"The politically incorrect perception that homelessness, substance abuse, and mental illness are deeply intertwined is, in actuality, factually correct. Political leaders who insist otherwise are in denial."https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/02/24/whats-really-driving-the-homelessness-crisis/?fbclid=IwAR3igBkvVZRn5XTaTHnrceuTtecmkvFLtF4EViKCgksLOwQXCB08a64atEQ …
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Good piece. Related, too many public officials rely upon the self-reported addiction data in from the worthwhile Point In Time annual counts, but they fail to point out that it's self-reported data.https://www.stevemurch.com/on-self-reported-data/2019/04 …
Yes, absolutely, this is one of a few ways they maintain plausible deniability. But their narrative simply isn't sustainable anymore. Even the city leadership in San Francisco has started to abandon it.
