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1. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
   July 5th, 2008 at 2:17 pm

   I’m not sure, but I suspect the same thing could be going on in other cities. Housing prices have just skyrocketed in some areas.

2. JC
   July 5th, 2008 at 5:01 pm

   That´s ironic.

3. Miss Cellania
   July 5th, 2008 at 9:49 pm

   OK, maybe they could go back to a minimum wage of $5.85 an hour like the rest of the country, and LOTS of people will be poor! Would that be better?

   The idea of a “living wage” that SF instituted was for exactly this… to give working people enough money so they wouldn’t need government help. Yes, housing prices all over California are insane, but if people refused to pay that much, they’d come down.

4. Ari
   July 6th, 2008 at 4:13 am

   Welcome to San Francisco… you expected anything different?

5. the nag
   July 6th, 2008 at 8:16 am

   I.m with you, Miss C.

6. Thomas
   July 6th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

   Yeah, living in Georgia, I can’t fathom the prices in California. I live in a very nice house in a nice neighborhood that cost my parents just under 200k. That might buy a shack in a bad neighborhood in California.

7. kat
   July 6th, 2008 at 7:01 pm

   legalize marijuana so we can live + smoke our houses.

8. Lea
   July 7th, 2008 at 11:37 am

   God forbid you do the responsible thing and try and take care of yourself.

9. Charlene
   August 20th, 2008 at 11:28 am

   I live in Riverside county, and as a single parent I make just a few hundred more then the limit for assistance of any kind, but I strugle with rent, food, gas and bills (no credit cards, no extras, medical insurance for my daughter, car insurance, etc). My rent alone, which is cheap by the area standards, still takes over half my monthly income.

   I struggle to put food on the table for my daughter and gas in my car to continue working. I do not expect a handout, but what can you do when you cannot afford to move, and you cannot afford to live? I would take a second job, but cannot afford to pay someone to watch my toddler on the weekends (by the time I paid the sitter the money would be gone, plus more). The income level is based on gross, before they tax it, before the 300 a check garneshment comes out. I am doing the right thing, and it is killing me. I had social workers tell me to take a lower paid job to get assitance. Does that make sense? I have worked hard all my life, and I am not asking for a luxurious life. I just wish I could worry less about feeding and housing my daughter.

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