Orange County Homeless Thread (Oakland, Santa Ana: city hall, living in, authority)

[LuvSouthOC]

I can assure you they wont go after that scum bag homeless bf. Poor violent thugs get away with nearly anything at this point and they are not charged.

[Finper]

No they didn't even look for him and homeless don't move quickly... unless their on a stolen bike of course

[tommy64]

Originally Posted by SportyandMisty

Instead of donating food, it would be better to donate suitcases & bus tickets to somewhere out of state. Preferably, Washington DC.

Elon Musk could donate a spaceship to send 'em out to Pluto.

[James Bond 007]

Originally Posted by Kevdawgg

This is what happens when you vote democrat.

It's amusing (and sad, actually) how some people like to blame this on politics. There are plenty of homeless encampments in red states, too. For example:
Houston trying to tackle homeless "camping" | abc13.com
http://www.freepresshouston.com/home...eir-own-words/

[citiesexpert456]

I always see these guys (and gals) when I ride on the SART.

[lmh182]

Originally Posted by Finper

they just opened a 24 hour homeless shelter in Anaheim with 200 beds. It'll be interesting to see what happens to the river trail. My prediction is not much will change.

Interesting. A co-worker of mine lives near the river trail, but I believe he's in Santa Ana. For months he's been complaining about the noise from the encampment. He said he could see the tops of the tents from his from yard. A few weeks ago he said they were all gone.. no more noise, no more tents. He has no idea where they went. Maybe this shelter had something to do with it.

[CA4Now]

"Every homeless person who inconveniences a real housewife or NIMBYer is a living, breathing reminder that our superiority complex has nowhere to pitch its tent anymore. For far too long, we’ve self-mythologized ourselves as a place where good people could live out their three-bedroom, two-bath, swimming-pool suburban American Dream if only they tried hard enough, while “bad” people and their problems went to Los Angeles or the Inland Empire."

The upside of visible homelessness in Orange County: We can't pretend we're better than everyone - LA Times

[CaliRestoration]

Originally Posted by LuvSouthOC

I can assure you they wont go after that scum bag homeless bf. Poor violent thugs get away with nearly anything at this point and they are not charged.

Pretty much.

These people can steal, sexually harass, and be a nuisance with impunity. They picked the right state to be homeless.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

"Every homeless person who inconveniences a real housewife or NIMBYer is a living, breathing reminder that our superiority complex has nowhere to pitch its tent anymore. For far too long, we’ve self-mythologized ourselves as a place where good people could live out their three-bedroom, two-bath, swimming-pool suburban American Dream if only they tried hard enough, while “bad” people and their problems went to Los Angeles or the Inland Empire."

The upside of visible homelessness in Orange County: We can't pretend we're better than everyone - LA Times

The problem is really not solvable. There are 3 basic groups.

1. Those who have lost their jobs and are struggling and have the desire to get back to better conditions
2. Those with a past history, such as incarceration, past drug use, reducing their ability to get a job
3. Those with mental/drug etc problems who do not care and are content as they are.

There are other "groups" if you will and sub categories. However how do you help all of them?

Those that want help will take it but that is no guarantee the help will work for them as there are only so many jobs, but the balance, which is typically the largest percentage, do not want to change. What do you do with them? No place to live, won't work, will drink and take drugs and steal to get such. Even the best people cannot change the last group, as they do not want to change.

[CaliRestoration]

Originally Posted by expatCA

The problem is really not solvable. There are 3 basic groups.

1. Those who have lost their jobs and are struggling and have the desire to get back to better conditions
2. Those with a past history, such as incarceration, past drug use, reducing their ability to get a job
3. Those with mental/drug etc problems who do not care and are content as they are.

I'll add group 4 (from my experience doing charity on Skid row), run aways or people who choose to be homeless. These people chose to leave, sometimes very comfortable living situations, because they do not want to follow rules or be under anyone's authority. You'll see a lot of these homeless in places like Seattle. People who are perfectly healthy, come from upper middle class backgrounds but don't want to live under an authority figure anymore.