There are no easy homeless fixes, which may be a good thing

SACRAMENTO – One of the wonderful – and frustrating – things about living in our relatively free society is the authorities have only limited ability to tackle big problems. Because our system respects individual rights, the government can’t just boss us around. Its power is distributed among various levels and branches. And everyone has access to the courts, which tie up proposals for years.
This system is less of a well-oiled machine and more like one of cartoonist Rube