The President of the United States can NOT be personally responsible for assuring that 330 million people have roofs over their heads.
There is no solution for unfit or stupid parents
I live in a very rich white area in Marin County and even with all the money in the world many parents made serious mistakes that cause harm to their children psychology
Children need to be tight to be truthful honest independent and that learning is very important
God help those poor kids whose parents are drug attic‘s or abuse them
The only solution for those in dire straits is Jesus Christ
Of course this is also true for those that sit in ivory towers
John & Ken mentioned last week that a dangerous area of a local wash had to be cleared out of homeless before the rainy season - an entire army of social services descended on the area and set up desks and booths- for jobs, for shelters, for mental health issues, for drug addiction issues, welfare issues - out of the 80 people there only TWO accepted services, the rest refused - and were told to “move along.”
Therein lies the problem: many don’t want services; living on the streets is a preferred lifestyle.
The focus is always on the homeless, homeless, homeless!
What about the rest of us who get up and go to work each morning hoping for a quiet, peaceful life - and have to step over homeless while we go about our business? Or avoid aggressive panhandling and catcalling as my family had to endure recently?
What about our children just trying to get to school who have to pass homeless urinating, defecating or shooting up in full view in the streets (as I saw in San Francisco recently?).
What about OUR rights? The pols and media never mention this, we’re expected to tolerate it as those with “less privilege” or those who are “less fortunate.”
Frankly, I’m sick of it.
There was an incredibly good editorial in the New York Times a couple of months ago. it pointed out how New York City’s method of getting people into treatment centers to begin drug and alcohol treatment is critical. This is completely opposite LA’s approach to get people into housing before any treatment.
As an LA native, I see first hand the depravity of LA’s approach ... it demeans with the person needing treatment and the general public at the same time.