The “public funding” here is paid by the same philanthro-capitalists in the photo op.

"“Partnership for Zero”

If this is even half as successful as Target Zero expect double the amount of homeless

well
we can
ask them Nicely
to Solve capitalism

or we can do it
The Hard
Way

FDR
did & he
was Elected
Prez FOUR
fucking
Times

Shirley
there's no
Connection.

Prediction: If King County puts $1B/year into homeless services without restricting said services to actual King County residents, the number of homeless here will double.

Future Headline- Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk blast homeless into space, solving homeless crisis, and avoiding higher corporate taxes!

To quote PJ O’Rourke: One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license. End quote.
So what does it means when we’re always looking for someone to blame?

This is the same thing as all the local billionaires siccing the dogs on the taxman, while throwing a quarter at the beggar at the gate.

Or you or I tossing 2 pennies in a homeless person's basket and saying "there, solved it!"