That’s the way it used to be in the US. Vagrancy was a crime but not a felony. Bums were sent to “the farm” to sober up and work hard for a few months. That

That’s the way it used to be in the US. Vagrancy was a crime but not a felony. Bums were sent to “the farm” to sober up and work hard for a few months. That changed in the 1960’s. Liberals convinced themselves and those in power that it was virtuous to let addicts and the mentally ill waste their lives away on the street. Because of COVID, I haven’t been to SF in two years, but on my last trip it had reached absurd levels of dysfunction. Try walking 1 block down Market St to the Mikkeller Bar and you’ll have to jump over 5 spots of human feces, swerve around 3 people snorting god knows what off the sidewalk, and avoid 12 urinating bums. Very progressive.