Homeless despite Yale degree; mental illness? drug addiction? choice?

[ucbalumnus]

@TatinG

I think there is a case working its way up to the Supreme Court on just that issue. That is, if a city has shelter space, can it make livivg on the sidewalk illegal. The case is from Boise but L A just voted to file a friend of the court brief.
Its not jail. They could leave a shelter at any time. Just no more illegal camping in parks or on sidewalks.

Of course, what if the homeless person refuses to go to the shelter, or leaves the shelter and returns to now-illegal living on the street? Then is the solution to put him/her in (more expensive to taxpayers) jail?