the money. Let\u2019s be honest.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for why drug use is so rampant, James blamed police officers who do not illegal immigrants bringing in the narcotics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve talked to the cops here,\u201d he told Shellenberger. \u201c\u2018I\u2019m literally 10 feet away from the drug dealers talking to you guys, why don\u2019t you go arrest them right now?\u2019 And they\u2019re like, \u2018Arrest them for what?\u2026 San Francisco is a sanctuary city. We arrest the Hondurans and we put them in jail, they\u2019re out two days later.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shellenberger\u2019s interview can be seen here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People say lack of housing forces local residents into the streets, but James says he came from Texas to San Francisco for the drugs, the non-enforcement of anti-camping laws, and the $820\/month in welfare &amp; food stamps. James says he sold fentanyl, 2 weeks ago, to a 15-year-old. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5qMr6tmlWs\">pic.twitter.com\/5qMr6tmlWs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShellenbergerMD\/status\/1491418120086454278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A homeless man named James recently broke down on camera how he spends his time in The Golden City while being broke. 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