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Tag: mental illness

The Failed Promise of Housing First

April 29, 2026   1:00 pmApril 29, 2026   1:18 pm
In October, the San Francisco Chronicle shared the story of Austin Draper, a homeless fentanyl addict who has been hospitalized several times for endocarditis, a heart condition that is often caused by intravenous drug use. Only 35 years old, Draper has already...
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A Second Grader Should Not Have to Ask, ‘Is He Dead?’

March 3, 2026   11:06 amMarch 3, 2026   11:08 am
Every morning, parents walk their children to school past people shooting up on the sidewalk. Men. Women. People slumped over on the curb. Some are so still you can’t tell if they’re breathing. And then comes the hardest part: the...
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The Steep Price of Tolerance

January 2, 2026   4:30 amJanuary 2, 2026   4:31 am
I truly feel sorry that Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered in cold blood by their own son.  It doesn’t matter to me that I did not agree with Reiner’s politics. Besides being a severe drug addict, Reiner’s son...
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America’s Streets Are Not Shelters: Time to Rethink Homelessness Policy

August 12, 2025   2:45 amAugust 12, 2025   2:46 am
Walk through any major American city today—San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle—and you’ll see the same troubling pattern: sidewalks turned into encampments, public parks overtaken by tents, and transit stations rendered unusable. This isn’t just a humanitarian crisis. It’s...
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Is Healthcare a Human Right?

February 5, 2025   3:00 pmFebruary 5, 2025   3:01 pm
Is Healthcare a Human Right? My answer, having been a general surgeon for 45 years is hell no! My healthcare is a personal obligation, and I am 100% responsible for how I take care of myself.  And that is your...
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From the Cheap Seats: Liberating Local Government

July 8, 2024   6:32 amJuly 8, 2024   10:19 am
A recent decision of the United States Supreme Court has important implications for localities in California trying to address the problem of homelessness. With a 6-3 majority in the case of City of Grants Pass v. Johnson the high court...
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New HUD Report Shows U.S. Homelessness Increases – As Do the Budgets of the Responsible Agencies

December 16, 2023   9:04 amDecember 18, 2023   9:10 am
Despite spending untold billions on the homeless, we now have 653,000 homeless people in the United States – 70,650 more than last year, a 12 percent increase, House and Urban Development (HUD) announced Friday in a new report. Homelessness would...
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