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In reply to the discussion: Staggering homeless count stuns LA officials. [View all]Dorian Gray
(13,514 posts)I have tons of empathy. I also work in a non-profit and we focus on issues of homelessness in the city.
But you need the local municipalities to be willing to work on this. There are some hard decisions. Financial equity, mental health help, drug abuse programs, social services, etc. need to be offered. Community taken care of. And, in some cases, you need laws that disperse people.
The tent cities ARE a problem. Not because the people living in them don't have human dignity. They do. But our society seems to be at a loss in dealing with the issues that lead to this. Why do thousands upon thousands of people end up living in those conditions. We need to address this. The West Coast cities, from LA to Vancouver, are all experiencing higher than normal homeless populations and all the problems that go along with that.