Homelessness on the Joe Rogan Experience

“Well, they've had massive results. They've increased the homeless population dramatically. If you pay for something, you get more of it.”

Carlson claims California's homelessness spending directly caused a dramatic increase in the homeless population, framing government aid as the driver.

“And these people that are running this homelessness initiative or whatever the fuck they call it, they're making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, some …”

Carlson claims homelessness-initiative operators are personally making up to a quarter million dollars a month.

“But when they did that study where they said that they had no data, like, how are you? What? You can't say whether or not it's doing anything? Well, how'd you …”

Carlson claims California spent $24 billion on homelessness while a state audit found no data on outcomes.