You are right - No question that there are more panhandlers now than there used to be - But then, our population is MUCH larger than it used to be as well, and commercial, foreign and sport access and take of formerly subsistence foods - -- That coupled with the growth of rural populations without matching rural job opportunity growth has meant in-migration here just as it does throughout the world. This seems to support the wishes of those who don't care to protect rural and subsistence lifestyles, and always say that rural people should pick up and move if there are no jobs... Well - they are, and have been!!
No - I of course do not like the status quo - who does? My question to you is - What is your own COST-effective, LONG-TERM solution to this growing problem instead of telling people they are not allowed to sleep or camp in a place that was largely  summer camps before many current residents came here?