Tackling Homelessness: Strategies and Challenges

This chapter explores various strategies to address homelessness in Los Angeles and other cities, emphasizing the need for shelters and the humane treatment of unsheltered individuals. It highlights the political and logistical challenges of implementing effective solutions, such as statewide camping bans and collaborative efforts between law enforcement and social workers. The discussion also critiques existing approaches to homelessness and mental health care, advocating for more practical and immediate solutions to the crisis.