Opinion: Maybe homelessness isn’t an unfixable problem after all
SACRAMENTO – California is home to nearly one-third of the nation’s homeless population and the problem – by almost everyone’s account – continues to worsen. Thetell part of the story: More than 170,000 people sleep in tents in public parks, under freeway bridges and on sidewalks in our cities and suburbs. The state has spent $20 billion to address the problem in five years.
The anecdotes are even more telling, given that the common, appalling street scenes cause businesses to shutter and discourage people from visiting downtowns or use public transit. I was chatting on my cellphone on a Sacramento street when a homeless man started screaming in my face. It doesn’t take manyLiberal Democrats, who typically run big-city governments, have understandably been reluctant to embrace enforcement-centric policies.
as scared and angry residents speak out. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced efforts to clear out 1,200 homeless encampments. Officials in San Francisco even unleashed the National Guard to tamp down open-air drug markets.the effort is “concentrated in or near the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods of the city.” Those neighborhoods are Ground Zero for homeless encampments, which should surprise no one.
Even if Housing First worked, the state can’t afford to build – and certainly not quickly – the number of units needed. We’ve seen absurd
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