It is pretty common for large cities to do that information. The idea behind it is not bad: the person they are sending knows someone in the destination city that can help them out. The problem comes with follow up. If there is no follow up (which is rare), then there is no confirmation that the person actually got help. There is little incentive for the original city to check in because that costs money and they technically did their part by reducing homelessness in the city.

And when I say it is common in large cities, it does not really matter whether they lean left or right. LA, SF, and NYC sends out quite a few homeless on one way tickets as do places like SLC and Florida.

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