@MattMahanSJ I volunteer in several homeless encampments twice a week in the South Bay and can confirm what @MattMahanSJ is saying. Most of the people I see are either alcoholics, drug addicts or have severe mental problems. We have to break the cycle they are in.
1/ Since the passage of Prop 36 my office has been working to implement the will of the people and filed dozens of cases using the new tools available to us to make our city safer and hold those who habitually break our laws accountable.