A question: How is the money set aside for homelessness divvied up among the communities? If it is like other areas of California, the 800-lb gorilla gets most if not all the money. If that is the case, then why shouldn’t communities steer their homeless people to the gorilla?
There have always been poor and people who fall on hard times. What is different today is that the traditional safety nets of family and church are not functioning as they once did. Family dissolution means every generation is struggling, not just the younger ones who once could shack up with the folks or siblings until they got on their feet. Nowadays, the parents are managing multiples support payments and mortgages, botox and viagra expenditures. And in the past, people naturally belonged to churches where they assisted fellow parishioners when they could and felt confident they could rely on them if/when they needed it. But both families and faiths tended to want people who made poor choices in their lives to change for the better. Enter the government which made it possible for dysfunctional people to blow off both family and faith and opt for money from a nonjudgmental sugar daddy. So we have our problem and it is hardly surprising and won’t be solved without fundamental changes in our society.
The socialists have been using most of the funds to help illegals. HUD housing, medical, and mental health programs have been being used for illegals over our own citizens.
I am not one to think throwing money at the homeless issue is the answer but we are not even doing that. The money is being thrown at the illegals. What they are doing to “help” the citizen homeless is giving them permission to set up tents on sidewalks and potty in public areas.
” Nowadays, the parents are managing multiples support payments and mortgages, botox and viagra expenditures.”
Baloney.
There are lots of solid,intact families out there.
Many FReepers make fun of adult children who DO live with their families———they find it quite humorous.
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