Homeless in La La Land

This is an interesting article and an interesting question. I think if we would be honest with ourselves we would know that the problem is a multilayered problem which would need a multilayered solution. Many times we like to initiate blame. Yet, we know that many of the Homeless are actually veterans, so in those cases, building a wall or anything of the sort would not be the solution. Simply put, we should take care of our Veterans. Secondly, Another large proportion are mentally ill and the disabled. We are the most powerful, richest and greatest country in the world. Can we not take care of our Elderly, mentally unstable and disabled members of our society. It will not be easy and it will take sacrifices but it’s doable. Lastly, we must recognize that it is increasingly hard to maintain a certain level or lifestyle these days. The wage and wealth gap is getting bigger and a family of 5 with an income of 85k would find it difficult to live, when you factor in housing, medical costs, schooling and any emergency. Many people are one medical problem, one loss job, or maybe one divorce away from being in a tough position. We must plan ahead and start to solve this problem. So why do the homeless go to certain places?

Ken Rutkowski, have you connected with Willie Baronet?

Funny how the opening of Sanctuary Cities and the rise in Homeless rates correlate in CA. One would have to be blind not to see the obvious. Let’s start with a Wall. That will make the numbers more manageable for us to help. It’s not sustainable for the US to take on the worlds problems of poorly run countries.

Ken Rutkowski, the homeless problem is, at it’s roots, incredibly simple. The difficulty is the laws and regulations that have spread up around it and people’s feelings about votes. Let’s remove that from the equation for a moment. There are two, and only two, reasons people are homeless. They are a combination of ‘unable to afford’ a house and ‘unable to behave as needed’ to maintain housing. The first problem is solved by affordable housing, not the political male bovine excrement often talked about that comes in at the cost of $600,000/unit, but an inexpensive tent city on an empty lot, properly blocked out, with a few fixed structures. The second is far harder. My experience with the homeless in San Diego (I was one of them for a short time because of unnecessary family drama related to my military service) is that a large portion of them, especially veterans, don’t understand how to adjust and some do not want to. Veterans Village of San Diego has a great formula and example to follow to help with that. The difficulty arises where we have those with drug addiction and/or severe mental disorders. The problem *is* solvable, just not in 1200 characters without the political will to do what is needed.

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