In a story to be entered straight away in the “you gotta be kidding me” files, Oakland has decided to thwart a giant homeless encampment and stop copper thieves by… removing traffic lights at a four-way intersection and replacing them with stop signs.
It’s hard to believe nobody has thought of this before. Another way authorities could get rid of the tent cities is to forcibly take away all the local businesses from their owners and house the homeless inside them. And maybe boot the mortgage-paying crowd from their houses to make even more room, while you’re at it.
Why worry about the local citizenry? It’s Gavin Newsom’s Golden State, after all.
It’s like the city just gave up on them, one Oaklander said:
Oakland has been experiencing high crime and theft, including people stealing copper wires and the city’s infrastructure, according to locals who spoke to CBS News….
