Trump pushing for major crackdown on homeless camps in California

Washington Post ^ | Sept. 10, 2019 | Jeff Stein et al.

[Innovative]

resident Trump has ordered White House officials to launch a sweeping effort to address homelessness in California, citing the state’s growing crisis, according to four government officials aware of the effort.

The planning has intensified in recent weeks. Administration officials have discussed using the federal government to get homeless people off the streets of Los Angeles and other cities and into new government-backed facilities, according to two officials briefed on the planning.

But it is unclear how they could accomplish this and what legal authority they would use. It is also unclear whether the state’s Democratic politicians would cooperate with Trump, who has sought to embarrass them over the homelessness crisis with repeated attacks on their competency.

Trump’s directive is part of his broader effort in recent months to shine a light on problems in California and a number of major U.S. cities, including Baltimore and Chicago. He has complained about what he says are years of failed Democratic leadership that have led to sustained poverty and crime.

[morphing libertarian]

NO, NO, NO! State and local problem.

[morphing libertarian]

In Chino CA there is vacant prison with 1200 rooms, kitchens. recreation fields, pool, gym, shops which could be used for job training, a medical clinic, and chapels.