Re:Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis
by prostoalex on Monday February 26, 2018 @05:09AM
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The economically disadvantaged are the easiest to help as they cling to every opportunity to get their life back in shape.
But then you have the mentally ill, mentally disturbed, drug addicts and the criminals to abet them. A coordinator for a local charity in Santa Ana had a post on a local NextDoor mentioning that their charity was running below capacity. Few reasons people would refuse any help and continue tenting by the river included:
* general requirement by the charities to have drug- (which includes alcohol-) free zones
* people didn't want to be "in the system" whatever that meant, many did not want to be tracked by government or agency of any sort
* some homeless objected to the religious nature of some charities
* for some easy access to drugs was paramount (and concentrated encampments enable this to great degree)
But then you have the mentally ill, mentally disturbed, drug addicts and the criminals to abet them. A coordinator for a local charity in Santa Ana had a post on a local NextDoor mentioning that their charity was running below capacity. Few reasons people would refuse any help and continue tenting by the river included:
* general requirement by the charities to have drug- (which includes alcohol-) free zones
* people didn't want to be "in the system" whatever that meant, many did not want to be tracked by government or agency of any sort
* some homeless objected to the religious nature of some charities
* for some easy access to drugs was paramount (and concentrated encampments enable this to great degree)
* other mental issues
Not sure these can all be solved by more money.