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You can not even deny the places with the worst homeless issues are run by liberals. Because if you advertise "Hey we wont arrest you for using drugs. We wont arrest you for shoplifting under $5000. We will give you free housing and food." you get thousands of homeless people migrating to the area from all over the country.
All big cities have homeless problems in the US. Most of US cities are Democrat. However, most homeless shelters are also located in larger cities. As are drug rehabilitation programs and a lot of soup kitchens. The homeless population go where they feel the most resources to them are available. This includes drug users, alchoholics, and sober individuals.
Not all homeless people want to be homeless. I would even go as far to say that most don't. It's often a series of circumstances that leads to the event and once a person becomes homeless, it isn't always easy to climb out of it. Especially if you don't have a vehicle, you have a disability, and/or you don't look conventionally attractive. Whether we like it or not, a lot of employers do discriminate based on appearance during an interview. If you look disheveled or don't list an address on your resume, you're less likely to receive a job.
While Albuquerque's current mayor is liberal, it has had its fair share of conservative mayors as well. (In fact, the previous mayor was Republican.) The homeless issue still persisted regardless.
Some of them are too far gone to help. For example if they shit in their own hand and smear it on a store window because the store owner didnt allow them to use their bathroom that person is likely too fucked in the head to ever hold a job and you shouldnt waste too many resources on him. That happened in Nashville recently btw we are having bad homeless issues since they quit taking them to jail.
Is it bad I think we should have a few cities designed to help reintegrate the homeless into society? This includes the mentally ill. Get them off the streets with the proper meds and facilities. Of course most of these cities will be held in california.
When I say cities I mean clusters of institutions and medical buildings. Since in California you have tens of thousands of homeless people... functionally they become cities in of themselves.