If the woman is staying in a shelter and panhandling, then she probably can't afford to just go back home, regardless of her want of taking a road trip and goin

If the woman is staying in a shelter and panhandling, then she probably can't afford to just go back home, regardless of her want of taking a road trip and going back to school. It's also just as likely that she won't be able to visit her mother in Nebraska because she won't have the money for it and will just be on the street with her baby daughter (likely the only reason she was able to get into the shelter in the first place). If she can't physically go to Nebraska to being her daughter, how would you propose she get her daughter to Nebraska? Beyond that, take a step back and realize that a good portion of the homeless people in SF have mental health and drug abuse issues and so, yes, it's not really possible to reason with them, but not because they are unreasonable, but because they often times aren't able to reason in the same way. It's better to direct your anger at a city that takes in high taxes through sales tax and property tax but can't seemingly help with this issue (through whatever means that would be, like affordable housing or better outreach).