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SOCAL RESIDENTS OUTRAGED AS HOMELESSNESS CRISIS CONTINUES TO CRIPPLE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 2509491:MV80MDQyNDI0XzczMjI5NzczX0U3MzIxNzEy] [quote:Anonymous Coward 4060268:MV80MDQyNDI0XzczMjI5MzI4X0E5RTkyMDM=] [quote:Anonymous Coward 2509491:MV80MDQyNDI0XzczMjI4OTY3XzRCNjZBODI1] They can never solve he "homeless" problem as long as its misidentified as something else. They are homeless, mentally ill, and/or drug addicts. So what do you do with these people?? You can put them up into a mansion on Beverly Hills and one month or less later, they will turn the place into a dump and make a massive crack house into it. It is what it is as they say. [/quote] Yes, some people are drug addicts. Some drug addicts have homes and work in big positions! [/quote] Yes, and given some time to get there, these also will become "homeless drug addicts." [/quote]
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The homelessness crisis impacts many people in Southern California, and some are addressing the problem head-on as they look for solutions.
Many say the issue is encroaching on where they live, both in their surrounding neighborhood and near their home. Some of those residents say they're tired of dealing with the crisis first hand.
Rick and Robin Marcelli live in a townhouse in Sherman Oaks. They say the homeless crisis has gotten worse over the last year and a half.
"We've walked over needles on this very street. We've walked over human feces on this very street. This is Sherman Oaks. But I'm beginning to call it 'Skid Oaks,'" Rick Marcelli said.
Some incidents include the time a transient reportedly stood outside their front door waving a metal wrench, and a separate incident in which a homeless man was caught taking a bath in their complex's Jacuzzi.
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