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It's hard to take care of the mentally ill who live on the streets, especially in California. They cannot be legally confined for treatment until they are deeme
by Kalium 9y ago
It's hard to take care of the mentally ill who live on the streets, especially in California. They cannot be legally confined for treatment until they are deemed a threat to themselves or others, and that's a pretty high bar. Until then, it's up to them to seek treatment. Many don't want it or can't handle the organization / discipline to stay treated.
As a result, it's not nearly as tractable a problem as it seems.
- conanbatt 9y agoYet cities like buenos aires with rampant poverty don't have this issue and it doesn't nearly as much to solve that particular problem. It is a problem of policy and one that affects both the homeless and the non homeless people tremendously. I guess if the couple that had kept the presidio street and were to put up the homeless tents there , the problem would find a solution much faster. As many others, its a problem of political will. What is unique, is that people everyday have to deal with homeless people in SF and yet its not a top agenda. Smoking pot is tho.