No it can’t and that is precisely why nothing is being done about it and everything is being done to excuse it!!
That is, I think, closer to the root of the problem. Until the people who live near the root of the problem understand that it is going to require action on their part to remedy the situation, the buck is going to get passed.
Legislators will throw legislation and wasted money at the problem to virtue signal, show how “down with the struggle” they are, and buy votes, but it won’t fix the problem.