Governments (politicians) at any level never take responsibility for their own failures. They just continue to pile on more taxes, fees, laws and regulations. Plus patronage study committees and other useless stuff.
And it’s even better if you’re a Democrat. Homeless populations created (in large part) by generational failures of liberal policies are always blamed on heartless Republicans. So, pols presiding over the current epidemic like Gavin Newsom and Eric Garcetti, get a free pass.
I chose the word “epidemic” deliberately, because that may be what finally forces action on this issue. A number of doctors and public health officials are warning that the homeless encampments are breeding grounds for typhoid, typhus and even the plague. Can you imagine a plague epidemic in la-la land? Some experts say its just a matter of time, and the likelihood is further increased by unfettered illegal immigration and the anti-vaccine kooks.
And as the outbreak spreads to the wealthy suburbs, you’ll be surprised how quickly the homeless are rounded up, and their tent cities razed. The swells in Hollywood and the tech wizards in the Bay Area are happy to tolerate the homeless (and their accompanying problems) as long as it doesn’t affect their rich enclaves. Faced with a deadly, communicable disease that doesn’t discriminate, their hypocrisy will evaporate faster than an ice cub in Palm Springs in July.