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That's what I thought, thanks for proving my point.
It wouldn't be forced, you just aren't allowed to sleep in public at night. Or do things like block sidewalks, parking spots, etc that are supposed to be for the public to share with equal access. That really shouldn't be controversial.
Agreed.
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Watch "Seattle is Dying." Unless there's a plan to force them into drug rehab after an arrest/conviction, there is no plan (there is no plan).
What's so hard abut enforcing the laws as written? When you do that people tend to respond. Some go home, some seek treatment, some reconnect with family etc etc. It's the best and most efficient way to start. Follow behind with treatment and wrap around services. Right now they are leading with service and not providing any incentives. It's a comfortable free for all and it's just making things worse.
We did away with 11550 decades ago and this is part of the result of that.
Who does this kind of homelesness interference work? Do they like it? How much do they get paid? Who pays them? Good benefits?
The fact that you don't have a better solution to an idea that you find unpalatable. What we are doing so is clearly not working and only getting worse.
There's a reason they're not doing that. They blame the 9th circuit court decision but we have no idea what went on through back channels and whether the 9th circuit gave these politicians and homeless industrial complex the decision they wanted.
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Remember when we had a thing called vagrancy laws?
Which law makes being homeless a crime?Is there a problem with that? In my plan you would be welcome to walk the streets all you want, you just can't camp out on them. You are also allowed to come and go as you you please. You would also have a choice- sleep in a designated zone, or a shelter, or a jail.
Do you have a better idea?
A couple dozen plywood homes that cost the state more than a single family home in the area EACH. Those little villages are a criminal enterprise designed to make you feel better (check).This opened up down the hill from me not too long ago…
Tiny Home Village for the Homeless Opens in Highland Park; Largest in US
Councilman Kevin de Leon celebrated the opening of a Tiny Home Village in Highland Park today after sleeping overnight at the 224-bed interim shelter facility for people experiencing homelessness.
I drive by it all the time. The fencing, white structures and bright security lights give it a bit of a concentration camp or prison vibe. But on closer inspection the art and colorful paint jobs of the “houses” give it a bit of character. Our homeless problems in the area haven’t all been miraculously been solved since it’s been opened but they also don’t seem any worse. I know some worried it would attract more transients to the area. I guess only time will tell if it’s a success or not, but it’s good to see a tangible attempt at addressing the problem.
There are plenty of loitering and camping laws on the books....as well as laws against standing in traffic screaming, public nudity, public intoxication, assault, pimping and pandering, theft, drug dealing and public use, arson, urination and deification...not to mention the parking statues that are broken daily.
Most of these nonprofits are a jobs program for the children of the rich and a money laundering and benefactor program for the rich. If you look at how much they spend for each of those tiny homes, it's astronomical. Voters continue to support this approach because many of their kids are addicted to drugs (one woman in my former town admitted she just wanted a safe space for her daughter to do drugs) and because they ask politicians to DO SOMETHING, housing the homeless is something, therefore house the homeless.
The realtors made a killing, the nonprofit controlled the resource and got $20k a month rent directly from the government.
ticketing and arrest for a mentally ill vagrant is a losing proposition
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He was probably set on fire because he owed the black guy money or the black guy's boss. That's what a lot of these vagrant arsons are - punishment for unpaid drug debts.disposable lighters on sale at CVS this month !
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