My Plan for Indigents in Calif or NY etc.
Take a closed military base and move all the indigents. If there is no housing, take state funds along with some Federal and Private donations and set up a community on the base that has a mess hall to feed them, medical facility to treat all conditions, physical, dependency and mental and BATHROOMS.
They get a bed, 3 squares a day and medical attention and for those that rehab - find them a job - not too hard these days. Those that want to just exist - then they stay there but they are not allowed to leave - some would call that incarceration - I call it humane. "Residents" that have a job would be able to leave and return daily.
Some could even work there in the mess hall - plenty of jobs in that area, clean up crews, etc.
Cal has bases available like Fort Ord, El Toro and Tustin. All former bases being used today for commercial, civilian, government etc.
The concept needs work but they need to be moved to get them help and out of the way of the regular population.
I am sure many would say no - but they can't be given that option - the spread of disease alone makes something drastic mandatory.
Just an idea.
