From the article: "“Unfortunately, we have a growing homeless population. They have nowhere else to go and we understand,” Widor said."
We have a growing homeless population because we don't enforce the laws that are designed to keep this type of behavior to a minimum. They have somewhere else to go, and that is-- SOMEWHERE ELSE! Notice how all the mucky mucks that tell us to tolerate this live in nice mansions in gated communities far from the problem, they like to saddle others (often the poor) with their worldviews and idealogy, but shield themselves from the realities of their decisions.
It's insane to welcome and grow a population that is not mentally healthy intermixed with the general population. Unless you can change the laws and put them away, against their will, to get them the help they need, there is no solution. That's not the average taxpaying citizen's problem and I'm tired of people in our communities having to deal with these often dangerous folks, especially women and children. Assaulting people because they don't give them money, pissing and ****ting all over the place. WTH. Stop feeding them and move them along. Somewhere, anywhere.