re: How would you solve the problem of homelessness?

Lots of Fentanyl. Uncut fentanyl.

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Also, this is an adult conversation so save your kill them all or bomb the camp etc. responses for the political board.

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You must be new here.

Bring back mental institutions but with some serious oversight so they are screwing the patients are letting nurse cratchit run the place

Make life more affordable again

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Make life more affordable again

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Execute hedge fund managers that are buying up as much property as possible.

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I lived in LA for several years and saw a lot of homeless people. Seeing skid row was by far the scariest. It’s sad and disturbing to see people in those conditions. It’s a big fricking mess I don’t see how it can be fixed.

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You are witnessing the predictable social results of terrible policy. Recency bias has you accepting the results as "unavoidable" and "irreparable" because it's hard to remember anything else.

But there was something else, and there is a reason things were not always as they are now in California. It's no mystery by the way. It's no more magical than arriving at the simple realization California was once a politically balanced state, focused on solutions rather than excuses. Radical politics only arrives at its extreme through lack of accountability, but that is where California resides at the moment.

There are a litany of solutions. Just as in a radicalized unchallenged politik there are a litany of excuses or blame transferences.

For some not a choice but for many a choice.

FWIW, they are drawn by climate to SoCal. Many are on disability from Feds though able to work.

If there were no cameras or mobile phones to record anything, would we have a homeless problem? Would "authorities" act differently and the homeless would just disappear?

A really, really big hunger games. The one to leave will no longer be homeless and be rich as shite. Problem solved and all the money made off the event will balance the budget.

Your welcome.

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Provide all of the free drugs and alcohol that they could want. Provide free food and medical. Free tiny house. Let people come and go as they please

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That will only encourage people to choose that lifestyle.

You should get two options
1) Help. Case assessed. That person may need a mental facility or just need to be informed/guided with the existing assistance programs. For those that aren’t mental or dealing with recent financial hardship there should be a work program. You can earn housing by helping build and repair houses for the program (kind of like habitat for humanity volunteers). To keep your placement, your home has to pass regular inspection and you have to work for the program to produce food and whatever else for the community. Educate them on adult responsibilities and have them make the things they need. You can transition to a real job as long as you let the program help manage your finances. Once you are self sustaining you can “graduate” and move out. You can leave anytime before that if you want, but you only get 2 chances.

2) Jail. While the crimes they commit may not typically result in jail time, if you don’t have a home or family willing to take you in you go to jail for your own safety. You can leave as soon as you have family to take you in or you choose the help option.