> homelessness is caused by lax policies in regards to crime and drug abuse You don't even have correlation let alone causation. California is slightly below

> homelessness is caused by lax policies in regards to crime and drug abuse You don't even have correlation let alone causation. California is slightly below average with its incarceration rate so not really lax at all compared to the 20+ states with lower incarceration rates. Alaska has an above average incarceration rate and ranks high on homelessness rate. Nevada has a high incarceration rate and ranks high on homelessness rate. > and drug abuse California doesn't even make the top 20 list for states with drug abuse problems. Not surprisingly some conservative states are on that list - thanks most likely to widely available and cheap meth. You want a reductive answer to a complex problem in order to make an ideological point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_incarceration_and_correctional_supervision_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ... https://www.statista.com/statistics/727847/homelessness-rate-in-the-us-by-state/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/727847/homelessness-rate... https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/care-coordination/20-states-with-the-most-drug-abuse-and-5-more-statistics.html https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/care-coordination/20-s...