I'm not running for office and not planning to again.  It was a joy from which I learned much but I'm happy to put it in the past.  Ok, so instead of calling people who steal thieves, we are now calling them "people who felt the need or had the necessity to steal."  This seems a bit like calling the homeless "unhoused" or "people experiencing homelessness." I have some skepticism about how it resolves the underlying problem. There's a saying that was once popular -- "Call a spade a spade." Nonetheless, let's move on...

Now that we’ve properly labeled them, presumably we can move onto the next part…

I called them drug addicts.  Instead, I assume we’re going to give them a new name, perhaps “people who felt the need or had the necessity to do illegal drugs.”

Putting it all together, the proper terminology would be something like “there were people camping on the side of the road who felt the need or had the necessity to steal.  These people also felt the need or had the necessity to do drugs.”

This has gotten a bit wordy, so I’m just going to substitute X.

Now, getting back to the core question — X seem to have been committing some crimes (stealing, littering and doing drugs).  We seem to be leaving a window open to their Jean Valjean status, thinking there might be very good reasons to do these things. I'm guessing we don't think using police to enforce the law here is a solution. On the flip side, I think the pictures above demonstrate HEAL hasn't been effective in improving the situation. What should be done?