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[H]F Junkie
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Build up the jails, no niceties in them. (small cells with a toilet, sink, and bed, no TV, no radio, no phones, no windows, no nothing - maybe self help reading material of an agreed upon kind).
Get caught sleeping on the streets, peeing on the streets, or panhandling, automatic spend 3 days in jail with nothing but bread and water for food and drink. (No that's not inhumane...)
50% of the pan handlers and bums and freeloaders would disappear elsewhere after the first 90 days because there is now a real consequence. Sure, you'd have a percentage that really can't fix things themselves - and need assistance - but that number would be pretty dramatically reduced.
New York City cleaned up their streets under Giuliani. San Fran could do it too.
Get caught sleeping on the streets, peeing on the streets, or panhandling, automatic spend 3 days in jail with nothing but bread and water for food and drink. (No that's not inhumane...)
50% of the pan handlers and bums and freeloaders would disappear elsewhere after the first 90 days because there is now a real consequence. Sure, you'd have a percentage that really can't fix things themselves - and need assistance - but that number would be pretty dramatically reduced.
New York City cleaned up their streets under Giuliani. San Fran could do it too.