Homelessness is the Rorschach test of humanitarian crises: We all see what we want to see. Some identify the core problem as the lack of affordable housing or inadequate rent control laws. Others fault the lack of quality treatment for people struggling with mental illness, addiction, rampant economic inequality or the plague of mass incarceration.
Lately, Sacramento Mayor Darryl Steinberg and others have talked about the need also for more temporary shelter beds. This is another step in the right direction. But we’re still not thinking broadly enough.We also need to expand transitional housing options, which provide indispensable, on-site mental health services, job training and life-skills education to help formerly homeless people be better neighbors when they move into permanent supportive housing.
That adds up to an untenable system. As this paper recently reported, L.A. County is on track to seeing 1,000 homeless people die this year. We need to rethink how we balance individual rights with the dangers of living on the streets.One thing this will require is being honest about the risky approach of the recent Mitchell settlement.
A recent measure in San Francisco expanded that city’s conservatorship law to allow public agencies to more easily exert guardianship over people who are suffering from severe mental illness or are addicted to drugs or alcohol. It’s a highly controversial step. Yet, if we’re serious about helping service-resistant individuals who can’t necessarily help themselves, such a measure should be seriously considered.
opinion Szociálisan érzéketlen az egész társadalom,embertársaikkal és gondjaikkal szemben. Nem is lesz megoldás,mert nagyon is a pénzhatalma körül forog minden és ez túl sokba kerülne.
opinion Idea: Re-open the mental health facilities that Cuckoo's-Nest watching 'reformers' demanded be closed in the 70s. Give these poor people shelter that will do some good.
opinion Reason number one, it's not just an LA crisis, or a SF crisis it's a US crisis
opinion At this point we should try any sized solution!!
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