re: #35 freetoken

Homelessness is not new to California. Because of the ideal climate people have moved here since the middle of the 19th century. There used to be tent camps of migrants. Then in the 1920’s and ‘30’s the camps were cheap trailers on wheels. Lots of migrants. Always.

Now there are people living on the streets, but even here in San Diego county, where one can conceivably live fine without any heating or cooling and thus live without a shelter, the homeless in the region around me don’t seem more prevalent than they were 10 years ago. And I walk most places, so unlike people riding in cars I can see what’s going on around me.

It seems higher in LA and Orange County than it has been in the past. And what little research I was recently able to do suggests that it has gone up. But other than “lack of affordable housing” and obviously ideal weather conditions, I’m not sure what’s driving it. Or what the answer is.