Report: Bay Area has nation's third-highest homeless population

Our state at 19% of the population living below the poverty line is 2 percentage points higher than any other state in the nation.Welcome to Camelot.

What do people expect? The best weather, free cash, food and services? [Portion removed; please don't make such sweeping assertions with no evidence to support them.] Rhode Island has the right idea.
Watch the video “Seattle is Dying” by KOMO News especially the end of the video where Rhode Island has the amazing solution !
San Francisco is number one on the list and Seattle is number two. A shocking exposé.

What percent of the homeless are employed in service jobs and can no longer afford even the most basic apartment let alone a ROOM in this area with its sky high rents and lack of affordable housing? Let's not assume people are streaming here for benefits or freebies. I don't feel that's the case at all.

"What percent of the homeless are employed in service jobs and can no longer afford even the most basic apartment let alone a ROOM in this area with its sky high rents and lack of affordable housing? "

Very few in my experience. A high percentage have mental problems (schizophrenia, etc). There is a chunk that are addicts to either alcohol or drugs. And then tiny percentage that have fallen on hard times.

This problem started when we closed our mental institutions and turned out the people that should have been in them. These people are living on the streets because they can't PROPERLY care for themselves. Unfortunately, the law doesn't allow the government to take them into custody and take care of them. Fix that legal problem and reopen mental institutions for people that have incurable mental problems and you will go a long way to solving the homeless problem.

I agree with Menlo Voter. We need to fix the root problem rather than continuing to put band aids on it and then throwing more money at the band aids.