"but I its hard for me to believe that all these people had a decent life and that suddenly due to rising house prices they were driven to the streets and that

"but I its hard for me to believe that all these people had a decent life and that suddenly due to rising house prices they were driven to the streets and that everything will be fixed once housing prices become affordable again." Really? Cause that is the leading cause of homelessness. When your housing costs are eating up 50+% of your paycheck, that really leaves no slack whatsoever for if your car breaks down or you have a medical emergency or anything else. "I wonder if the homeless issue in california is a lot like it is in hawaii where people actively go there just to be homeless there rather than being displaced from their homes due to housing prices. After all the weather is nicer so its better to be homeless there than anywhere else." I have no idea who you're talking to, but I can guarantee that no one is homeless because they want to be homeless. "and everyone I've ever know whose rent was something they could not afford anymore just moved to somewhere less expensive." With what money? Again, if you're someone who's rent is taking up the majority of your paycheck, you don't have money to move elsewhere. Not to mention, leaving an area you grew up in, where most of all your connections and support structure reside, is not an easy thing to do.