Have you given any thought on how to takle the homeless crisis? I think about it a lot. It is so far out of control and geographicly spread out, do you create force (probably not the best word) to go into encampments to offer a solution? Whether that would be drug rehab for those who need it or a job skills program with placement to those down on their luck and just want to get back to work. Either way, it would require housing to get people back into working society. Do you use law enforcement? National Guard? There is so much work to be done on aging infrastructure that needs every level of skill. Shovel ready right? Except we need to actually do it. And what about the ones that refuse to participate? Such a slippery slope. Sorry to ramble, I just think about this, maybe too much. California is a beautiful state (I don't go there anymore) I pray for your efforts and we all know God Wins. I hope you take back your state. Best of luck.
The problem with all these shovel ready jobs and low cost housing is the millions of Mexicans and Hondurans, etc whom are filling every nook and cranny. The opportunities are being smothered by and overabundance of unskilled labor.
The only programs I have seen work for these homeless is charity like a Church group home get them back into society. In group help. The government programs are ineffective and full of graft.
It's so unfortunate, but you nailed it on the head with both, cheap labor and graft. I think we are making progress on the graft out of the gov. Although, both of those issues could fall under the graft. I think shovel ready could work with plenty of resources for housing and training (on the job and making money) if we took the illegal employment market. We can dream. They could have a merit based employment program with future citizenship to deal with the illegals. But the gov would have to also go after the companies that are abusing low wage labor.
Have you given any thought on how to takle the homeless crisis? I think about it a lot. It is so far out of control and geographicly spread out, do you create force (probably not the best word) to go into encampments to offer a solution? Whether that would be drug rehab for those who need it or a job skills program with placement to those down on their luck and just want to get back to work. Either way, it would require housing to get people back into working society. Do you use law enforcement? National Guard? There is so much work to be done on aging infrastructure that needs every level of skill. Shovel ready right? Except we need to actually do it. And what about the ones that refuse to participate? Such a slippery slope. Sorry to ramble, I just think about this, maybe too much. California is a beautiful state (I don't go there anymore) I pray for your efforts and we all know God Wins. I hope you take back your state. Best of luck.
The problem with all these shovel ready jobs and low cost housing is the millions of Mexicans and Hondurans, etc whom are filling every nook and cranny. The opportunities are being smothered by and overabundance of unskilled labor.
The only programs I have seen work for these homeless is charity like a Church group home get them back into society. In group help. The government programs are ineffective and full of graft.
It's so unfortunate, but you nailed it on the head with both, cheap labor and graft. I think we are making progress on the graft out of the gov. Although, both of those issues could fall under the graft. I think shovel ready could work with plenty of resources for housing and training (on the job and making money) if we took the illegal employment market. We can dream. They could have a merit based employment program with future citizenship to deal with the illegals. But the gov would have to also go after the companies that are abusing low wage labor.