Wed.Nov 22, 2023

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Psychiatry, Violence, and the State: California’s Systematic Failure of Its Unhoused Population

Mad in America

U pon the catastrophic failure of its economic policies, California has decided to systematically restrain, incarcerate, forcibly strip, and drug its now sizable unhoused population. Rent control , out of control zoning laws , and other red tape have plagued California’s housing economy for years, limiting housing supply despite high demand. The most vulnerable citizens have been pushed onto the streets, unable to find long-term housing options where they feel safe.