The liberal & media narrative goes like this:

"These are people down on their luck"

This isn't the great depression . Over 90% of these individuals are mental ill cases incapable of following rules. They overwhelmingly refuse to stay in shelters bc they can't shoot drugs or drink there. Neither can they bring their shopping carts & other stuff they hoarde. Nothing is more upsetting than returning to "your spot" to find everything has been cleared of another homeless person went thru "your stuff" while you were in shelter.

Insane asylums were closed based on the theory we could trust the mentally I'll to stick to the medicine regimen. Most don't.