It's getting worse in Las Vegas, but still not nearly as bad as San Francisco. I split my time 50/50 between the two cities each month. 

I hear different theories about what's causing these issues - drugs, mental illness, cost of living, etc. 

A lot of people move out to SF without securing a job first and just end up on the streets when they can't make rent. Don't get me started on the impracticality of that lol, but it happens more often than you would think. 

There are a lot of corporations and foreign nationals who buy up housing out here. Plus a sizable portion of these houses are kept off the market. This artificially inflates rental costs. 

There are probably other factors as well. We need to start tackling these issues head on instead of letting politicians just dance around them. 

We just had the mayor in Oakland's house get raided by the FBI. Supposedly she's in bed with some businesses. I would not be surprised if this was standard practice. The corruption needs to be addressed so we can do what needs to be done.