I'm near Salt Lake City, and the approach here seems to be raiding clusters of tents, arresting people for possession (and maybe other crimes), and then tell to

I'm near Salt Lake City, and the approach here seems to be raiding clusters of tents, arresting people for possession (and maybe other crimes), and then tell to get as many as are left into shelters or rehab. It sounds cruel, but it seems to work somewhat, and many of the negative externalities of homelessness has gone away (e.g. suicides by drugs). SLC hasn't really solved the homeless problem, but at least you don't see tent cities anywhere, which could be seen as good or bad depending on your outlook. I think something like that should happen elsewhere, but only if it's coupled with actual solutions, like improved homeless shelters and better policies for handling the homeless.