Tent City in California!

Signs of the times indeed. I think you are going to see more and more of these pop up as things continue. More and more self conained communities are going to begin springing up, soon it will be more than just homeless you are going to see people banding together for protection, for the sharing of resources, for just a general sense of looking out for each other.

It sounds a lot like the cities that sprang up during the Great Depression and the Oklahoma Dust Bowl. (Something right out of The Grapes of Wrath). I truly feel if we did more as neighbors for our neighbors across the world we'd see a much different outcome. Practicing common human decency seems to be what is needed. Namaste-Anora

Hmm... there is no laws to disallow the set up of such shanty towns? And the police cannot do anything to remove these people from their tents? How about the social services? Do they not have the obligation to try and settle some of the problems that are faced by these people living in the tents? I wonder if the current president is aware of this. And if he is, what is he going to do about it.

Hi Jen sure its sad news and no doubt by this differnt other social problems may arise as if "Tent cities" start emerging than comtrolling and providing facilities to them would be hard. Just hope that things start get settling down, Global economy recession become to end, all people get jobs and enough money to secure ur houses and household Take care

Sounds like the depression all over again. I have known of people living in tents all across this fine country in years past. I had a girlfriend that lives in one for several years in Colorado. I would absolutely hate it. I find it sad that this is how people have to live and raise children and try to have some simblance of happiness. I hope they have that anyway. I have heard that this recession is supposed to be over within the year. I can hope that is true.

I'm from San Diego, California and every winter the city sets up tents usually when the homeless shelters are all filled up. These tents are normally set up to take care of the overflow of homeless. These tents are taken down when winter ends and are by no means meant to me a permanent form of housing. Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

I think that having some regulation in the tent city is a good thing despite the fact that the growing number people losing their jobs is really sad...

This is a bad and sad news. According to the bad economy, more and more people have a bad effect from it. I hope this situation will change better. As I am afraid the crimes will increase if this situation goes worse. I love China

It's really heart wrenching to hear such news!~ Hope things will get better soon!~ This is really an abnormal phenomenon!~

i to saw that on the news & was shocked that it had come to that. i couldn't get it off my mind. was wondering if these tent cities would be popping up everywhere. is this people who were living above their means or what???it's very sad they have come to that whatever the reason.

This is sad and I blame the people, the corporations and government. The government makes it too easy for companies to outsource to other countries and to import their own products. Make tariffs high for bringing those products back and make it mandatory that whomever works for them, no matter where they live, must be paid minimum wage. If they have to do that and pay higher tariffs, they will stay home. Why do I blame the people? Well, I have many friends and family who are in business with employees that they cannot keep because they have poor work ethics. I have worked with so many people in the US like that and it makes me sick. When I was a teen, I never thought of NOT showing up for my after school job as I would have been fired. Kids will call in, last minute, sick, and go on a date, instead. They do not think for themselves, either, and these same teens turn into adults just like that. Poorer countries have people only too willing to work their butts off for just a percentage of what people make here and work hard, too. So we need to make sure people who do not work hard are booted asap and let them all know that if they have poor work ethics, they will not keep a job. I blame the schools, too, but in some ways, it is out of their hands. Kids now get graded on a curve, and the no child left without a brain law.... er, no child left behind, makes it easy for kids who are lazy to still pass. I can give you examples of students who should have been left back, like in my day, and learn the work properly before moving on. Instead, I have tutored and mentored kids in middle school who cannot spell first grade words!!! They have poor reading and comprehension skills so how in the world did they get moved up? Of course, now they expect jobs will be there for them the same way that the grades are handed out like candy. Corporations have people at the top taking tons of their profit for perks and if the company is in trouble, they will not cut back on perks or payouts to stock holders. No, they dump the hard workers who are doing a good job, leaving them without retirement and sometimes a hope for another equal pay job. The people, again, can be lazy. When businesses do fire them, they will not go out and take two, lower paying jobs, because it is "beneath them". I saw this with my ex-neice-in-law's father. He had an executive position and they laid him off. He had plenty of job options and if he worked two jobs, one full-time, one part-time, he could make almost the same and get along with making some revisions on his personal expenditures. No, he wanted the same type of job, same pay and could not find it. So, he did not work at all!! Hey, if I have bills to pay, I am going to do what it takes. People, not all but many, in the USA have become spoiled. Ask anyone who lives outside the USA and see what they say.

I can see a lot of us living that way. Sacramento is not that bad a place to live in a tent, but it's very hot in the Summer. I wouldn't want to live here in a tent in the winter.

well,this is a very sensationnal news.I think that the govenment have to take some measures to help reducing the 'tent city'.If this can be continued for a long time ,it surely will do harm to the society.I hope that will not continue for along time.

When economy is bad there are no choice but to accept the facts but that not for long I think. The help is on the way, because of bad times that affect the entire world. It is our role to take back what is belong to us. Happy Mylotting.

Hey Jen! This is truly a very sad thing! It is horrible to see how bad the situation has become that people are left with no choice but to turn to living in tents here in the US! I think that at least they are smart enough to at least have rules! Can you imagine if they didn't what kind of place that would be? I just feel so badly that people have been reduced to this and there is no one who can help them! There are families with children living in these tents! How do they expect these kids to lead a normal life and go to school? I feel so bad for them! Why can't someone help? Why can't we fix this mess?

so..it's unbelieveable for me to imagine. for me i always carry my American dream that there are the fortune heaven . the locals need to live in tent and make a tent city..oh. this destroied my dream and may this recession go away asap. may god bless .