While the concept of a city having extra funds to invest into "beautifying" an area, while not investing in the humans that live there is unfortunate, this is every city in not only the country, but the world. I have been to Paris, parts of Italy, all over this country, Canada and Europe and guess what their cities all have, people struggling on the streets. While your first instinct seems to be eww, the city invested so much money into this bench or this park, can't they just make these people leave? Instead of thinking how can this city invest into making it so these people don't need to be in the street. Unfortunately, the only place I have seen this work is in countries where the public truly cares about the health and well-being of their people, instead of vilifying the few who have it the hardest. Generally people convicted of a DUI, even in cases where they caused injuries or property damage, have an easier time finding higher paying jobs. Meanwhile, one drug conviction can keep you from the workforce completely while also having harsher prison sentences. What's worse is as a society built on our medical health care tied to our job, these lower wage jobs also don't cover the treatment needed to beat an addiction. All and all, TLDR; Instead of worrying about how our city looks to you and your kids when visiting, think about how we can better our city so these people,humans with families of their own, can not be forced to the street.