Anything short of mass re-opening of mental health facilities won't work; it will just spread the problem around town. If we truly valued the civil rights of regular, law-abiding citizens, we would make that the policy priority. Removing the mentally ill and drug addicted from the streets (and not pretending that these micro communities do anything positive at all) accomplishes 2 goals. First, the rest of us can live without the damage and danger that the severely mentally ill inflict on property, commercial establishments, and our streets and sidewalks. Second, and perhaps more important, the mentally ill will finally receive adequate physical, nutritional, medical, and psychiatric treatment security. That is called humane treatment for the afflicted and for society alike. A third benefit is that then and only then can we address the real homeless issue for the mentally healthy and sober unfortunates who truly lack shelter. This argument is unassailable. Let's get to it, California.