"They will not address what seems to be the majority of the people in this city who are homeless: those who have dropped out of life, either recently or decades ago. There is no "transition" for these folks."

This is not true, which is an example of why I consider you folks ignorant. The majority of the homeless do not fit your description. Around 80 percent of the homeless are that way temporarily and will get out of it. Around 20 percent are chronically homeless. Even those have been successfully housed in other cities through a "housing first" policy, and it actually saves money that would be otherwise spent on jails, ERs, park cleanup, etc.

All this information is easily available online, if any of you would bother to read it. Local nonprofits could also educate you. But they can't if you insist on believing what suits you and refuse to learn.

http://www.lanecounty.org/departments/hhs/hsc/documents/press_release_2016_pit_count.pdf