As the homeless population surges here in Los Angeles and elsewhere, the sanctimonious outcry from progressives insisting on more housing and jobs rings more shrill and false than ever. The addiction epidemic remains the root of the crisis with no meaningful end in sight. Even in 2010, well before the opioid epidemic, the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development reported that more than half of the homeless population was either in the throes of addiction, mentally ill or both.
The Lunacy of Prop 47
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