Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I'm grateful our local paper is highlighting a series on homelessness in San Francisco.  It's a huge problem and no one seems to be able to find a viable solution.  Making these invisible people visable is the model of right speech.  We walk our streets disturbed, but aside from giving a dollar or two, and maybe donating to food banks, we tacitly accept this situation.  Most of these people are mentally ill or have addiction problems, and they need support.  They cannot "pull themselves up by their bootstraps".  It's shameful that such a wealthy area tolerates this suffering before our eyes.  We need enough housing, most of it with care workers and supports that keep these people from doing drugs and also gives them the counseling and medications they need to be fully themselves.  I hope this series of articles pushes local government to take action and put money towards a comprehensive program.  This problem is not the police's problem, or church organizations, it's our problem and we have to demand our legislators tackle it now.  They say newspapers aren't necessary anymore, but they are for stories like these, and the repercussions that ripple to the internet and put pressure on government.  Good job1