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In one of the wealthiest places on earth, thousands are living in tent cities on the streets of Los Angeles, an “atrocity<\/a>” that even former Democrat President Barack Obama recently acknowledged on a podcast. He slammed the moral failure of allowing people to languish without real help while noting that encampments downtown are a “losing political strategy.” He\u00a0demanded\u00a0policies that “recognize their full humanity” and provide genuine resources for success.<\/p>\n

But this is not simply a moral failure, it is a structural one.<\/p>\n

Though Obama didn\u2019t name Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> directly, the critique lands squarely on his doorstep \u2014 after all, Newsom has been at the helm as California\u2019s homelessness ballooned to record highs, even after more than\u00a0$24 billion\u00a0was funneled into solving the problem since 2019. Newsom\u2019s team claims agreement with Obama, touting mental health reforms and encampment cleanups, but the reality on the ground tells a different story.<\/p>\n

As a California native who has spent years working directly on the streets helping move homeless veterans into treatment and off encampments, I\u2019ve seen firsthand that this crisis is not simply about housing, it\u2019s about untreated trauma, addiction, and lack of structured support.<\/p>\n

DR MARC SIEGEL: HOW AA, FAITH AND SCIENCE ALIGN WITH TRUMP’S FIGHT AGAINST ADDICTION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Newsom is\u00a0crowing\u00a0about a minor drop in unsheltered homelessness for 2025, calling it the largest decline in 15 years. And while it\u2019s a very small step in the right direction, let\u2019s not break out the champagne. This “progress” comes after record-breaking homelessness under Newsom\u2019s watch, despite historic levels of spending that created an entire ecosystem built to manage the crisis rather than resolve it. This isn\u2019t a victory lap; this is pre-campaign damage control for a system that has grown financially dependent on the existence of the problem.<\/p>\n

As I detail in my book,\u00a0“The Race to Save California,”<\/a> the heart of the homelessness issue isn\u2019t a lack of funding or awareness. After all, with $24 billion spent and almost every sidewalk occupied, California has both in spades and is still a disaster. The problem is not scarcity, it is misaligned incentives created by how the money is used and deployed.<\/p>\n

Politicians like Newsom obsess over housing shortages because that\u2019s a simpler and more straightforward \u2018fix\u2019 that makes for easy soundbites to virtue signal accomplishment, even if they don\u2019t really fix anything. Housing became the preferred “solution” not because it worked, but because it justified enormous spending pipelines.<\/p>\n

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT ADOPTS NO-TOLERANCE POLICY FOR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS IN WASHINGTON, DC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Because why deal with the important, messy stuff \u2014 like addiction recovery<\/a>, mental health treatment, life skills training and social reintegration \u2014 when they could channel billions into construction-heavy programs that sustain funding flows long after ribbon cuttings?<\/p>\n

This mindset mirrors the now-failing “Housing First” model<\/a>, which turned homelessness into a housing initiative, and with it, a vehicle for sustained government spending.<\/p>\n

That approach is now beginning to shift. Under President Donald Trump<\/a>, HUD Secretary Scott Turner has recognized that homelessness cannot be treated as a housing issue alone. The crisis isn\u2019t simply about shelter, it\u2019s about stability. You can\u2019t build your way out of a fentanyl addiction, untreated schizophrenia, or PTSD. Many need treatment, structure and accountability, not handouts and disingenuous \u2018compassion\u2019 that feeds the cycle.<\/p>\n

NEWSOM\u00a0JUST MADE\u00a0A\u00a0CATASTROPHIC MISTAKE\u00a0ON\u00a0CALIFORNIA\u2019S\u00a0HOMELESSNESS DISASTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0homeless veteran population<\/a> is a prime example\u00a0of what\u2019s really needed. There are over\u00a035,000 homeless veterans\u00a0nationwide on any given night. It\u2019s a travesty: heroes who once led under fire now sleep in tents because bureaucracy and profits trump substantive solutions.<\/p>\n

These vets don\u2019t need pity and handouts. They need purpose \u2014 leadership opportunities, job training, treatment and a place in a community that both supports and depends on each other. Instead, veterans are warehoused in misery, their potential wasted and the crisis dragging on while politicians brag about the number of housing units constructed.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

To be frank, the crisis persists because the funding structure rewards continuation over resolution. When problems worsen, emergency funds flow with minimal oversight, expanding the budgets of politically connected nonprofits, consultants and agencies that are sustained by managing \u2014 not ending \u2014 homelessness. They know that the money slows if the problem shrinks, while failure often results in larger future appropriations.<\/p>\n

The real solution? Cost-effective hybrid camps offering community, structure and transformation at a fraction of the luxury housing costs, while tying funding to measurable reductions in homelessness. Picture cafeterias, chapels, laundry, life-skills classes and work opportunities where residents grow through contribution to the community and their future, moving onward and upward. Because transition without transformation is futile.<\/p>\n

Obama\u2019s right \u2014 this is an atrocity, and Newsom\u2019s spin on a modest drop doesn\u2019t erase years of a spending-first approach that prioritized funding flows over functional outcomes. Californians deserve streets free of chaos and our homeless neighbors deserve real support from a system that solves problems, not sustains them.<\/p>\n

We know the fixes: Treatment-focused intervention, enforcement of existing laws, outcome-based funding. Let\u2019s demand them before another “progress” report can be spun as campaign propaganda<\/a> at the expense of human lives. Our nation is worth at least that much.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM KATE MONROE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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