I USED TO GO INTO THE DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO STARBUCKS ON BROADWAY NEXT TO THE TROLLEY STOP. I USED TO ORDER A BAGEL OR A BREAKFAST SANDWICH EARLY AM BEFORE WORK.

THAT STARBUCKS ALWAYS HAD SEVERAL OF THE DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO HOMELESS SITTING THERE THE ENTIRE DAY AND USING THE FREE STARBUCKS WIFI ON THEIR FREE US GOVERNMENT OBAMA PHONES.
THEY ALSO HAD THEIR FILTHY, GERM INFESTED BAGS SITTING ON THE TABLE OR ON THE EXTRA CHAIRS.
THESE ARE NOT JUST SOME HOMELESS GUYS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WHILE GETTING SOME FREE FOOD & USING THE SHOWERS AT FATHER JOES SHELTER IN SAN DIEGO. THESE GUYS ARE THE HOMELESS WITH NO SHOES AND BLACK FEET AND HAVE NOT SEEN A SHOWER FOR MONTHS OR MORE. ALTHOUGH, SOME IF THE PEOPLE WERE NOT ALWAYS SO BAD.
AS SOON AS YOU ENTER THE STORE, YOU SMELL HE STENCH. IT SMELLED JUST LIKE THE STRIP ROOM AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAIL!

I ASKED ONE OF THE STARBUCKS WORKERS WHY THEY LET THE FILTHY HOMELESS SIT THERE ALL DAY AND HE TOLD ME THE STARBUCKS CORPORATION TOLD THEM TO LET ANYONE SIT THERE FOR AS LONG AS THEY WANT. HE WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT AS WELL AND HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SWITCH LOCATIONS AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN AND THE HOMELESS.

THESE HOMELESS HAVE A GREAT SHELTER IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO CALLED FATHER JOES VILLAGE. THEY CAN JUST STOP IN AND GET A GOOD MEAL OR SHOWER.
FATHER JOES ALSO HOUSE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE BUT THOSE GUYS HAVE TO LIVE BY STRICT RULES. NO DRUGS,ALCOHOL,HAVE TO BE IN AT AN EARLY TIME,HAVE TO WORK A JOB AND MUCH MORE. MOST HOMELESS DON’T WANT TO LIVE BY THOSE RULES OR A CLEAN LIFE SO THEY CHOSE THE STREETS INSTEAD. I HAVE NOT EVEN TOUCHED THE MENTAL HEALH ISSUES AND DRUG DEPENDENCY WITH MANY OF THESE PEOPLE. IT’S VERY SIMILAR TO ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN UP THE OCEAN......

SAN DIEGO IS WELL ON IT’S WAY TO BEING ANOTHER SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE OR PORTLAND WITH ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS....

IT’S VERY SAD, IT WILL TAKE SO MANY YEARS TO CLEAN UP THESE ONCE GREAT CITIES.