Obviously the best solution would be to house and treat these people for mental health issues and addiction, Finland-style, but our government clearly doesn’t want anything to do with that. But they could at least not actively make things worse.
Watching my local government tear down a homeless encampment on the riverbank near my apartment because someone died back there, and it just feels counterintuitive. Like man these people are way more likely to die in the street without their tents.