Posted by August, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood, on Dec 16, 2012 at 10:03 am

The Homeless need IMMEDIATE REAL HOUSING, REAL TRAINING, and REAL JOBS; the 12-step religious AA/NA cult Drug & Alcohol Merry-Go-Round has got to come to a halt

Posted by A. Neck Dote, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Dec 16, 2012 at 1:40 pm

The problem is, this is usually false hope. Giving people false hope is cruel.

Posted by Actually Doing Something About It..., a resident of East Palo Alto, on Dec 16, 2012 at 9:20 pm

And to the purveyors of negativity who have weighed in thus far, you've done exactly what to personally help alleviate the problem of homelessness??

Posted by Sean, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Dec 17, 2012 at 10:00 am

I remember Synanon, which did a lot, and got these folks into a very productive situation. A lot of talk, talk sessions, along with assigned jobs. No excuses. Unfortunately, it was a socialist/fascist command society. Scary stuff (rattlesnakes in mail boxes, etc.). Maybe that is the way to go, though.

What do you think? The current model is certainly NOT working.