By James Newton
James is CEO and founder of Open Source Motor Drivers and a core team member at the San Diego Makers Guild. He describes himself as "just some clueless guy who doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut. Luckily, very few people ever listen to what I ramble on about. That's the beauty of the internet; it's big enough that almost anyone can be ignored."
James is CEO and founder of Open Source Motor Drivers and a core team member at the San Diego Makers Guild. He describes himself as "just some clueless guy who doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut. Luckily, very few people ever listen to what I ramble on about. That's the beauty of the internet; it's big enough that almost anyone can be ignored."
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Editor's Note: During a recent visit to Japan, Trump engaged in a typically garbled exchange with an interviewer, during which he said this about homelessness: "So we're looking at it very seriously. We may intercede. We may do something to get that whole thing cleaned up. It's inappropriate. Now, we have to take the people and do something. We have to do something." Meanwhile, some people--James Newton among them--have been giving the issue serious thought.
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Addressing Homelessness
In response to the Trump comments on the homeless. There are specific actions we can take and advocate for which would help this issue.
1. Remove minimum size, grid tie, and other stupid laws which prevent tiny homes from being built, occupied and purchased. Get government out of it and let people find housing of a size and cost they can afford. Of course, laws for sanitation (must be on the septic system) and minimum safety in construction should remain.
2. Bring back the CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps. Hire low risk felons, first time drug offenders, etc., ship them away from home, put them to work on infrastructure projects that improve our economy and help shift our energy signature to renewables. Provide training and make good performance on the job and in the education a requirement for remaining. On graduation, expunge records for non-violent offenders. Rehabilitate.
3. Set up a "deputy" class of volunteers who are trained, vetted, and given the right to carry everywhere, just like cops. Help our upstanding citizens enforce the Law. There are people who should be allowed and expected to act as deputies in our society. We are wasting a resource here.
4. Dump the requirement for "Housing First" and re-fund Solutions for Change. Fund housing first programs that can show good results but ALSO fund programs like Solutions which require participants to stop using and submit to drug tests.
5. Require all landscaping paid for by tax dollars to be planted with fruit trees, berry bushes, and other edible plants. Less food theft and theft for food.
1. Remove minimum size, grid tie, and other stupid laws which prevent tiny homes from being built, occupied and purchased. Get government out of it and let people find housing of a size and cost they can afford. Of course, laws for sanitation (must be on the septic system) and minimum safety in construction should remain.
2. Bring back the CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps. Hire low risk felons, first time drug offenders, etc., ship them away from home, put them to work on infrastructure projects that improve our economy and help shift our energy signature to renewables. Provide training and make good performance on the job and in the education a requirement for remaining. On graduation, expunge records for non-violent offenders. Rehabilitate.
3. Set up a "deputy" class of volunteers who are trained, vetted, and given the right to carry everywhere, just like cops. Help our upstanding citizens enforce the Law. There are people who should be allowed and expected to act as deputies in our society. We are wasting a resource here.
4. Dump the requirement for "Housing First" and re-fund Solutions for Change. Fund housing first programs that can show good results but ALSO fund programs like Solutions which require participants to stop using and submit to drug tests.
5. Require all landscaping paid for by tax dollars to be planted with fruit trees, berry bushes, and other edible plants. Less food theft and theft for food.
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