No, a lot are also drug addicts that are way too far beyond the bend.Not all mentally ill are schizophrenic and need to be institutionalized.
Not all homeless are mentally ill.
There's quarter of a million homeless in California alone.
Seems unrealistic that they are all mentally ill.
Why wouldn't you rather put them on welfare and let them smoke ciggies and watch TV all day than bathe you in dhiarhea?
I have spent a lot of time in downtown LA, especially before it was gentrified. Not to mention growing up near Santa Monica, which has always been a homeless gathering area (thanks Tom Hayden!). Yeah, most of the homeless are pretty f*cked up in the head.
There are plenty of people on welfare already doing nothing but smoking and watching TV. It's not just the retired who are watching daytime TV.