(04-26-2021, 08:07 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Did I say that? I said you either have to be authoritarian, or throw lots of money at the problem. You can't just institute a reasonable solution at this point, because democratic policies caused the problem to grow out of control. It's estimated that there are close to 161,000 homeless in CA, up 7% since Covid. Illegal immigration contributes to the problem, but Cali doesn't record that, so we don't really know how much it's contributing. I'd suspect you'd see this group represented the highest in homeless families, but that's a small portion of the homeless problem in CA. There are 22,000 people (8k adults and 14k children) that are homeless, and they are the most likely to use the shelters provided by the state. So, when we are talking about Cali's visible homeless problem, it's mostly single people living on the street. MOST of those people are in-state, not out-of-state like some people like to claim (I believe it was 92% of homeless are CA natives). It's estimated that 2/3 of all homeless in LA have substance abuse issues. And for the social justice morons on this board, 30% of the homeless in CA are black, which represents the highest homeless rate per capita for blacks in this country. That's a MASSIVE problem. You're not just building buildings to solve this.

Every single one of these issues was created by bad democratic policies on illegal immigration, criminality, drug acceptance, rent control, building regulations, high taxes, deemphasis on the nuclear family, etc. Well, guess what? Just like most of their policies, what looks good in the name of helping people ends up doing more harm than good. Almost every single one of those issues needs to be addressed in some form or another, but liberal and progressive dupes won't stop voting for these charlatans.

So, to solve this problem, CA firstly needs stronger policing (which prosecutes drug crimes and removes the homeless from areas they shouldn't be), they need make drug treatment mandatory for those with substance abuse issues and re-open mental institutions, they need stronger border control, and they need to make efficient housing the goal instead of idealistic housing, which means deregulating building standards (especially environmental regulations), and allowing business to compete to make low-income housing. That's a start.

I agree with a lot of that, but when you say, "...removes the homeless from areas they shouldn't be...," where would you put them?  

In other words, the homeless which are clogging certain areas of LA, ruining local businesses and ruining the quality of life of the local residents, which brought about this lawsuit, what would do you about that situation?

You think I'm a liberal because I ask questions, but not every question is a trap and not every question is designed to initiate an argument.  Sometimes, I am just curious about people's views on things.

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