“In the 2015-16 California State Legislative Session, Senator Carol Liu introduced Senate Bill 876, which would have afforded people who are homeless the right to use public spaces without discrimination based on housing status and without being subject to criminal or civil sanctions. During an April 2016 Senate Transportation and Housing Committee Hearing, SB 876 died ……..In fact, more than 110 California cities registered their formal opposition to the bill, along with a number of county boards of supervisors, business improvement districts, corporations and chambers of commerce. Without concrete action on criminalization, hundreds of thousands of Californians experiencing homelessness will continue to be punished for life-sustaining activities which they have no choice but to undertake in public…..”
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We know what the problems are-what are we doing to stop the abuses? Is it working? What is our plan B? What our our obstacles? What can we do to overcome them?
These issues are not new so why are we so ineffectual?
Why is it taking so long to get a handle on the problems?W need to get smart and look at ‘WHAT WORKS’!