Governor Gavin Newsom.
President Trump has warned Governor Gavin Newsom of California that federal intervention may be necessary to solve the states homeless problem. Fox News. California has the most homeless people in the United States with over 120,000. 68% of those people have some kind of shelter available to them. Newsom blamed the federal government for not following his plan to house people first instead of giving them mental health and drug treatment. Governor Newsom and President Trump have not gotten along with both often criticizing the other.
Governor Gavin N has done a really bad job on taking care of the homeless population in California. If he can’t fix the problem, the Federal Govt. will get involved! https://t.co/2z8zM37PUA— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 25, 2019
My Comment:
The other day I was bored online and decided to check out both Los Angeles and the Skid Row neighborhood as well as San Francisco on Google Maps. What I saw was truly shocking. The streets of Skid Row are filled with tent cities filled with homeless people. In San Francisco I saw people lying in the streets with needles lying near them, clearly stoned out of their mind at the very least and possibly even dead.
Clearly, the homeless problem in California is huge. I am not sure why it's such a problem. I think part of it is the milder climate in California which means that people can easily live outside. But I think it also has a ton to do with the liberal government of California. They make it very hard to arrest criminals and vagrants. Some of these people should be in jail or prison. California's insanely high taxes, cost of living and real estate prices doesn't help either.
I don't think that Newsom's plan to house the homeless will work. Many of these people are either drug users, who are usually banned from public housing, or are people that have no desire to live anywhere else but the streets. They might be able to get some of the people off of the streets but I don't think many will sign up for it.
Will President Trump be able to help things? It depends on what he wants to do. I think if he tries to get more mental health for these people and get them off of drugs he could improve their lives. And something has to be done as it's very clear that Governor Newsom and California are incapable of solving the problem. But even with the help, I don't know if that will be enough.
I think there will always be some homeless people. Some people are just crazy and can't really be helped. Some people want to do drugs or otherwise don't want to follow the rules of society. And sometimes people just have a streak of bad luck. There is only so much we can do to reduce the harm these people cause and how much we can help them. They will always be a problem.
That being said, I think that other states do a much better job of taking care of the homeless than California. Every state has some homeless people but the rest of the country doesn't have tent cities in the middle of a major city or drugged out people passed out on the street. Clearly, what California is doing is not working and I hope that someone can, if not solve the problem, make things better there.
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