Free shopping carts, shuttle proposed for homelees in San
Tom Boland (wgcp@earthlink.net)
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 01:29:22 -0400
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SAN FRANCISCO CONSIDERS GIVING HOMELESS THEIR OWN WHEELS
Correspondent Don Knapp contributed to this report
SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) -- In cities across the United States, homeless people
pushing their few ragtag possessions along the sidewalks in shopping carts
have become a familiar sight.
"It's like our house, you know, while we're temporarily homeless or
permanently homeless," said Steve, as he wheeled his cart along a San
Francisco street.
Actually, it was not his own cart he was wheeling -- Steve was pushing
stolen property.
Almost all the shopping carts homeless people use are taken from
supermarket parking lots, costing the stores -- and, ultimately, their
customers -- millions of dollars.
It also costs cities, as public workers are the ones who have to remove the
stolen carts from the parks, gutters and alleys where they often wind up.
"What kind of statement does it make for our city to have shopping carts
lying all over the place unattended?" asked Amos Brown, city supervisor of
San Francisco.
The problem has led to a proposal in San Francisco that the city endow each
homeless person with a personal shopping cart.
"It's a good idea," said homeless cart user Johnny Chavez, "because I think
one fourth (of the carts) in the stores are gone now. Look, I've got 11 of
them right here."
Other proposals for the shopping cart problem include introducing tough
penalties for theft of the carts and providing free shuttle buses for the
homeless.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) -- In cities across the United States, homeless
people pushing their few ragtag possessions along the sidewalks in
shopping carts have become a familiar sight.
"It's like our house, you know, while we're temporarily homeless or
permanently homeless," said Steve, as he wheeled his cart along a San
Francisco street.
Actually, it was not his own cart he was wheeling -- Steve was pushing
stolen property.
Almost all the shopping carts homeless people use are taken from
supermarket parking lots, costing the stores -- and, ultimately, their
customers -- millions of dollars.
It also costs cities, as public workers are the ones who have to remove
the stolen carts from the parks, gutters and alleys where they often
wind up.
"What kind of statement does it make for our city to have shopping
carts lying all over the place unattended?" asked Amos Brown, city
supervisor of San Francisco.
The problem has led to a proposal in San Francisco that the city endow
each homeless person with a personal shopping cart.
"It's a good idea," said homeless cart user Johnny Chavez, "because I
think one fourth (of the carts) in the stores are gone now. Look, I've
got 11 of them right here."
Other proposals for the shopping cart problem include introducing tough
penalties for theft of the carts and providing free shuttle buses for
the homeless.
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