the advocacy group impact homelessness from two thousand and four to two thousand and thirteen osceola county collectively arrested these same thirty seven individuals one thousand two hundred fifty times they were incarcerated for nearly sixty two thousand days costing the county a total of over five million dollars keep in mind it would have cost taxpayers one point four million dollars or less to house these individuals then jail them but it's not just the south trying to throw away its homeless problem san francisco's dealing with poverty issues by literally treating the homeless like garbage according to activists some street cleaners are spray not just the sidewalks where the homeless sleep but the people themselves although city officials are denying the practice of two thousand and eight investigation by activists using undercover cameras showed street cleaners both kicking homeless people and hosing them down with water cannons so once again instead of investing in shelters and housing assistance san francisco spending over one point three million dollars a year to wash its streets c