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Category Archives: Homeless
California’s Homeless Fraud
The conversation between Adam Carolla and Benny Johnson provides a structural critique of California’s institutional failure. Here are the primary timestamps and thematic breakdowns of their discussion. 01:02 – The Betrayal of the Palisades Johnson describes his visit to the … Continue reading
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Taking Down The Tent Cities
Adam Mill writes: Fixing the homeless problem begins by refusing to allow the homeless to occupy the public square. They do not have a constitutional right to inflict misery on the taxpayer. In 2023 the Supreme Court reiterated this in … Continue reading
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What Are Conservative Policies For Reducing Homelessness?
What are answers to American homelessness that do not reward people for being homeless but instead incentivizes pro-social behavior? I want the homeless off the street, but I don’t want to subsidize and encourage the terrible choices that lead to … Continue reading
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Tackling California’s Homeless Crisis (4-23-23)
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What Do We Do About the Homeless?
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Forbes: Why California Keeps Making Homelessness Worse
Michael Shellenberger writes: California is home to some of the world’s toughest environmental and public health laws, but skyrocketing homelessness has created an environmental and public health disaster. The 44,000 people living, eating, and defecating on the streets of L.A. … Continue reading
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Pedestrian Island Beggars
Comments: On the subject of cults, any insights into the persons standing in pedestrian “islands” of major streets holding up “Homeless, please help” signs? Not only have I noticed that every street corner of the major intersections features one of … Continue reading
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Rodger Jacobs, RIP
The coroner’s report shows that Rodger drank himself to death on July 5, 2016. He was 57. I never met Rodger Jacobs in person but he was in my life for a decade (from 1998 to 2005, he was in … Continue reading
One Solution To The Homeless Problem
Killer Preying on San Diego Homeless Attacks Again: SDPD I suspect Mafia communities do not have big homeless problems. LAT: L.A. will need to create a ‘housing machine’ as part of homeless bond measure, official says
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Steve Lopez: Five ways to end homelessness in L.A.
Here are some of my ideas: * Put the mentally ill in hospitals. That will solve about 90% of homelessness. * Figure out why there are so few asian or latino homeless and see if there are things that can … Continue reading
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