To the editor: I’ve studied the problem of homelessness in Los Angeles County for a few years, studying all the things I can get my palms on. I’ve come to a number of conclusions. (“Homelessness continues to soar, leaping 9% in L.A. County, 10% within the metropolis,” June 29)
First, in regard to the 75,000 people who find themselves homeless in Los Angeles County, there are 75,000 totally different tales and causes for the situation these individuals are in.
Second, the reply to serving to them can be to rent a military of social employees who would every have a manageable case load to unravel every consumer’s issues and wishes.
My third and closing conclusion is that the price of doing this may be prohibitive. I’m simply as perplexed and pissed off now as after I started my seek for a solution.
Ron Garber, Duarte
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To the editor: What if we shelter 100% of Los Angeles’ homeless folks? Then what? Getting folks off the streets and into secure environments is only one of many crucial steps to take. Can we maintain these folks housed and supported eternally?
Till there’s a big-picture program targeted on offering the system and assets that allow a big portion of the homeless inhabitants to develop into self-sufficient, the issue will worsen. For these unable or unlikely to develop into self-sufficient, different motion is critical, as non permanent housing isn’t any reply.
There may be doubtless no drawback we are able to’t clear up if we take a look at the large image. We want public boards to discover higher approaches. Does anybody anticipate a unique end result if we maintain doing the identical factor?
Sid Pelston, Marina del Rey
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To the editor: The truth that homelessness in Los Angeles has elevated by 10% solely underscores the important significance of returning the constitutional proper of chapter again to scholar mortgage debt.
Scholar mortgage debt is the one sort of shopper debt that’s uniquely stripped of the precise to declare chapter, and this has resulted in thousands and thousands of People being trapped in a lifetime of indentured servitude.
Additional, in mild of the Supreme Court docket determination overturning President Biden’s debt cancellation plan, we are able to anticipate an enormous improve within the already colossal homelessness epidemic. This improve will solely be exacerbated in Los Angeles, the place the price of dwelling has far outpaced wages.
If chapter rights have been restored to each federal and personal scholar mortgage debt, this may be a big device within the arsenal to fight rising homelessness.
Lisa Ansell, Beverly Hills
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To the editor: The definition of madness is doing the identical factor time and again and anticipating totally different outcomes. Might it’s that our insurance policies are contributing to homelessness?
It’s arduous to maintain roof over one’s head, particularly for folks on the backside of financial scale in a spot as costly as Los Angeles. In some unspecified time in the future many are confronted with unhealthy selections.
In the meantime, with finest intentions we’ve made dwelling on public streets a suitable choice. At this time it could appear to an individual just like the least unhealthy choice to take, however it’s a entice. Habit and violence shortly comply with, even when they weren’t the reason for one’s issues at first.
Serge Dubovitsky, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Some information retailers are reporting that the rise in Los Angeles’ homeless inhabitants is proof that the cash and vitality Mayor Karen Bass is spending on the issue will not be working.
Let me simply remind readers that the present numbers have been derived six months in the past, when Bass had simply barely taken workplace. We’ll have to attend for information on the effectiveness of present packages till the following homeless depend.
Joel Robbins, Moorpark
