L. A. Homeless

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussions' started by Frank Sanoica, Dec 19, 2020.

  1. Ed Wilson

    Ed Wilson Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Dec 6, 2019
    Messages:
    1,954
    Likes Received:
    3,410
    I think homelessness is one sign of cultural collapse with the loss of family structure in a lot of cases. You have absentee fathers resulting in no role model to look up to and to straighten your ass out when needed and to teach personal responsibility. It sends a lot of young people adrift trying to find the way themselves but end up with drugs and the wrong crowd. Soon it's a life style. It's not the government's responsibility and it doesn't take a village.

    A possible avenue of improvement in my mind is to re-introduce the military draft and give some a foundation in discipline and an ordered life before they get too far out of hand.
     
    #16
  2. Bobby Cole

    Bobby Cole Supreme Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    13,053
    Likes Received:
    24,624
    I’ve preached the draft thing for years particularly for young men who haven’t had a good balanced regimen of a work ethic, realization of responsibility and accountability and above all, self respect.
    The problem with the concept is that a large portion of the homeless are indeed military trained veterans.

    The object of appreciation might be that a large force of rescue missions currently have live in programs that range from 6 months to 2 years and are highly successful but there are only so many missions and sadly, because nearly all of them are faith based, many people do not wish to enter.
    The two main missions in Los Angeles for example each had a budget [as of nearly 20 years ago when I was there] of 19 -21 million bucks a year with the programs eating much of that budget up.

    Now, here’s the other problem. If a person has an alcohol or drug problem and enters into a program it is easy to get straight. Being alcohol and drug free is easy in a controlled environment. If that person hasn’t totally recognized what the problem is then once they hit the street again, many will go downhill and quick. Just getting cleaned up and putting on some weight and clean clothes isn’t the answer.
    The change has to come within a person and no amount of a controlled environment is going to help out unless that person can honestly feel, see and want that change.

    If the states would simply pick up the challenge and copy some of the programs that are already successfully helping those who want it, I think the homeless issue would drop dramatically.
    I mean, which is better: Spend 30-40 million on overdosed individuals, cleaning the streets, drug and drunk tanks, court and jail time etc or providing an avenue whereby the homeless have a way out?

    Of course, I also believe the cities need to ramp up the vagrancy laws which will either move people out of the city or make them realize that they need a place where they can seek help.
     
    #17
    Jenna Parnellson and Ed Wilson like this.
  3. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2016
    Messages:
    9,297
    Likes Received:
    10,619
    I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

    @Ed Wilson

    IMO, "drugs" are blamed far too often and far too deeply for society's ills, especially those of the young. Impressions ingrained early during the informative learning period, perhaps age 4 through 9 or so, guide the developing youngster to make his/her own decisions in life. Great numbers of young adults ignore "peer pressure" where it is obviously negative to their existence. As a young adult I hung out with some nasty young guys, just as I was, a few smoked, most did not, and drugs (other than alcohol) were never mentioned. We expended our excess energy playing baseball endlessly. We heard about drug use by fellow students, but paid it scant attention.

    I cannot explain why we were different. But certainly there still exist kids with similar outlooks to ours.

    Frank
     
    #18
    Bill Boggs and Bobby Cole like this.
  4. Beth Gallagher

    Beth Gallagher Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 11, 2018
    Messages:
    20,309
    Likes Received:
    42,296
    Merry Christmas to you, too, Frank.
     
    #19
    Frank Sanoica likes this.
  5. Herb Durant

    Herb Durant Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Dec 20, 2020
    Messages:
    490
    Likes Received:
    366
    Homeless people have become familiar faces in BC's suburbs and cities. However, homelessness is also a problem in small, rural communities. While the most visible homeless are those living on the streets, many more people live in poor-quality housing and are at risk of homelessness.

    People used to think that homelessness only affected a marginalized group of high-risk people. Since the 1980s this has changed: the homeless population has become more and more diverse. Rising inflation, rents and unemployment have caused many more people to become at risk for homelessness. Additionally, reduced eligibility for social assistance has made it harder for people to get benefits. Cutbacks in government housing programs and a reduced supply of low-cost housing meant there was less help for people living in unstable housing.
     
    #20
  6. Herb Durant

    Herb Durant Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Dec 20, 2020
    Messages:
    490
    Likes Received:
    366
    Vancouver BC is the most expensive place to live in North America homelessness is only a paycheck away for many.
     
    #21
    Last edited: Dec 25, 2020
    Bill Boggs and Frank Sanoica like this.
  7. Herb Durant

    Herb Durant Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Dec 20, 2020
    Messages:
    490
    Likes Received:
    366
    Some looser set a homeless lady's blanket on fire wile she was asleep on the sidewalk
     
    #22
  8. Herb Durant

    Herb Durant Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Dec 20, 2020
    Messages:
    490
    Likes Received:
    366
    Some looser set a homeless lady's blanket on fire while she was asleep on the sidewalk.
     
    #23
  9. Mary Miller

    Mary Miller Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 6, 2020
    Messages:
    200
    Likes Received:
    270
    lots of homeless chose cardboard boxes to shelters because they felt safer. With drug addicts and criminals thrown in with children and abused women handicapped,...
    This is a good time to step up and help. Lots of time being out of work? Volunteer!
     
    #24
    Bobby Cole and Frank Sanoica like this.
  10. Herb Durant

    Herb Durant Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Dec 20, 2020
    Messages:
    490
    Likes Received:
    366
    We have Covid restriction in Vancouver the shelter are at minimum staff the homelees situation is out of control .. google BC Vancouver East Side
     
    #25
    Bobby Cole and Frank Sanoica like this.
  11. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2016
    Messages:
    9,297
    Likes Received:
    10,619
    @Herb Durant

    While we lived in Phoenix, AZ, a year-round warm place, we had large numbers of "migratory homeless". Many spent the winters there, but left to return to cooler areas for the summer. I heard this from a guy who spent summers in Denver. How they managed their travel affairs, I have no idea.

    Frank
     
    #26
  12. Herb Durant

    Herb Durant Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Dec 20, 2020
    Messages:
    490
    Likes Received:
    366
    Apparently this is not enough money there are 50 people living in this city park
    Rapid Housing Initiative funds will be combined with mayor's $30M emergency housing initiative
     
    #27
  13. Bobby Cole

    Bobby Cole Supreme Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    13,053
    Likes Received:
    24,624
    There is indeed a solution to Homelessness in LA.
    It has been announced by the Los Angeles Homeless Authority that the word “Homeless” will no longer be used to describe those who do not have homes.
    The word has been described as demeaning and offensive so in order to remedy that, the words, “those without homes” and “people who live outside” will replace the singular offensive word.

    To ape the commentator I heard it from, in a technical sense, by eliminating word “homeless”, there will no longer be anyone who is homeless.
     
    #28
    John Brunner likes this.
  14. John Brunner

    John Brunner Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    May 29, 2020
    Messages:
    22,673
    Likes Received:
    32,145
    You have no idea how many people are homeless because they can't make their next mortgage payment.
     
    #29
    Bobby Cole likes this.
  15. Hoot Crawford

    Hoot Crawford Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2017
    Messages:
    970
    Likes Received:
    1,545
    Merry Christmas 2022 and Happy New Year 2023!

    And thank you Jesus for the good roof over my head and the indoor plumbing.
     
    #30

Share This Page