As we work to help the homeless in Los Angeles, there is a whole list of issues to deal with, here are a few issues...
Some women end up homeless as they escape abuse, we need to help the abused women.
Many of the homeless people are foster youth who age out of the system without getting adopted, we need to help the foster youth to go to college, etc, instead of ending up homeless.
We can have camps for the drug addicts and for the alcoholics where they can get clean and where they can do the 12 Step Program, etc, they can do 90 day drug treatment programs at camps in Acton, and in Lake Hughes, etc.
We have to help the mentally ill people, we can have Mental Health Associations like the one in Santa Ana where the people can get breakfast and lunch and where they can sign up for all of the programs to help them.
We can have Wellness Centers where anyone who needs help can get it, like the Wellness Center in Orange.
We need to expand Section 8.
We need to build new towers, etc, to create new housing.
We can have Hostels like in Rome, Italy, where people can take a nice hot shower and where they can sleep in a nice comfortable bed for $15 per night.
We can have more Bed and Breakfast type places, and more group homes, etc.
Those are a few thoughts.
Also, people can put together teams to sell beer and hot dogs at sporting events and at concerts, etc, to raise money for charity to help the homeless and to feed the hungry, etc.
Salute,
Tony V.