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In reply to the discussion: Finally! Out come the torches and pitchforks! [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Good for you ...
I left Ca a year ago, but while I was there I was shocked at the number of homeless people there were there. I was often approached by people who needed a meal, or just maybe to talk to someone and asked them if there was any help for them until they got back on their feet. Many are Veterans, I know 'support the troops'. One man asked me one day if I could help him pay for his prescription medication. He had his prescription and wanted to show it to me so I would know he was telling the truth. I didn't look at it as it really didn't matter to me if he was or not. He was homeless and didn't look well, so if what I gave him helped him to buy a meal, it was his money at that point.
It was overwhelming, you wanted to help, but there were so many people. I am glad to hear that they may now be addressing the issue, but at the time I left I had read that people were complaining about them being outside of Supermarkets, (which is where I mostly saw them).