All Star Economic News

[mmayr]

EXCLUSIVE: California's homeless crisis engulfs its capital as Sacramento's business owners tell how they confront naked junkies and streets covered in feces, urine and syringes - with no solution in sight

Sacramento residents and business owners have spoken out on the city's growing rates of homelessness - which is up 19 per cent in the last two years

Hair salon owner Liz Novak brought attention to the issue last week when she uploaded a video claiming she has been forced to relocate due to a vagrancy epidemic

Antique shop owner Steve Sylvester, whose business is located across from Novak's, said the problem has worsened in the past 18 months due to the city's drug scene

'Sacramento is the place where people are told you can get a quick fix with cheap drugs,' Sylvester told DailyMail.com

He said one homeless drug addict entered his store '95 per cent naked' and damaged $300-$400 worth of china when he was asked to leave

A waitress at Pancake Circus diner, identified only as 70-year-old Terri, said she starts every working day at 4.15am 'cleaning up needles and poop and washing down urine,' and shooing the homeless from the property . . .

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7396585/Californias-homeless-crisis-engulfs-capital-Sacramentos-people-confront-naked-junkies.html