L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva Calls for ‘State of Emergency’ on Homeless Crisis

Breitbart ^ | 25 Jun 2021 | JOEL B. POLLAK

[Mr. Mojo]

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva wrote to the L.A. Board of Supervisors on Wednesday to ask them to declare a “state of emergency” on the local homeless crisis, saying that “failed policies” were causing death on the streets.

Villanueva has recently adopted a more assertive approach, vowing to clear homeless encampments from the Venice Beach area and standing up to the L.A. City Council on its failure to contain the spread of tent cities throughout the city.

This week, he stepped up his efforts by calling on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to act, in a press conference.

In a letter to the board, Villanueva said (original emphasis):

Since taking office [in 2018], I have watched state, county, and local government fail to address the homeless crisis affecting the residents of Los Angeles County … Despite spending in excess of $6.5 billion over the last ten years to address the issue, and the creation and efforts of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), nothing has changed. In fact, the homeless problem has only grown by approximately 20 percent each year. According to LAHSA’s 2020 count, Los Angeles County had over 66,000 persons experiencing homelessness living in our streets. Conservative estimates for 2021 put the figure over 80,000 persons.

[Gritty]

Bring back the insane asylums. Commit the addicted and crazy ones.

Then take the remainder and give them a choice;

1. depression era style WPA work camps
2. getting a job and staying "clean" and on their own
3. moving in with family who commit to taking care of them.

If they reject or fail in any of those options, send them to

4. a minimum security holding camp where they are kept under guarded supervision 24/7

Then annually review their behavior and release them to 1. 2. or 3.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

[caww]

And they’ve been throwing money at it for decades. Why not just build a huge prison style center and put them there? If you’re found on the streets then thats where you go.

[Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi]

Exactly.

Put homeless shelters in the ritzy neighborhoods where the leftists live; they created the problem, let them deal with it.

[Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi]

I don’t think there is anything that smells worse than a paper mill.

The dead skunks on Highway 149 smell better.

[sheana]

Oh they are not just in parks. I was in LA yesterday. Right smack dab on the freeway in Hollywood. Homeless tents surrounding almost every overpass. They’re everywhere you look.