An advocacy group for another point of view sued and lost. The public does have reservations, though. There's no question, however, that more, rather than less, effort needs to be made outside government to reweave the nation's social fabric. Now there's no right or wrong. My failure is your fault.
Any lifestyle choice is the equal of any other.
Because they were designed to discourage camping by derelicts and addicts, so they have no amenities that would attract humans, such as like benches. The downtown park at Five Points has benches, but the greenery is holly bushes, obviously selected to repel people. Our every attempt in public policy has been to try to outsmart destructive and unwanted personal behavior. We won't judge which addicts are deserving of our money and rehabilitation efforts and which derelicts are unfortunates temporarily down on their luck. So we treat them all alike and ask nothing in return for our charity.