To the editor: To successfully mitigate the homelessness disaster, we want greater than a motley scattering of sober dwelling homes or shelters (“A new push to bring recovery homes into state’s ‘housing first’ homeless model,” Might 13). We have to develop large-scale, all-inclusive institutes (for lack of a greater phrase) and campuses that may handle substance abuse and psychological well being points in a cohesive method.
Just a few examples of issues the state might do: Construct an enormous hospital and residential group on the base of the Grapevine and home people there for so long as they require care, be it a month or a lifetime. Open a college close by that focuses on careers in drugs, psychological well being, occupational remedy and so forth. Associate with the massive companies which have close by warehouses and achievement facilities to supply job coaching for the residents. Subsidize housing in close by Bakersfield and Tejon Ranch to draw certified workers to stay within the space.
As they are saying: “In case you construct it, they are going to come.” It could require a little bit of compassionate coercion (admittedly, a problem for legislators and regulation enforcement), however drastic instances name for drastic measures. And these are drastic instances.
Risa Slavin, Porter Ranch
