Homelessness is now a county wide situation. As a result, due to it being a broadening issue, it's getting harder and harder to define as a moral issue. And don't forget, these folks pay taxes. As a percentage of their income, many pay at ten times the rate property tax owners do. We are at a crossroads in America. Homelessness will develop into lifestyle unless permanent opportunity is offered and accepted. Given what I know about the nuts and bolts of living this way, and considering what other options society offers mean to different people, homelessness may become more of a preferred lifestyle, rather than one sprung of need. Perhaps we should start looking at this issue in terms of fundamental human respect rather than a condescending approach of blanket solutions to personal problems. Countywide access to clean showers and bathroom facilities would help.