That's right, Leah - despite the fame and success, Tom Cruise still is a robot Scientologist who cares less about homeless people.
I guess you have to ask nicely??
Mr. Cruise, please quit Scientology and please protect the homeless from abuse. We are being eliminated out here.
https://inewsource.org/2022/06/10/san-diego-homeless-arrests/
The homelessness has nothing to do with Cruise.
Also there are 450 beds in homeless shelters of San Diego according to the article, but there are 2,494 homeless, still those beds are not filled. People rather go to jail than to shelters, despite of repeat warnings, so what exactly is happening in those shelters?
Nobody goes to jail in San Diego.You go in and get let out the same day. A shelter you go in and you can't take your stuff with you. Your stuff will be gone by the time you get out.
shareSo the shelters only provide a bed, not storage of any kind?
Also if the homeless people get arrested and let out the same day, then what is the point of those arrests?
A lot of homeless don’t like shelters — for varying reasons but commonly they can’t bring their pets, can’t store all of their belongings, and have to follow rules that crimp their lifestyle (e.g., no drug use).
shareI can understand the pet and drug issues, but I don't think they fully explain why less than 1/5 of homeless people are willing to go to shelters. I mean how bad the shelters have to be for more than 80% of them prefer the streets, and even jail cells?
I don't think pets and drugs are allowed in jail either. I hardly think when police arrest homeless people they will allow those people to bring all their junks with them.
These days a lot of homeless have tents, a fair amount of personal belongings, and street friends nearby. But the main reason, I suspect, is that most homeless are drug addicts and they want to stay close to dealers, their source of income (often petty theft), which allows them to procure drugs, and to have the freedom to use drugs without being hassled. From what I gather, when you are an addict, you’re always thinking about your next high and you subordinate everything else in your life to facilitate your habit.
shareIt is possible. Though I don't have enough data on the percentage of homeless people are regular drug users.
shareBeing homeless is a horrible experience and you have to deal with the worst human beings. Society is not kind. I'm not a drug user and have been accused of doing drugs many times.
shareAs long as he isn't trying to recruit people working on his movies into Scientology, don't care what he does. Just don't marry him is all, that's it, you'll be perfectly fine.
shareWhy are you asking an actor to address the homeless problem? Bark at your local politicians, but it won't work. Could easily build housing for all the homeless, but as it happened in the past, many will just refuse to partake and keep on being homeless.
shareWhen did it happen in the past that all the homeless were housed?
And the homeless need legal advocacy. Legal aid won't take their cases, and attorneys need money to represent. All they have to do is get a class action against the city for not acknowledging them as human beings - no accommodations for those who live on the streets or in their vehicles. They are trying to eliminate the poorest classes from society.
Who's going to pay for the attorneys? Maybe a kind, compassion filled actor? Which actor would you ask for help?